‘She Has Not Said That’: Tom Cotton Says Harris Hasn’t Distanced Herself From Far-Left Views

Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton pointed out on ABC News Sunday that Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to distance herself from her once far-left views.

Questions have arisen around Harris’ campaign since she became her party’s presidential nominee, as she has not released an official policy platform or conducted an in-depth interview with the press. Cotton appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and challenged host Jonathan Karl’s claim that Harris has moved away from the far-left policies she supported in 2020 while running for president.

“This is not a radical convention. She — as you heard me go through with Bernie Sanders, she is not taking the positions of the far left of her party. She’s clearly making an effort to move to the middle,” Karl said.

“I did hear what you said to Senator Sanders, and I thought it was clear that he was very disappointed that she’s taking these efforts not to change her positions, but to hide her positions, Jon. The American people are totally justified to conclude that Kamala Harris is a dangerous San Francisco liberal based on what she campaigned on the last time she ran for president and what this administration has done the last four years,” Cotton said.

Cotton continued to state that Harris distanced herself from the Biden administration during last week’s Democratic National Convention, before criticizing her 2020 campaign promises, such as “decriminalizing illegal immigration.”