Kamala Campaign Website Still Lacks Policy Platform After Start Of DNC

 The official campaign website for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz still does not have a policy platform or list of important issues even after the kickoff of the Democratic National Convention on Monday.

KamalaHarris.com asks for supporters to “Join the Campaign” and “Chip in” a donation “to power our campaign,” but noticeably absent from the website is a page explaining what issues are most important to Vice President Harris. The campaign website only includes bios for Harris and Walz, a page where supporters can find campaign events near them, and a shop where supporters can purchase Harris gear.

Harris has been criticized for staying quiet on many of her policy positions after becoming the de facto nominee nearly one month ago. POLITICO reported that some Democratic lawmakers want Harris to wait until after an election victory to roll out her policy agenda, which would be an unprecedented move from a presidential candidate.

The vice president announced her first policy proposal, no tax on tips, on August 10 — two months after former President Donald Trump promised to eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers. Last week, Harris announced more policies to address rising food and housing costs and was slammed by critics who accused her of essentially proposing Soviet-style price controls on groceries.

 

“As president, I will take on the high costs that matter most to most Americans like the cost of food,” Harris said last Friday. “We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed, but our supply chains have now improved, and prices are still too high. A loaf of bread costs 50% more today than it did before the pandemic. Ground beef is up almost 50%.”

“My plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit crises and break the rules, and we will support smaller food businesses that are trying to play by the rules and get ahead,” she added.

The Democratic nominee also promised that, if elected, she would give first-time homeowners $25,000 from the federal government for a down payment on a house. Those who are first-generation homeowners would get more assistance than other first-time homeowners, ABC News reporter Selina Wang wrote on X after getting details about the proposal from a Harris campaign official. The plan was ripped by conservatives, including Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, who argued, “Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes. This will only further exacerbate the housing shortage in our country. It’s a disgrace. We should be making it easier and more affordable for American citizens to buy homes.”

 

The DNC platform, which was approved by delegates on Monday, was also mocked for referring to President Joe Biden, not Harris, as the party’s nominee.

“In the JUST RELEASED Democrat Platform, they mention Crooked Joe Biden’s ‘second Term’ over 20 times,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It shows that the Platform is not that important to them when they won’t even make the change.”