Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has responded to a statement from the White House asserting that there is no “daylight” between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, indicating that they share the same policy goals and objectives.

The Trump campaign addressed its social media comment to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, asserting that her remark highlights how “Kamala owns the border crisis” and other policies that have made it harder for Americans to succeed amid growing global instability.

“Thank you @PressSec for confirming: there is ‘no daylight’ between Kamala and Joe! Kamala owns the border crisis. Kamala owns inflation. Kamala owns the wars, chaos, and crime over the past 4 years,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X on Monday afternoon, showing a clip of Jean-Pierre.

The press secretary said on Monday during the White House press briefing that Biden and Harris have been “aligned” throughout the administration and that there’s no “daylight” between them.

“[Harris is] going to lay out her vision. But again, they’ve been aligned, you know, they’ve been aligned for the last three and a half years. There’s not been any daylight,” Jean Pierre said.

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Thank you @PressSec for confirming: there is “no daylight” between Kamala and Joe!

Kamala owns the border crisis.

Kamala owns inflation.

Kamala owns the wars, chaos, and crime over the past 4 years. pic.twitter.com/RIx4hotNuH

— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) August 12, 2024

The White House spokeswoman was responding to a media inquiry regarding a potential policy review process between Biden and Harris as the president approaches his final months in office and Harris continues to campaign for the presidency in November.

In a comment to Fox News Digital on Monday, Leavitt stated that “Kamala created this mess” and, therefore, “cannot be trusted” to address these issues under a potential Harris administration.

“Today, the Biden White House confirmed what the Kamala Harris refuses to admit: there is NO daylight between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Kamala owns the illegal immigration crisis that continues to rage on our southern border; and Kamala owns the inflation crisis that has made food, rent, and gas unaffordable. Electing Kamala would be like hiring the thief who robbed your house to put new locks on the door. Kamala created this mess – she cannot be trusted to clean it up,” Leavitt said.

Fox News added:

Harris, who has not held a press conference since she emerged as the Democratic Party’s frontrunner for the presidential ticket last month, has worked to distance herself from issues such as spiraling immigration and ongoing inflation woes that have throttled the country under the Biden administration. 

Former President Trump has repeatedly slammed the Harris campaign as a continuation of the Biden administration, saying Harris has been the “driving force” behind Biden’s policies. 

Harris “has been the ultra-liberal driving force behind every single Biden catastrophe. She is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country if she ever gets the chance to get into office,” the former president said during a campaign rally late last month in North Carolina.

Harris’s entry into the presidential race after Biden ended his reelection campaign appeared to reenergize the Democratic Party voter base, but the enthusiasm may have already peaked.

Two national polls released last week reveal that the former president is regaining momentum, a shift from last week’s polls that showed the race as essentially deadlocked. Surveys from CNBC and Rasmussen show Trump with leads of 2% and 5%, respectively.

CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey shows Trump leading Harris 48% to 46%, with a notable increase in approval for his handling of the economy, where voters favor him by more than a 2-to-1 margin.

These results are consistent with CNBC’s July poll, which had Trump ahead of Biden 45% to 43%, indicating that Harris’s new challenge has not weakened Trump’s support among swing voters, the outlet noted.

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