Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for copying his own pledge not to tax tips earned by service workers if he is re-elected.
Trump first made the pledge at a June 9 rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, two months before Harris announced her position at a Las Vegas rally on Saturday and six weeks before the vice president will run for President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election.
Kamala's first major policy proposal was plagiarized directly from Trump pic.twitter.com/8OgpBGA627
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 11, 2024
Trump blasted Harris for lacking “imagination” and called her a “copycat” who allegedly stole his policy proposals, and the Republican candidate said she was promoting policies for “political purposes” without actually implementing them.
“Kamala Harris, whose 'honeymoon' period is over and she's starting to lose ground in the polls, just copied my 'No Tip Tax' policy. The difference is, she won't do it. She only wants it for political purposes! It was Trump's idea. She has no ideas, only steals from me. Remember, Kamala proposed the biggest tax increase in history. It's not going to happen. Make America Great Again!!!” Trump wrote.
“How long will it be before Kamala Harris launches another 'Trump' policy like 'Seniors on Social Security Pay No Taxes,'” Trump wrote in another post. “She's in such a bad place right now! Everyone is watching to see what ideas and policies she copies of me next.”
Republican vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance questioned why Harris, as the sitting vice president, has yet to implement a “no tip tax” policy. (RELATED: 'What are they hiding?': CNN panelists ask Kamala Harris to face media, answer voters' questions)
“She's running the government, so why not do it now?” Vance wrote to X.
She runs the government, so why not do it now? https://t.co/faVbwvwRC9
— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 11, 2024
The hashtag “#CopyCatKamala” trend Early Sunday morning, various X users joined President Trump in slamming the vice president.
#CopycatKamala is the hottest trend right now! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/iBjdaxOgts
— TikTok Library (@libsoftiktok) August 11, 2024
In February 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA). suggestionis an IRS-run program that cracks down on tip reporting in order to improve “tip reporting compliance” on employment tax returns.
