After more than a month without an official policy platform, Vice President Kamala Harris finally launched her campaign website on Sunday, but critics say it still lacks any concrete content beyond an overall vision and aspirations.
The new website lists some of Harris' previously announced policies, including $25,000 checks for new homebuyers, an increase in the new small business tax credit from $5,000 to $50,000, a ban on food price gouging and a $6,000 child tax credit.
The website is being touted as a “new way forward,” even though Harris has served as vice president for the past three-plus years and repeats some of President Biden's policies.
Regarding the border crisis, the policy website says nothing other than that Harris will fight for related legislation in the Senate and that it would establish a “path to citizenship” for immigrants who enter the US illegally.
Some voters expressed concern online about her lack of other concrete proposals, particularly regarding the border.
“These are not policy positions. Nothing about border security. These are targets, targets that scream 'I'm going to raise your taxes!'” X Written by a user.
Other people “The 'border bill' is political theater. Trump didn't need legislation to get us a safer border, and neither do Biden and Harris,” he said.
“Kamala Harris posted a half-baked policy wish list to her website in the middle of the night to fix the problems she created over the last four years,” Caroline Leavitt, national spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, said in a statement.
“If Kamala really wanted to cut costs and secure our border, why did she vote in a runoff election that created inflation and supported a war on the energy industry? And why is she still allowing illegal immigrants to enter our southern border at this very moment?”
Other parts of Harris' policy agenda posted on the site lay out her goals for a future administration but don't say how she would get there, other than to say she would “fight for” those goals.
“She will fight to raise the minimum wage, end sub-minimum wage for tipped workers and people with disabilities, create paid family and sick leave, and repeal the tip tax for service and hospitality workers,” the website says.
“Vice President Harris will fight to ensure parents have access to quality child care and preschool for their children,” she added.
“She and Governor Walz will always fight for the freedom to breathe clean air, drink clean water and live free from the pollution that is contributing to the climate crisis,” the site said.
When it comes to the U.S. Supreme Court, Harris is siding with President Biden on establishing unprecedented reforms such as term limits and “requiring judges to abide by ethics rules,” according to the site.
“Vice President Harris believes no one is above the law and she will fight to ensure that former presidents do not receive immunity for crimes they committed while in the White House,” the website reads.
“She will also support commonsense Supreme Court reforms, such as holding judges to the same ethical standards that other federal judges must follow and imposing term limits, to address the crisis of trust facing the Supreme Court,” the statement said.
Harris did not offer a new vision for Israel on the site, but reiterated that she would “ensure” Israel's right to defend itself and said she was working with Biden on a hostage deal with Hamas to free Israelis and “end the suffering in Gaza.”
The Harris campaign did not respond to inquiries from The Washington Post on Monday.
