With a little under two months to the election, Kamala Harris' campaign finally got around to posting 'issues' on her page, as I told you about earlier.
'Issues' is the right word to describe the rambling platitudes, which are light on policy and plans but heavy on partisan rhetoric.
This is a drum I've beaten before, a couple of times, but it bears repeating: do not believe anything Kamala Harris (or her campaign staff) say about her current policy positions. Especially on the eve of the first (and possibly only) debate she'll participate in.
Instead, look at what she's said and done in the past. Why? Because Kamala -- the Queen of the word salad -- was never more clear or articulate than when she was discussing her policy platforms during the 2020 Democratic primary race.
Here's what those 2020 policies looked like on her website:
With just 56 days until Election Day, Kamala Harris finally unveiled an "issues" page on her presidential campaign website.
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
The last time Kamala ran for president, she had more time to reveal her true policy positions. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/lzZBI5UUbZ
Buckle up:
In 2019 - Kamala Harris revealed a robust agenda with 26 different policy positions and 18 different agenda categories.
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
What follows is just some of the most insane ones. pic.twitter.com/2ONpzoDtWO
And, believe me, they're pretty darned insane.
1. Supporting the Climate Equality Act which "would require the government to make stronger consideration of racial and economic inequalities in its environmental policies," pic.twitter.com/QRTXwPOVwj
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
This is open, government-sanctioned discrimination. Kamala would use the government to decide who would get to benefit from climate policies.
Kamala is on record advocating for the disbursement of disaster relief based on gender and race. That too is discrimination. It's not hard to imagine a world where the White residents of a neighborhood destroyed by a tornado or hurricane are excluded from FEMA assistance while their Black neighbors are given money to rebuild.
2. $10 Trillion Dollar Climate Change Plan that promised carbon neutral US economy by 2045 and would have cost families at least $8,000 a year and essentially eliminated internal combustion engine automobiles by 2030. pic.twitter.com/FJ7biEeyBD
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
On top of the steep inflation caused by Bidenomics, Kamala proposes environmental policies that amount to a de facto car ban for most American families. In six short years, Kamala wants to ban gas powered cars.
The average cost of an electric vehicle is about $57,000 and replacement batteries cost $2,500 to $20,000.
I don't know about you, but I can't afford either of those. And I don't have the electrical infrastructure in my home to charge an electric vehicle.
I would be relegated to walking or using public transportation.
Which, of course, is the goal of such a policy.
3. You've heard of Kamala's "Medicare For All Plan" but did you know that it would have mandated taxpayer-funder sex change operations and hormone therapy, including presumably for children? pic.twitter.com/2Gu2WhE2kW
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
The Biden-Harris administration has been an outlier on 'gender affirming' care for children. While European nations -- following actual science -- are stopping surgeries and puberty blockers for adolescents, the Biden-Harris administration wants to continue providing both. Without age restrictions. Despite the fact suicide risk increases twelve-fold following surgery, and despite the fact puberty blockers do significant harm.
And under a 'Medicare for All' style plan, the finite money that funds the system would be funneled from things like cancer care to pay for 'gender affirming' surgeries.
Because that's the government and how they prioritize things.
4. Support for "Do No Harm Act" which would "would make it harder for many people of faith to operate businesses, launch charities or share their beliefs in the public square" according to "Doug Laycock, a professor of law and religious studies at the University of Virginia." pic.twitter.com/gOxeH1r6hZ
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
This is a direct violation of the First Amendment, and one that a Harris administration would undoubtedly enforce. I told you how the Biden-Harris DOJ has prosecuted -- no, persecuted -- pro-life activists.
The Biden-Harris DOJ lists traditional Catholics as 'domestic terrorists', so it makes logical sense the 'Do No Harm' act would restrict those Catholics, conservative Evangelicals, and other religious persons from operating within the public sphere.
5. Executive Order Amnesty for 6 million illegal immigrants by eliminating requirement that "Dreamers" apply before they turn 31 years old + Amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants not covered by DACA. pic.twitter.com/6xukZ3iMcH
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
We've all seen what's happening in Aurora, CO and Springfield, OH.
Kamala not only supports the violence and cultural decay, she would accelerate and expand it.
6. Additional and special Amnesty and Asylum for "LGTBQ+" Illegal Immigrants. pic.twitter.com/fwQW8gnKOx
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
Kamala may as well dissolve the borders, as she's going to enact policies that will let anyone and everyone -- regardless of whether or not they're bad actors, terrorists, or criminals -- come into America.
It costs us $150 billion a year to deal with the border/illegal immigration crisis she caused, and that number will only go up. Until the money runs out and everything collapses.
7. No more prison sentences for "LGTBQ+" criminals. Kamala promised to "reform the criminal justice system to address the harmful impact it has on the LGBTQ+ community." pic.twitter.com/SjwaaJfGG8
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
The former prosecutor and California AG is completely fine with a two-tier justice system, something antithetical to American values and the concept of equal protection under the law.
Grandma may go to prison for a decade for praying outside an abortion clinic, but the transgender guy who rapes you in a locker room will walk free because of his 'identity.'
She is radical and dangerous.
8. No more prison for any criminals, actually.
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
Instead, Kamala wanted to "end mass incarceration" and nationalize the program she started in San Francisco, which was responsible for allowing dangerous criminals back on the streets. pic.twitter.com/75L39KTvu8
And Kamala supports Australian-style gun confiscation, which means she'd let criminals run loose in your cities and take away your ability to defend yourself and your family.
This is just a sampling. What stands out is how in-depth and detailed her policy proposals where then.
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) September 9, 2024
Her LGTBQ+ policy agenda alone was more than 2,7000 words. Today, her immigration issues section is just 188 words. pic.twitter.com/DZJgGZN42Q
This -- this right here -- is the most important point.
Her previous policies, and the numerous videos of Kamala speaking about things like banning private health insurance and guns and red meat, are very clear. She's never more confident than in those videos where she's talking about those policy platforms.
Why?
Because that's who she really is. That's how she wants to govern. And flip-flops, backpedaling, and changes are a cynical ploy to portray herself as a centrist and win the election by fooling the voters.
She said it herself: her values haven't changed.
