Former New York Democratic State Sen. David Carlucci on Friday slapped down claims made by former President Donald Trump and his allies that Vice President Kamala Harris is more left-wing than Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is an avowed democratic socialist.
While appearing on Fox News, Carlucci was asked by host Harris Faulkner to respond to Democratic strategist James Carville warning Democrats to not get too excited about Harris being their new nominee because she would have to face a flurry of right-wing attacks that she would have to answer for.
Carlucci, however, was not buying into this framing.
"When you talk about the liabilities for Kamala Harris -- it's not a liability, it's just a lie from Donald Trump... that she is left of Bernie Sanders," he said.
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At this point, Faulkner interrupted him and pointed to voting-record data showing that, for one calendar year, Harris had the most liberal voting record of anyone in the United States Senate.
Of course, a one-year snapshot does not account for a senator's entire record and Sanders has embraced policies such as eliminating all private health insurance in the United States that Harris has not.
Carlucci pointed out that Harris actually had trouble in the 2020 Democratic primary because she was outflanked on the left by rivals such as Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
"She is a moderate Democrat," he said. "She was a prosecutor, she was the head prosecutor in California."
Faulkner interjected and tried to change the subject.
"How's she done on the border?" she asked.
"Look, I think Kamala Harris is exactly what Donald Trump has been afraid of," he shot back.
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