Struggling in the Polls, Kamala Harris Relies on Falsehoods to Garner Attention

Kamala Harris continued her no good, very bad week by receiving “Three Pinocchios” from The Washington Post today for falsely claiming she had a way to pay for a key tax policy proposal.

Citing Harris’ “fuzzy math,” the Post’s Glenn Kessler points out that her plan would repeal the GOP tax cuts passed in 2017 for vastly more people than she claimed:

“In other words, Harris actually proposes to reverse the tax cuts for anyone making more than $100,000, not just the top 1 percent … Harris would have done better not to suggest that she had a way to pay for a generous $500-a-month program. But since she did, she earns Three Pinocchios.”

Of course, this isn’t the first time Kamala Harris has been exposed for making demonstrably false statements:

• Politifact rated her claim that the majority of women are “minimum wage workers” as False.
• Politifact rated her claim that President Trump was “raiding money from military pensions” to pay for the border wall as False.
• Factcheck.org disputed Harris’ claim that “300,000 autoworkers may be out of a job before the end of the year.”
• The Washington Post previously gave Harris its lowest rating of “Four Pinocchios” for falsely claiming middle-class families would pay more in taxes under the GOP tax cuts.

Remember: Harris started the week by flip-flopping on Medicare For All once again, expressing her concerns over the same piece of legislation that she cosponsored in the Senate. It’s no wonder a new CNN poll reveals her support has plummeted by 12 points over the last month.

All told, Harris is coming to the realization that embracing her competitors’ socialist policies and constantly making false statements isn’t exactly a recipe for success in 2020.