The Harris campaign published a “Statement on Trump’s Promise to End Democracy” with a major flaw: he never promised to end democracy.
President Trump spoke at Turning Point Action’s “Believers Summit” where he attempted to pull the interest of Christians for the coming election.
He spent much of his time noting how important an election would be compared to others, going so far as to state that they “won’t have to vote anymore” as the country would have its problems solved.
Trump: You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again. pic.twitter.com/DBGcBr3Wht
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 27, 2024
While the words from Trump were a hyperbole meant to emphasize how much he would accomplish if elected for a second term, the Harris campaign took it extremely literally.
The Democrat and her team took to X and released a statement misrepresenting the words of the 45th president while referring to him as a criminal and future “dictator.”
Our statement on Trump last night promising to end American democracy https://t.co/URjtvFCsg2 pic.twitter.com/KAMPPxDr9E
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 27, 2024
The Harris campaign already faced previous backlash for misrepresenting Project 2025 to voters by claiming it and Trump intended to cut Social Security.
CNN reported:
Facts First: One of Harris’ claims about Project 2025 is false, while another is at least misleading. The Project 2025 document does not show that Trump intends to cut Social Security; the document barely discusses Social Security at all and does not propose cuts to the program. In addition, contrary to Harris’ suggestion, Project 2025 does not call to “end” the Affordable Care Act or eliminate its protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The document does criticize the Affordable Care Act, especially the law’s expansion of Medicaid, but makes clear it is advocating changes to the law rather than terminating the law entirely.
A Harris campaign official said the campaign has “made a deliberate decision to brand all of Trump’s policies” as “Project 2025,” since they believe “it has stuck with voters.” After the initial publication of this article, a Harris campaign spokesperson, Joseph Costello, added, “Project 2025 is a blueprint for many of the dangerous policies we know that a second Trump term would include, and it is indisputable that in his first term, Donald Trump repeatedly tried to cut Social Security and end the Affordable Care Act.”
The idea that Trump promised violence if he lost and would terminate the Constitution to become a dictator are blatant lies by twisting words from a campaign desperate for support.
Stick to the facts; they’re what matters.
Read the “Statement on Trump’s Promise to End Democracy” below:
“When Vice President Harris says this election is
about freedom she means it. Our democracy is
under assault by criminal Donald Trump: After the
last election Trump lost, he sent a mob to
overturn the results.
This campaign, he has promised violence if he
loses, the end of our elections if he wins, and the
termination of the Constitution to empower him
to be a dictator to enact his dangerous
Project 2025 agenda on America.
Donald Trump wants to take America backward,
to a politics of hate, chaos, and fear –
this November America will unite around
Vice President Kamala Harris to stop him.”
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