Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vancetold CNN on Sunday believes Vice President Kamala Harris “is whatever she says she is” when it comes to racial identity, but also agrees with her running mate. Donald Trumpthat he is a “chameleon”.
“He pretends to be one thing in front of one audience, he pretends to be something different in front of another audience,” Vance told the “State of the Union” anchor. Dana Bash. “Look, Dana, he’s not running a political campaign, he’s running a movie.”
Vance’s remarks came after Trump said last month that Harris “happened to turn black” during an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention.
The Democratic presidential candidate, who is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, has long identified as a black woman.
Vance also called Harris a “fundamentally fake person” because of his changing positions on policies such as fracking, immigration and police funding, saying, “He should answer why he’s presenting different policies to one audience and different policies to another audience .”
Elsewhere during Vance’s “State of the Union” appearance, Bash asked her about remarks she made in a 2021 interview when she referred to Harris and other Democrats as “childless cat ladies who are unhappy in their own lives and choices. It’s been done, and so they want to do more.” wretched from the earth.”
During that interview, he also called Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) “people without children.” Harris has stepchildren and Buttigieg has adopted twins.
While Vance told Bash that he “of course” recognizes Harris and Buttigieg as his parents, he said the vice president is “part of an ideology of American leadership that is anti-family” and that he has been acting “weird.” statements” in this respect.
“He’s said things like it makes sense not to have children because of climate change,” he said, referring to comments Harris made last year at a university tour stop in which he acknowledged the fear of young people to have children as the climate crisis worsens. .
“I think that’s the exact opposite message that we should be sending to our young families … and I think it’s unfortunate that so much of our public leadership has become anti-family,” Vance added.
