Trump Confronts ‘Copycat’ Harris For Stealing His Campaign Promise

In the weeks since Kamala Harris has become the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, she has maintained a low profile.

Despite rejecting any formal interview with the news media or releasing a comprehensive campaign platform, voters have gotten a glimpse or two of what a Harris administration might mean for them.

One of the few proposals she has released, however, received significant pushback due to its glaring similarity to a promise made by her rival Donald Trump.

According to the New York Post:

Vice President Kamala Harris rolled out a promise to stomp out taxes on tips during a campaign stop in Las Vegas Saturday — prompting former President Donald Trump to rip her for “copying” one of his signature proposals.

Though she spent a significant portion of her talk ripping Trump, the Democratic presidential nomineeregurgitated one of his signature ideas at the top of her stump speech at the battleground state.

“It is my promise to everyone here, when I am President, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers,” Harris told the crowd to a roar of applause.

The suspiciously similar rhetoric sparked widespread social media discussion:

Kamala Harris bragged about casting the tie-breaking vote for the bill that allowed the IRS to crack down on service workers tips. Now she's adopting Trump's 'no tax on tips' proposal. Will she admit that her vote was a mistake and the IRA was bad for America? pic.twitter.com/5vjUKan7m6

— @amuse (@amuse) August 11, 2024

Kamala Harris has completely reversed her positions on banning fracking, defunding the police, and eliminating private insurance. Today she hijacked the Trump plan of no tax on tips. This woman is a total fraud and complete phony who will say and do anything to get elected. pic.twitter.com/5LDsOfCahZ

— Righteous⚡️Crusader (@Craftmastah) August 11, 2024

The first policy position announced by Kamala Harris is that she’s stealing Trump’s idea to not tax tips…

Incredible. Absolutely incredible.pic.twitter.com/nzC7yihFaH

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 11, 2024

Kamala Harris a fraud!!
It was just last year the IRS under Biden-Harris made plans to crack down on tips.
NOW, she's stealing Donald Trump's "NO TAX ON TIPS" #CopyCatKamala #LyingKamala

Credit: @ChewiesMama777 pic.twitter.com/b5xiRBpgyl

— Steve Gruber (@stevegrubershow) August 11, 2024

Now Kamala is stealing President Trump's policies: 'No Tax On Tips'

Kamala Harris allies: "We're going to Make America Great Again"

Plagiarism!#CopyCatKamala pic.twitter.com/VVlQALLfEl

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) August 11, 2024

Trump himself also took aim at Harris over the apparent theft of his idea, as reported by the Daily Caller:

Trump tore into Harris’s lack of “imagination” and called her a “copycat” for stealing his policy proposal. The GOP nominee said Harris promoted the policy for “political purposes” and that she won’t actually implement it.

“Kamala Harris, whose ‘Honeymoon’ period is ENDING, and is starting to get hammered in the Polls, just copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy. The difference is, she won’t do it, she just wants it for Political Purposes! This was a TRUMP idea – She has no ideas, she can only steal from me. Remember, Kamala has proposed the LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN HISTORY – It won’t happen. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump wrote.

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