Vice President Kamala Harris stumbled by way of the Biden-Harris administration’s border and immigration insurance policies when pressed concerning the border disaster throughout a CNN city corridor moderated by Anderson Cooper.
“Let’s talk about this compromise bill that you want to pass if you are elected. You said that’s going to be a priority. It includes $650 million in funding for the border wall. That’s something Republicans wanted that was part of the compromise. Under Donald Trump, you criticized the wall more than 50 times. You called it ‘stupid, useless, and a medieval vanity project.’ Is a border wall stupid?,” Cooper requested Harris Wednesday.
“Let’s discuss Donald Trump on that border wall,” Harris stated whereas laughing. “So remember, Donald Trump said Mexico would pay for it. Come on, they didn’t. How much of that wall did he build? I think the last number I saw was about 2%. And then when it came time for him to do a photo op, you know, where he did it? In the part of the wall that President Obama built.”
“But you agreed to a bill that would earmark $650 million to continue building that,” Cooper pressed.
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ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 23: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as CNN moderator Anderson Cooper seems to be on throughout a Presidential City Corridor occasion at Solar Heart Studios on October 23, 2024 in Aston, Pennsylvania. With lower than two weeks to Election Day, Harris spent the day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a go to to Well-known 4th Road Delicatessen to greet supporters. (Picture by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs) (Getty Photographs)
“I pledge that I am going to bring forward that bipartisan bill to further strengthen and secure our border. Yes, I am, and I’m going to work across the aisle to pass a comprehensive bill that deals with a broken immigration system,” Harris responded.
“We need a president who is grounded in common sense and practical outcomes, like, let’s just fix this thing. Let’s just fix it. Why is there any ideological perspective on this? Let’s just fix the problem,” she continued.
Vice President Kamala Harris joined CNN for a city corridor occasion Wednesday night, chatting with Pennsylvania voters outdoors of Philadelphia. The city corridor occasion kicked off at 9 pm on Wednesday from Chester Township, which is positioned lower than 20 miles outdoors of Philadelphia.
Cooper requested Harris earlier within the city corridor to elucidate why simply weeks earlier than the primary presidential debate with President Biden was nonetheless within the race this summer season, the administration instituted govt actions that curbed unlawful border crossings and had not issued such orders sooner.
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ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 23: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks throughout a CNN Presidential City Corridor at Solar Heart Studios on October 23, 2024 in Aston, Pennsylvania. With lower than two weeks to Election Day, Harris spent the day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a go to to Well-known 4th Road Delicatessen to greet supporters. (Picture by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs) (Getty Photographs)
“You’re exactly right, Anderson. And as of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half. In fact, the numbers I saw most recently, illegal immigration,” Harris instructed Cooper.
“If it was that easy without executive action, why not do it in 2022, 2023?” Cooper pressed.
“Because we were working with Congress and hoping that actually we could have a long term fix to the problem instead of a short-term fix,” Harris responded.
Border Patrol picks up a bunch of asylum seekers from an assist camp on the US-Mexico border close to Sasabe, Arizona, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. In the course of the first 4 months of fiscal yr 2024, Border Patrol recorded greater than 250,000 migrant apprehensions within the Tucson sector in Arizona, essentially the most of any area patrolled by the company, in keeping with federal authorities statistics, reviews CBS. Photographer: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs (Justin Hamel/Getty Photographs)
“You couldn’t have done one and both at the same time,” Cooper famous.
Cooper went on to ask Harris if she wished she had “done those executive orders in 2022, 2023,” sparking Harris to say she believes the administration “did the right thing.”
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“I think we did the right thing. And but the best thing that can happen for the American people, is that we have bipartisan work happening. And I pledge to you, that I will work across the aisle to fix this longstanding problem. I think the American people are demanding it, on both sides of the aisle,” she responded.
