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Election 2020
Kamala Harris for Vice President
Fox News’ Chris Wallace: Trump Wishes Biden Had Picked Anyone But Kamala Harris
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‘SAFE CHOICE’ “Think of who he could have chosen and how much easier it would have been for Republicans to make that case,” the Fox News host argued.
President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is “the kind of opponent everyone dreams of.” Chris Wallace isn’t buying it.
According to the Fox News Sunday host, Biden’s vice presidential pick is “not far to the left, despite what Republicans are going to try to say” and ultimately a “reasonably safe choice” for the role. “She adds some excitement to the ticket,” he added. “She’s a statement to African-Americans and especially to African-American women, who are the real solid core of the Democratic Party, that the party does not take them for granted.”
When Fox’s Sandra Smith attempted to paint Harris as a “flip-flopper,” asking if her party will “struggle to defend” her evolution on certain issues, Wallace pushed back.
“I don’t think they’re going to have to struggle at all,” he said of the Democrats. “I mean, let’s think of who else Joe Biden could have picked.” If he had picked Susan Rice, then the Trump campaign “would have been all over her” on Benghazi and the Russia investigation. Now “they don’t get to do any of that,” he said. If he had picked Elizabeth Warren, Wallace said they could have much more easily characterized the ticket as “far-left.” He went on to explain how much harder it will be for Trump and Republicans to attack Harris. “Despite the president saying yesterday that Kamala Harris was his number one draft pick, that she’s the one he wanted the most, I promise you that there were a lot of people he would have liked to be running against much more,” Wallace said. Given the other women on his shortlist, he marveled at the fact that the “daughter of an immigrant from India and an immigrant from Jamaica” ended up being the “safe choice” for Biden. And just because forces on the right are calling her too far left doesn’t change that, he added. “The fact that Liz Cheney and The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal editorial page don’t like her, who among the Democrats would they have liked?” Wallace asked, laughing. “The answer is they’re kind of struggling.” Reminding Fox News viewers that as a prosecutor Harris was actually “pretty tough on crime,” he said, “That’s going to make it a little bit harder for the Republicans to say that this is a far-left, Defund the Police ticket. Again, think of who he could have chosen and how much easier it would have been for Republicans to make that case.” Why Trump Will Have a ‘Tough Time’ Attacking Kamala Harris NOT SO FAST Matt Wilstein Fox Corrects Trump Camp: Kamala Never Called Biden ‘Racist’ FACT-CHECKED Matt Wilstein Matt Wilstein Senior Writer @mattwilstein matt.wilstein@thedailybeast.com Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. TOP ARTICLES 1/5 READ MORE The Best Smart Notebooks for Working From Home and Remote Learning AD BY LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP Now You're Talking This year, conversations are lasting 33% longer. Find time to talk about your financial plans. Because the more we talk, the more we plan, protect and retire. SEE MORE › READ THIS LIST Donald Trump’s Woman Problem Just Got a Whole Lot Worse MOLLY JONG-FAST Men Are Broken. Geena Davis Is Trying to Fix Them. MARLOW STERN NOW Board Member Accused of Claiming She’s Asian to Win Seat EMILY SHUGERMAN Everything My Elders Love About Kamala Harris Leaves Me Cold ERNEST OWENS Hawaii’s Lt. Guv on the ‘Fail’ That Helped COVID Roar Back MICHAEL DALY