Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harriswho is also the Democratic presidential candidate, could have solved problems like the border crisis, the economy and crime in her current post as vice president, but has failed to do so.
It comes as Harris has begun making promises about what her administration will do if she defeats former President Trump in November to become the next president, including strengthening border security, fighting for the middle class and working to pass gun reform, including universal background checks, emergency laws and an assault weapons ban.
Republicans, however, have criticized Harris for policies the Biden-Harris administration pursued during her tenure as vice president on immigration, the economy and crime.
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Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris could solve problems such as the border crisis, the economy and crime if she became vice president. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“Kamala Harris could fix the border now. She didn’t,” Jordan wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “She could fix the economy now. She made it worse. She could clean up Democrat-run cities now. But she’s raising money to bail out rioters.”
President Biden tasked Harris with addressing root causes in 2021 weight migration from Central and South America, although some Democrats and media outlets have recently claimed that Harris was never appointed a “border czar,” even though several of the same outlets have previously called her one.
In March 2021, Biden said Harris was leading efforts to coordinate with Mexico and other Northern Triangle countries — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — to address issues such as the surge of migrants at the southern border.
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Republicans have criticized Harris for policies the Biden-Harris administration pursued during her tenure as vice president on issues including immigration, the economy and crime. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Last month, the House passed a resolution condemning Harris as a border czar for her management of the massive migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The resolution passed by a vote of 220-196.
Jordan's mention of Harris raising money for bail out the rebels — a reference to her social media posts in June 2020, in which she encouraged people to donate to the nonprofit Minnesota Freedom Fund “to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota” following the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020.