After Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden’s name at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, many pundits seemed to hope voters would forget that she has been part of the administration that has been in office for nearly four years.
It’s clear that many Americans are not buying the left’s effort to describe Harris as an agent of change, however, and President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, recently made the case that the vice president should be held accountable for her role in the current administration’s disastrous record.
According to Fox News:
“The country is suffering. People are not able to buy usual necessities for their families. We have wars going on around the world. Soldiers are dying. They were dying under this administration because of weak leadership. The border is open and dangerous. A lot of fentanyl is coming over, killing our youth. It’s very hard to see,” she told “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt in an exclusive sit-down interview that aired Thursday.
“[The economy] it’s really not great. Inflation is high and, if we compare these four years under this administration compared to four years under my husband as commander in chief, he was leading the country through peace through strength. And the border was safer than ever before. We didn’t have any wars. People were prospering. They had jobs. They could support their families, so I think the American people need to decide what they really want. Maybe some strong tweets, but everything else great for this country, so it’s all in the American people’s hands on November 5th.”
The conversation marked the former first lady’s first television interview in more than two years. It also came in anticipation of her new memoir release titled “Melania.”
Her wide-ranging interview sparked significant social media discussion:
Melania: My husband is being watched over because this country needs him pic.twitter.com/bBvK9tvaGb
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 26, 2024
MELANIA: "All he wants to do, as he says, is Make America Great Again. He wants to make this country prosperous and safe for everybody. He wants to make the American dream possible again."
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 26, 2024
First Lady Melania Trump: "Is it really shocking that all this egregious violence goes against my husband? Especially when we hear the leaders of the opposition Party and mainstream media branding him as a 'threat to democracy' — calling him vile names. They're only fueling a… pic.twitter.com/lGLsejgb63
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 26, 2024
Melania Trump’s depiction of the chasm between America’s two major-party presidential choices seems to be echoed in recent polling.
According to the New York Post:
Most voters think that Donald Trump is right about the economy and the direction of the country, according to two national polls that came out Sunday.
A hefty 65% of likely voters feel the country is heading in the wrong direction and trust Trump more on the economy (50% to 41%), according to a national NBC News poll.
In a separate CBS News/YouGov poll, 59% of voters rated the economy as “bad.” compared to 39% “good.”
Here’s a full clip of the Melania Trump interview:
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