Chris Matthews: 'Big mistake' for Harris to say policies would be the same as Biden's
Political commentator Chris Matthews said early Monday it is a “big mistake” for Vice President Harris to align her policies with President Biden’s.
“I think when she says her policies are going to be the same as Biden’s, that’s a big mistake,” Matthews said on MSNBC.
His remarks followed a discussion in which Matthews said headlines would be focused on immigration if former President Trump wins.
"She has to fix that," Matthews said.
Harris has backed the current president throughout her campaign. In an interview on “The View” this month, Harris said “not a thing that comes to mind” when asked what she would have done differently from Biden. Trump slammed her for the comment, calling it her “dumbest answer so far" in a social media post.
When Stephen Colbert later asked Harris on CBS what major changes she’d make if elected, the vice president answered that she wasn’t Biden or Trump.
A large part of the GOP strategy ahead of the November election has been comparing a potential Harris administration to another four years of a Biden administration.
“We told you. And now Kamala Harris has told you. She openly admits she would NOT have done anything differently than Joe Biden. High prices for gas and groceries, open borders, high crime, endless wars. A Harris Administration is just 4 more years of the same failed policies,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) posted on the social platform X earlier this month.
Trump has repeatedly ripped into the Biden administration on immigration, with reports consistently showing that his base sees it as an important issue in the race.
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