Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sharply criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, following President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will not seek reelection in the upcoming presidential race. Biden’s decision to bow out has led to widespread political reactions, with DeSantis being one of the most vocal critics.
“Kamala Harris was complicit in a massive coverup to hide and deny the fact that Joe Biden was not capable of discharging the duties of the office,” blasted DeSantis. “She also was the border czar during the worst border crisis in American history. Democrats are just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.”
DeSantis’s comments come amid a flurry of reactions from both sides of the political spectrum.
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Republicans have largely echoed his sentiments and called for Biden’s removal as the sitting president, while many Democrats have rallied around Harris, defending her record and leadership capabilities.
Biden’s decision to step down has opened up the Democratic field, with Harris emerging as a prominent potential candidate. As the political landscape shifts, the coming months are expected to see intense campaigning and a sharpening of the national debate over the country’s direction.
Less than two hours after President Joe Biden announced he would not accept the Democratic Party’s nomination, a political action committee aligned with former President Donald Trump launched an ad targeting Vice President Kamala Harris.
Biden’s announcement came via a Sunday afternoon post on X around 1:45 p.m. ET, with the president endorsing Harris in a follow-up post.
Biden said selecting Harris as vice president was “the best decision I’ve made.” An hour after Biden’s big announcement, the MAGA Inc. political action committee released an ad on X tying Harris to the president’s record, and accusing her of “covering up” Biden’s “mental decline.”
“Kamala was in on it. She covered up Joe’s obvious mental decline,” a narrator says in the ad. “Kamala knew Joe couldn’t do the job, so she did it. Look what she got done: a border invasion, runaway inflation, the American Dream dead.”
Biden has faced multiple calls to step aside as the Democratic nominee since a poor performance in a June 27 CNN debate with former President Donald Trump. During the debate, Biden froze at times and made several verbal gaffes.
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The White House and many Democrats, including Harris, denied that Biden was declining. Harris aimed Special Counsel Robert Hur over his characterization of Biden as an “elderly man” who had memory issues.
According to the Real Clear Polling average of polls from June 28 to July 18, Harris currently trails Trump by 1.9% in a national head-to-head matchup.
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