“Google is free,” former South Carolina Democratic Rep. Bakari Sellers joked Friday while defending Vice President Kamala Harris for not posting her official policy platform on her website.
Since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Ms. Harris has faced criticism for not releasing a formal policy platform on her website and not giving detailed interviews to reporters until Thursday night. Appearing on CNN News Central, Mr. Sellers highlighted Ms. Harris' mid-August economic plan after she faced criticism from Republicans for not having a platform. (Related article: Harris unable to explain change of attitude, says she has no regrets about Biden in first interview)
“If I were mean and whiny, I'd say Google is free. But because this is national television, she's going to talk about not wanting to raise taxes on individuals making over $400,000 a year. She's talking about expanding the child tax credit,” Sellers said. “She's talking about allowing individuals to get a tax credit for a $25,000 down payment when they buy their first home. She's actually talking about a tax credit for individuals who are building homes — individuals who are building 3 million new homes — because she understands that we have a housing crisis in this country.”
“She's been talking about policy every day during the campaign, she spoke with Dana Bash last night, and she'll continue to do so and continue to announce new policies and plans,” Sellers said.
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Sellers said Republicans are “fundamentally incapable” of treating Harris “as a candidate” and therefore “resorting” to highlighting her lack of “policy points.”
“The irony of this is that there was so much advertising for Joe Biden to drop out of the race, and then when Joe Biden drops out of the race, the Republican Party, even the veteran senators, act as if Kamala Harris is, and they have no fundamental ability to deal with Harris as a candidate,” Sellers continued. “So they say we don't have any policy points for her on our website, when it's very clear what her policies are. She just wrote her housing plan last week.”
Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, gave their first interview as candidates on CNN on Thursday night, where host Dana Bash asked them about their campaign. Harris was asked about her reversals on issues like the fracking ban and the crisis at the southern US border, but did not elaborate on why some policies were reversed, saying, “My values haven't changed.”
Harris drew strong backlash from experts on both sides of the aisle when she unveiled her economic policy proposals during a speech in North Carolina on August 16. Critics warned that her proposed federal ban on “corporate price gouging” of food prices could lead to higher costs and the creation of a black market.
The Harris campaign has not yet released an official policy platform. Website As of Friday.
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