Republican Attacks Shift From Joe Biden To Kamala Harris

The Democratic party baton has not officially passed from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris , but already, the vice president is facing Republican attacks befitting a presidential front-runner.

Only moments after Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection on Sunday, upending the 2024 race, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his allies unleashed an offensive against Harris, seeking to tie her to Bidens record on immigration and criticizing her views as too liberal.

Kamala was in on it. She covered up Joes obvious mental decline, said a narrator in an ad released Sunday by a Trump-supporting super PAC. Kamala knew Joe couldnt do the job, so she did it. Look what she got done: a border invasion, runaway inflation, the American Dream dead.

Trump, the GOPs presidential nominee, also previewed coming attacks against Harris at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday.

I call her Laffin Kamala. You ever watch her laugh? Shes crazy. You can tell a lot by a laugh Shes nuts, Trump said in his first rally since becoming his partys standard-bearer.

Donald Trump Jr. , the former presidents son, called Harris even more liberal and less competent than Biden in a post on Truth Social , Trumps social media platform.

Republicans on Capitol Hill, meanwhile, said Biden cant carry out his duties and called on him to resign from office immediately, a step that, ironically, would make Harris president.

They also sought to turn the tables on the Democrats by arguing that by pushing Biden to step aside, Democratic lawmakers rejected the will of the voters who cast their ballots to make Biden the nominee earlier this year.

Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe Biden to be the Democrat nominee for president, the self-proclaimed party of democracy has proven exactly the opposite, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement Sunday.

The partys prospects are no better now with Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-owns the disastrous policy failures of the Biden Administration, he added.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), meanwhile, pointed to Harris statements in the past defending Biden from questions surrounding his age as a reason not to trust her candidacy.

For four years, those closest to Joe Biden, including Kamala Harris, knew he was not fit to be president and lied to the American people in an effort to hold onto their power, Scott said in a statement. It was painfully clear that Biden wasnt competent for office going way back to 2021.

What is clear is that Bidens decision to drop out has scrambled the 2024 race, which is why Republicans were pushing for Biden to stay in before he made his announcement on Sunday. Trump, 78, will now be the oldest candidate in the contest with a laundry list of baggage, including his felony conviction in New York.

Dave Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, noted the age difference between Harris and Trump on Sunday:

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Now, Rs are locked into a nominee who's 78, while Harris is 59. Recent 10+ yr age gaps between major nominees have favored (two) younger Dems:

2012: Obama (51) def. Romney (65)
2008: Obama (47) def. McCain (72)
1996: Clinton (50) def. Dole (73)
1992: Clinton (46) def. Bush (68)

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Now, Rs are locked into a nominee who's 78, while Harris is 59. Recent 10+ yr age gaps between major nominees have favored (two) younger Dems:

2012: Obama (51) def. Romney (65)
2008: Obama (47) def. McCain (72)
1996: Clinton (50) def. Dole (73)
1992: Clinton (46) def. Bush (68)
Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 21, 2024