Harris cites Trump more than two dozen times while pressed for policy issues in CNN town hall

Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned erstwhile President Trump by sanction much than 2 twelve times during her CNN municipality hallway connected Wednesday, including erstwhile pressed astir circumstantial policies she would institute if elected to nan White House. 

Fox News recovered that during nan CNN municipality hallway successful Chester, Pennsylvania, Harris mentioned Trump by sanction 26 times, while Trump was mentioned wide by moderator Anderson Cooper aliases assemblage members a full of 43 times. The CNN municipality hallway kicked disconnected astatine 9 p.m. connected Wednesday and wrapped up astir 10:15 p.m.

Harris was pressed connected issues specified arsenic her separator policies nan past 3 and a half years arsenic vice president, and really she would tackle migration otherwise if she was elected president. At 1 point, Cooper pressed Harris connected her support of a bipartisan measure that would supply backing for a separator wall that she antecedently lambasted arsenic a "stupid" thought erstwhile promoted by Trump during his administration. 

"Let's talk astir this discuss measure that you want to walk if you are elected. You said that's going to beryllium a priority. It includes $650 cardinal successful backing for nan separator wall. That's thing Republicans wanted, that was portion of nan compromise. Under Donald Trump, you criticized nan wall much than 50 times. You called it ‘stupid, useless, and a medieval vanity project.’ Is a separator wall stupid?," Cooper asked Harris. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks arsenic CNN moderator Anderson Cooper looks connected during a Presidential Town Hall arena astatine Sun Center Studios successful Aston, Pennsylvania, connected Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Harris pivoted from straight answering nan mobility to citing Trump. 

"Let's talk astir Donald Trump and that separator wall," Harris said while laughing. "So remember, Donald Trump said Mexico would salary for it. Come on, they didn't. How overmuch of that wall did he build? I deliberation nan past number I saw was astir 2%. And past erstwhile it came clip for him to do a photograph op, you know, wherever he did it? In nan portion of nan wall that President Obama built."

"So you don't deliberation it's stupid anymore?" Cooper later asked. 

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"I deliberation what he did and really he did it was, did not make overmuch consciousness because he really didn't do overmuch of anything. I conscionable talked astir that wall, right? We conscionable talked astir it. He didn't really do overmuch of anything," she responded, not citing Trump by name, but referring to his activity arsenic president. 

This aerial image shows nan U.S.-Mexico separator wall successful Sasabe, Arizona, connected Dec. 8, 2023. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

At different point, Cooper asked Harris astir her plans to tackle reported price gouging by corporations, pinch Harris answering that she "took this rumor on" erstwhile she served arsenic California lawyer wide earlier admonishing Trump for not attending nan municipality hall. CNN held nan municipality hallway aft proposing a 2nd statesmanlike statement betwixt Harris and Trump for Oct. 23. Harris accepted nan debate, but Trump declined, spurring nan web to big a municipality hallway instead. 

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"By nan way, again, Donald Trump should beryllium present coming to talk pinch you and reply your questions. He's not, he refused to come. But understand that portion of his scheme is to put successful spot a nationalist income taxation of astatine slightest 20% connected mundane equipment and necessities, and that, by economist estimates — independent economists — would costs you, arsenic nan American user and taxpayer, an further $4,000 a year," Harris claimed. 

Harris was besides asked astir codifying Roe v. Wade, which sparked nan vice president to again onslaught Trump while signaling support to extremity nan filibuster. 

"You've talked astir codifying Roe v Wade. That would require 60 votes successful nan Senate, a mostly of nan House. That's a big— that's a large leap. We don't person that yet. If that's not imaginable to codify it successful nan House, what do you do?" Cooper asked.

"I deliberation we request to return a look astatine nan filibuster, to beryllium honorable pinch you. But nan reality of it is this, let's talk astir really we sewage here. When Donald Trump was president, he hand-selected 3 members of nan United States Supreme Court pinch nan volition that they would undo nan protections of Roe v Wade," she said. "And they did arsenic he intended. And now, successful 20 states, we person abortion bans." 

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Harris was straight asked astir Trump a fistful of times during nan statement — pinch her answers included successful nan full count of 26 Trump mentions — astir notably erstwhile Cooper asked her astir an X station comparing Trump to Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler. Earlier Wednesday, erstwhile Trump management main of unit John Kelly claimed to nan media that Trump praised "Hitler's generals" for their loyalty, which Harris repeated successful an X station that day. 

"If nan president of nan United States, nan commandant successful chief, is saying to his generals, successful essence, 'Why can't you beryllium much for illustration Hitler's generals?' Anderson, travel on. This is simply a serious, superior issue. And we cognize who he is. He admires dictators, sending emotion letters backmost and distant with Kim Jong Un," Harris said astatine 1 point. She besides told Cooper that she believes Trump is simply a "fascist." 

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Harris sat down past week for her first question and reply pinch Fox News since rising to nan apical of nan Democratic summons aft President Biden dropped retired of nan title successful July amid mounting concerns complete his intelligence acuity and age. During that interview, Harris cited Trump by sanction 23 times. 

"More than 70% of group show nan state is connected nan incorrect track. They opportunity nan state is connected nan incorrect track. If it's connected nan incorrect track, that way follows 3 and a half years of you being vice president and President Biden being president. That is what they're saying, 79% of them. Why are they saying that?" Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier asked Harris during nan interview. "If you're turning nan page, you've been successful agency for 3 and a half years."

"And Donald Trump has been moving for agency since…" Harris responded, while Baier interjected, "But you've been nan personification holding nan office." 

At different point, Baier asked Harris: "Your run motto is simply a ‘New measurement forward’ and ‘It’s clip to move nan page.’ You’ve been vice president for 3 and a half years, truthful what are you turning nan page from?" 

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"Well, first of all, turning nan page from nan past decade successful which we person been burdened pinch nan benignant of rhetoric coming from Donald Trump that has been designed and implemented to disagreement our state and person Americans virtually constituent fingers astatine each other. Rhetoric and an attack to activity that suggests that nan spot of a leader is based connected who you hit down alternatively of what we each know, nan spot of activity is based connected who you assistance up," Harris responded.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Harris campaign regarding nan vice president many times citing Trump erstwhile asked astir her policies, but did not instantly person a reply. 

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