From Afghanistan to Arlington, Kamala Harris can school Donald Trump on foreign policy

From Afghanistan to Arlington, Kamala Harris can school Donald Trump on foreign policy
What Kamala Harris will have to say to win tonight's debate

By Austin Sarat - Dennis Aftergut
Published September 10, 2024 5:45AM (EDT)


(Salon) This is the second of a two-part series on tonight's first, and so far only scheduled, debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Read the first part here.

BORDER SECURITY

Q: Let’s talk about the border. Polling suggests that Americans like Mr. Trump’s tough approach. What will you do about the border?

A: Tough on the border? I’ll tell you what he’s tough on. He’s tough on fellow Republicans who want to secure our borders when he thinks it’ll hurt him politically.

That’s why in February, he killed the toughest-in-history Senate border security bill that his own ally, Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, negotiated. Trump stopped it. His Republican enablers gave in. He didn’t want his presidential opponent to get the credit. He wanted the problem to exist at this very moment.

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Your choice in this election is clear: Someone who will do something about border security or someone who just wants you to be afraid of a problem he could have helped solve. ...................(more)

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