American Military News by Ryan Morgan 8/12/2020
President Donald Trump was quick to attack California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris on her defense record after Joe Biden announced he picked her as his vice presidential running mate for the November election.
“She wants to slash funds for our military at a level that nobody can even believe,†Trump said during a White House
press conference Tuesday, just hours after Biden’s announcement. Trump added, “As far as Kamala is concerned, she’s a big tax raiser, she’s a big slasher of funds for our military, and she’s got a lot of difficult things that she’s going to have to explain.â€
A Politico
candidate tracker launched for the Democratic primary season did list Harris as one of eight Democratic candidates who ran for president on a general plan of cutting defense spending. Biden himself was listed as one of the Democratic candidates in favor of generally supporting larger defense budgets if elected president.
The Council on Foreign Relations similarly said as a presidential candidate, Harris “voted against increasing defense spending, promised to limit U.S. military engagements abroad, and called white supremacist violence the top domestic terrorism threat.â€
A presidential candidate profile
published by the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition also noted Harris has called for preventing the need for military action through “smart diplomacy†as far back as her 2016 U.S. Senate campaign.
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