Vice President Mike Pence is going to struggle in a one-on-one face-off against Kamala Harris, according to the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Moments after presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden picked Harris to be his running mate on Tuesday, making the California senator the first woman of color to appear on a major party’s presidential ticket, Sharpton assessed how she will square up against Pence on the debate stage.
“She will give Vice President Pence a very, very, very bad evening on that debate because she’s a great debater. She knows what she’s about. I think Joe Biden could have chosen someone else, but he couldn’t have chose anyone better … She’s tough, she’s thorough, and she’s ready,” Sharpton said on MSNBC.
Harris dropped out of the Democratic primary in December, but she made waves for her aggressive debate-stage tactics against Biden.
“I don’t think that you could have a tougher opponent,” Sharpton added. “I know the Trump people are preparing all they can to throw at her, but you cannot have a better person to throw it at — that it will bounce off her like it didn’t mean anything because she’s been in tough fights before. So if I were Donald Trump and Mr. Pence, I would be ready for a real battle now.”
Sharpton has been critical of Biden throughout the campaign.
Following a debate between Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in January, Sharpton said he “didn’t see anybody” who could beat Trump.
