Graham urges Trump to attack Harris on judgment, not background

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) would prefer that former President Donald Trump remain focused on criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris‘s policy positions and record, not her race or gender.

“I would encourage President Trump to prosecute the case against Kamala Harris’s bad judgment,” Graham told Fox News on Sunday.

By way of example, Graham underscored Harris’s defense of President Joe Biden‘s economic policies.

“The problem I have with Kamala Harris is not her heritage, it’s her judgment,” Graham said. “She has been wrong about everything. When she tried to explain what she would do about inflation and an upcoming recession, it made no sense. It’s gibberish.”

“She’s been in the Witness Protection Program,” he added. “Nobody will ask her a hard question. Every day we’re talking about her heritage and not her terrible, dangerous liberal record throughout her entire political life. it’s a good day for her and a bad day for us.”

Graham also discouraged Trump from scrutinizing Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) after the former president called him “Little Brian,” “disloyal,” “very average,” and a “bad guy” during a rally in Georgia on Saturday. The pair have had a strained working relationship since the 2020 election, when Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger declined “to find 11,780 votes,” which Trump asked Raffensperger to do during a taped Jan. 2 phone call.

“Georgia is there for the taking,” Graham said. “I’m hoping that President Trump and Governor Kemp can repair the damage to win Georgia, a state if we win, we’re going to go well on our way to winning 270 electoral votes.”

“If we lose Georgia, it could be a very long night,” he continued. “So let’s win this election. How about that? Let’s win an election we can’t afford to lose.”

During a press conference in Paris three years ago, Harris was asked whether the pandemic-era spending Biden had proposed would contribute to increased consumer prices.

“Well, let’s start with this: Prices have gone up,” Harris said. “Families and individuals are dealing with the realities of — that bread costs more, that gas costs more. And we have to understand what that means. That’s about the cost of living going up. That’s about having to stress and stretch limited resources. That’s about a source of stress for families that is not only economic but is, on a daily level, something that is a heavy weight to carry. So, it is something that we take very seriously. Very seriously.”