Kamala Harris sidesteps question on Michelle Obama slamming critics holding her to a ‘higher standard’ than Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped questions about whether she is being held to a higher standard than Donald Trump during the campaign, after former First Lady Michelle Obama criticized the vice president’s critics.
At a rally on Saturday, Obama accused the ex-president of gross incompetence while claiming Harris needs to “dazzle” people and prove she belongs.
“Can anyone tell me why we are once again holding Kamala to a higher standard than her opponent?” Obama asked at a rally in Kalamazoo.
“We expect her to be intelligent and articulate, to have clear policies, to never show too much anger, to prove again and again that she belongs,” the former first lady said.
“But we expect nothing at all from Trump, no understanding of policy, no ability to craft a coherent argument, no honesty, no decency, no morality,” she continued.
Vice President Kamala Harris walks aboard Air Force Two to depart for Michigan on Monday. Before heading to the swing state, she sidestepped a question about Michelle Obama’s claim that Harris is facing a double standard during his campaign.
When Harris was asked by a reporter Monday about the double standard, he avoided addressing it.
“My role and responsibility in the presidency of the United States is to plead my case before the American people and earn their support,” Harris said.
The vice president claimed that is why she is spending time traveling around the country, listening to voters and sharing her plans to support them.
Her comments come after the former first lady gave a blistering overview of the news coverage and voters’ reactions to the 2024 presidential race, arguing that people are ready to “childish, mean-spirited antics.”
Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at Kamala Harris’ rally in Kalamazoo, MI on Saturday. It was her first appearance on the campaign trail in 2024
At the Kalamazoo rally, Obama claimed Harris must meet a higher standard than Trump and prove she belongs, while people are willing to write off Trump’s ‘antics’
“I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his apparent mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slum landlord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse,” said Obama.
“All this while pulling Kamala’s answers from interviews he doesn’t even have the courage to do,” she continued in a brutal takedown.
But when asked about it, Harris started talking about her proposals to help Americans.
The question about the double standard accusation came before the vice president returned to Michigan, where she had three campaign stops Monday, including a visit to a manufacturing facility in Saginaw, a training facility in Macomb and then a rally in Ann Arbor.
Before going to the battlefield, he was also the vice president condemned the racist comments made during the meeting Trump meeting at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
She said the event was “intentional and fuels division in the United States.”
“I think Donald Trump’s event last night at Madison Square Garden really highlighted a point that I had been making throughout this campaign. “He is focused and basically fixated on his grievances, on himself and on dividing our country,” the vice president said.