Oversight Committee chairman asks if Kamala Harris has "done anything" on border
Fox News noted this week that Vice President Kamala Harris has had relatively little interaction with the media since becoming her party's presumptive nominee.
However, that hasn't stopped Republican members of Congress from asking questions about her handling of America's border crisis.
Border Patrol agent said Harris "hasn't literally done anything"
According to Breitbart, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer mentioned the vice president in a letter to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Troy Miller.
"Since the Biden-Harris Administration assumed office, there have been more than 8 million illegal aliens encountered entering the country through the southwest border and over 1.6 million 'got-aways,'" Comer wrote.
"The Committee seeks to understand whether Vice President Harris has 'done anything' to address the worst border crisis in American history," he continued
The Kentucky congressman recalled how "[o]n March 24, 2021, President Biden tasked Vice President Harris with 'stemming the migration to our southern border.'"
Yet Comer asserted that "it is unclear what actions, if any, Vice President Harris has taken to fix the border crisis," with one Border Patrol agent telling the House Oversight Committee she "hasn't literally done anything."
GOP ad recalls Harris' radical border positions
"She came to the border once and we sanitized all the aliens out of there to make it look good," Comer quoted the agent as saying.
Comer isn't the only one to bring up Harris' border record, as the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) did so as well in a recent advertisement.
Meet San Francisco Radical Kamala Harris
Kamala wants to Abolish Ice, Defund the Police, and destroy the American Economy.
Reject San Francisco Radical Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/BQuMYVZafQ
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) July 25, 2024
The ad features a number of video clips, including one in which the vice president can be heard saying, "We're not gonna treat people who are undocumented who cross borders as criminals."
Poll shows most Americans want fewer people coming in
Another clip features Harris promising healthcare for illegal migrants, saying, "I am opposed to any policy that would deny in our country any human being public health, period."
Such positions are unlikely to be well-received by most voters, with a Gallup poll published last month showing that 55% of Americans want to see fewer people entering the country, the highest figure seen since 2001.
That feeling is most likely to be expressed by Republicans but the survey found that it is also held by half of independent voters as well as 28% of Democrats.