Harris derides Trump on border security at Georgia rally as GOP presses the issue
Kamala Harris, facing a new barrage of GOP attack ads seeking to define her on Republican terms, attacked back on immigration and border security.
ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris, facing a new barrage of GOP attack ads seeking to define her early in her campaign, attacked back on immigration and border security before a fired-up crowd of thousands in an over-capacity arena Tuesday night.
Through chants of “Kamala” aimed at her and “lock him up” aimed at former President Donald Trump, Harris began her line of attack by citing her experience as attorney general of America’s largest border state, California.
“In that job, I walked underground tunnels between the United States and Mexico on that border with law enforcement officers," Harris said. "I went after transnational gangs, drug cartels and human traffickers that came into our country illegally. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.”
“Donald Trump, on the other hand, has been talking a big game on securing the border, but he does not walk the walk. Or as my friend Quavo says, he does not 'walk it like I talk it,'" Harris said, referring to lyrics by the Atlanta rapper, who endorsed her moments earlier.
Harris’ remarks were her sharpest effort yet to rebut Republican assertions that she lacks the will and experience to secure the border, that she failed to do so as vice president and that she would again be ineffective on the issue if she is elected president.
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