Trump attacks Kamala Harris during San Francisco 2020 campaign

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TRUMP TAKES ON HARRIS OVER RECORD IN CALIFORNIA

Former President Donald Trump wasted no time Tuesday attacking Vice President Kamala HarrisCalifornia and its record in the Golden State.

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As the two appear headed toward a presidential showdown, Trump said during a news conference on border security that Harris “failed miserably” in her 2020 primary campaign.

The former president said that when Harris started out, she “had a small name recognition and came from a big area, you know, in California” before “falling flat once people got to know her.”

“If she campaigns the way she campaigned then, I suspect she won’t be as tough,” Trump said.

He also attacked Harris on criminal justice, describing her as weak on criminal justice while she was San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011.

“When she was district attorney, she started it. She destroyed San Francisco, and that’s a terrible thing,” Trump said.

It’s unclear what Trump meant by “San Francisco destroyed.” The city has been a target for conservative politicians because of its homelessness and drug problems. The former president claimed that Harris “voted for deadly sanctuary cities” and “refused to seek the death penalty against anyone.”

In reality, her track record on both fronts is mixed.

Harris supported a 2008 policy of Governor Harris. Gavin Newsomthen mayor of San Francisco, which required police to report young immigrants accused of committing certain crimes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IMF), a controversial issue at the time.

Her campaign later told CNN that the policy “could have been applied more fairly.” Harris eventually reversed her position, telling CBS Los Angeles in 2015 that “an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal.” During her presidential campaign, she advocated for a path to citizenship for those who benefit from Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

As a district attorney in 2004, Harris declined to seek the death penalty in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting an on-duty San Francisco police officer. In 2014, as attorney general, Harris appealed a U.S. district court decision that declared California’s death penalty unconstitutional.

A Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Harris’ office and upheld the death penalty, but later upheld Newsom’s decision to impose a moratorium on the death penalty during his term.

CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS GO TO PARIS

California will be well represented at the Olympic Games in Paristhat begins Friday and runs through August 11. The state is next in line to host the Summer Games, which will be held in Los Angeles in 2028.

Interestingly enough, the president Joe BidenThe delegation appears to include members of Congress who supported him before his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and who also have close ties to Vice President Harris, whom he has endorsed as the new Democratic nominee.

First Lady Jill Biden will lead the United States delegation to the opening ceremony, including the mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bas and Senator from California. Alex Padilla. Second Lord Doug EmhoffHarris’ husband will lead the delegation to the closing ceremony. He will be accompanied by the senator from California. Laphonza butler and Rep. Robert Garcia.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Stay hydrated.”

– Rep. Eric Swalwell of California to reporters who saw him emerge from a vote with a coconut in his hands. The coconut has become an online symbol of Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign.

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