Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) isn't shying away from the truth.
As legacy media seeks to rehabilitate Vice President Kamala Harris' far-left record, Sanders told NBC News on Sunday that Harris' attempts to distance herself from her policy proposals are “a real pain.” Actual Political views are just a ploy.
“I think she's trying to be pragmatic and do what she thinks is right to win the election.”
“You've described Vice President Kamala Harris as a progressive. She used to support Medicare for All, but she no longer does. She used to support a ban on fracking, but she no longer supports it. Senator, these are ideas you campaigned on. Do you think she's abandoning progressive ideals?” host Kristen Welker asked Sanders.
“No, I don't think she's abandoning her ideals,” Sanders clarified.
In fact, Sanders believes Harris is publicly downplaying his actual views in order to win the election, all in the name of pragmatism.
“I think she's being pragmatic and trying to do what she thinks is right to win the election,” he said.
Welker also asked Sanders whether he thought Harris was still a progressive, despite all the policy changes she's made since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, and Sanders acknowledged that he didn't think she'd actually changed.
“Senator, do you still consider Vice President Kamala Harris a progressive?” Welker asked.
“I think so,” he said.
The problem with Harris' “pragmatic” centrism is Her record speaks for itself For its own sake.
Harris is not only a San Francisco liberal, but she also served four years as a U.S. senator. she More liberal More so than Sanders, who calls himself a “democratic socialist.”
Moreover, Americans don't need to be reminded that Harris hasn't changed – as Harris herself acknowledged in an interview last month, “my values haven't changed.”
“I think the most important and significant thing about my policy views and decisions is that my values haven't changed,” she says. said CNN.
After about two months of election campaigning, the Harris campaign has finally Comprehensive policy proposals Harris is campaigning on a “new and progressive” platform, ignoring the fact that she served as vice president for nearly four years and that Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the past 16 years.
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