As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden prepares to unveil his 2020 running mate, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has major concerns about one rumored contender.
Carlson, who called Biden’s vice presidential pick the “most consequential” choice in U.S. history, disputed Sen. Kamala Harris’s authenticity on her progressive positions, saying the “front-runner” only stands by issues she knows will get her ahead in the polls. He cited the California Democrat’s low polling numbers at the time that she ended her own bid for the presidency and dropped out of the Democratic primary race.
“The wrap on Harris in exit polls is that she’s a fraud,” Carlson said. “She doesn’t really believe in anything, she’ll say whatever it takes. Of course, that is also Harris’s primary strength.”
Carlson also brought up an incident in which anti-abortion activist David Daleiden filed a lawsuit against Harris, alleging she and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra conspired with Planned Parenthood to terminate an investigation he was conducting into the fetal-tissue business. Daleiden accused Harris and Becerra of violating his First Amendment rights and abusing the state’s two-party recording law to silence “disfavored speech.”
“I think what we can conclude from this episode is that Kamala Harris, or any politician willing to use law enforcement to stop journalism she doesn’t like, probably doesn’t care too much about civil liberties or equality under the law, and indeed, she doesn’t,” Carlson said.
The host also touched on Harris’s background, comparing her to the elite upbringing of the media, which he said favors her.
“Harris is a product of the same highly credentialed yet deeply unimpressive world that spawned much of our media,” he said. “Needless to say, they love her. She’s one of them.”
Biden is expected to announce his pick in the next week.
