In an interview with Fox News following Kamala Harris’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Harris for not addressing the issues she now promises to tackle if elected president.
“Why didn’t she address the problems she’s now talking about? She had the opportunity for three and a half years,” Trump said during the phone interview with Fox, immediately after Harris’s speech. “She’s saying, ‘We’re going to do this, we’re going to do that,’ but none of it has been done. She could have taken action already.”
Trump suggested that Harris, as the current Vice President, could still make a difference before her term ends. “She could leave that auditorium tonight, go back to Washington, D.C., and secure the border. She doesn’t need a new bill. I did it without one, creating the safest border in our country’s history,” Trump claimed.
He went on to say that Harris’s speech was filled with “a lot of complaining,” and criticized her for not addressing significant issues like China, fracking, crime, poverty, and child trafficking. He particularly took issue with her role as the administration’s “border czar,” claiming she has overseen the “weakest border in the history of this country,” describing the situation at the southern border as “an invasion.”
“She talks, but she doesn’t take action,” Trump remarked.
Trump also mentioned that Harris had declined an invitation to debate him on Fox News, which would have taken place before the ABC News debate scheduled for September 10.
“I was ready to debate on September 4, but she turned it down. I’m still willing to debate her, even though I think ABC is probably the worst network. I was willing to do it with CNN and Joe Biden, and you saw how that went,” Trump said.
The interview was eventually cut off by the hosts, who moved on to other programming.