If Kamala Has Great Plans, Why Hasn’t She Implemented Them?

Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz spent an awful lot of time during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate talking about what he and Kamala Harris would do on “day one” and beyond if Americans (and Big Tech oligarchs) elect them this November.

The problem? As Sen. J.D Vance, R-Ohio, pointed out, Kamala Harris’ “day one” was nearly 1,400 days ago. If Harris wants to help struggling Americans, why hasn’t she? She does hold the second-highest office in the land, after all.

“If Kamala Harris has such great plans for how to address middle-class problems, then she ought to do them now, not when asking for a promotion, but in the job the American people gave her three and a half years ago,” Vance said. “And the fact that she isn’t tells you a lot about how much you can trust her actual plans.”

Vance is right. It’s the exact same tack Harris took while campaigning for her current vice presidency too. Then-Sen. Kamala Harris talked about all the lawmaking priorities she would pursue if elected to the executive branch — as if she weren’t then occupying the legislature.

Now with illegal border crossings and immigrant crime out of control, homeownership beyond reach for too many Americans, skyrocketing grocery costs, America’s energy independence forfeited, wars raging abroad, political violence intensifying, a weakened military and national defense, and disintegrating public schools and law enforcement squads, it’s pretty rich to hear the current vice president and her running mate talk about all the things she’s “going to do” if upgraded to commander-in-chief.

Presidential incumbent and then-candidate Joe Biden did the same thing before the undemocratic Democrat coup removed him from the race, without a single vote cast for his replacement. He campaigned on his plans rather than his accomplishments because, well, he didn’t have any of the latter — unless you count the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan, an economy in the toilet, and an invasion at the southern border. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz just snatched Biden’s “plans” playbook from his cold, dead hands and picked up where dementia Joe left off.

Donald Trump and his team, on the other hand, have plenty of achievements to tout as a demonstration of what the next four years might hold. As Vance said during Tuesday’s debate, “Donald Trump’s economic plan is not just a plan, but it’s also a record.”

That record includes higher take-home pay for American workers, lower inflation and taxes, far more affordable groceries and gasoline, a tighter southern border, real deterrence and a stronger national defense, more of our dollars staying inside our country, and a deep-seated belief in the American dream. In other words, a happier middle class and country at large.

Back when Joe Biden’s name was still at the top of the 2024 ticket, many Americans realized they were in a unique position: They had already experienced real life under both candidates for roughly the same amount of time. It was like having a double incumbent option — in either case, been there, done that. All voters needed to discern was whether they were better off under Joe Biden or Donald Trump. It was a simple calculation.

But here’s the deal: Subbing in Harris for Biden didn’t change a thing. There’s a reason it’s called the Biden-Harris administration. Kamala Harris is Biden’s No. 2, and considering the president’s brain is pudding, she is exceedingly culpable for the sorry state of our once-great nation — especially since she lied about his health and vigor for years. Biden’s vice president, “border czar,” and “last person in the room” doesn’t get a free pass, no matter how hard she and her new running mate try to clean her slate with joy and vibes.

“I’ve been in politics long enough to [know] what Kamala Harris does when she stands before the American people and says that on day one she’s going to work on all these [energy, homeownership, safety, and fentanyl] challenges I just listed,” Vance said in his closing statement. “She’s been the vice president for three and a half years. Day one was 1400 days ago, and her policies have made these problems worse.”

Yes, they have. Exponentially so.

So when politicians like Harris and Walz drone on about what they’re going to do in the future, you really only need to look at what they’ve done in the past. Based on what Kamala Harris has done since her day one, voters should deny her a day 1,500.

Kylee Griswold is the managing editor of The Federalist. She previously worked as the copy editor for the Washington Examiner magazine and as an editor and producer at National Geographic. She holds a B.S. in communication arts/speech and an A.S. in criminal justice and writes on topics including feminism and gender issues, religion, and the media. Follow her on Twitter @kyleezempel.