The Trump campaign released a new ad Tuesday targeting Harris, calling her the Biden administration’s “border czar,” referring to her work addressing the root causes of immigration in the Northern Triangle.
“This is America’s border czar, and she has failed us,” the narrator says in the ad, which features images of violent crime and news reports of crimes allegedly committed by immigrants.
The 30-second spot ends with footage from a 2021 interview in which Harris defends her decision not to visit the southern border, noting she has never even been to Europe.
The ad ends with, “Kamala Harris: Failed, weak, and dangerously progressive.”
The TV ad is the first from the Trump campaign since President Biden decided to drop out of the race, leaving Harris as the likely Democratic nominee. It will air in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin. The total ad buy is about $12 million.
The Trump campaign and Republicans have aggressively criticized Harris’s work on immigration during the Biden administration, trying to directly link her to the surge of migrants at the southern border.
Last week, House Republicans approved a resolution denouncing Harris as the Biden administration’s “border czar.”
The Harris campaign pushed back against the ad, noting that Trump lobbied Congress earlier this year to block passage of a bipartisan border security proposal.
“After sabotaging the strongest border deal in decades, Donald Trump is telling his own signature lies because his record and his ‘plan’ are extreme and unpopular,” a Harris campaign spokesperson said.
“As a former district attorney, attorney general, and now vice president, Kamala Harris has dedicated her career to prosecuting violent criminals and making our communities safer. She will do the same as president,” the spokesperson added.
