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WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris refused to distance herself from President Joe Biden's record during an appearance on “The View” on Tuesday – and she hit back at former President Donald Trump's claims about the White House's handling of the southern border and hurricane relief.

It was one of several interviews that Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is campaigning for this week as her campaign tries to reach less politically engaged voters with the election less than a month away and early voting beginning in some states .

Harris has repeatedly chosen platforms like the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy” over political news shows. She also met with radio host Howard Stern and will appear on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” during a media campaign in New York.

In her first of three appearances on “The View” on Tuesday, Harris was asked if she had done anything differently than Biden over the past four years.

“I can’t think of anything,” Harris said, noting that she was “involved in most of the decisions that had an impact” in the Biden administration.

She pointed to laws that capped insulin costs for seniors at $35 a month, as well as other efforts to lower prescription drug prices.

“It was all a shared priority,” she told the talk show. Harris has said she will seek to expand health care benefits to all Americans, regardless of age.

She criticized her Republican opponent, accusing him of being the reason the bipartisan immigration reform bill failed to pass Congress – an accusation she makes frequently. “Donald Trump would rather address problems than solve them. He’s not solution-oriented,” she said.

A bipartisan group of senators spent months crafting a border bill last year, but it quickly lost momentum on Capitol Hill after Trump publicly opposed the push.

Harris also criticized Trump over baseless claims that the Biden administration is intentionally withholding disaster aid from Republican areas and diverting aid funds to housing undocumented immigrants. It's an accusation the FEMA administrator has dismissed as “frankly ridiculous and just plain false” as hurricanes continue to pound the Southeast.

“It's profound and the height of irresponsibility and, frankly, insensitivity,” Harris said in response to a question about Trump's comments on “The View.” “There are literally lives at stake right now.”

“People are losing their homes and have no hope of ever being able to rebuild or return,” Harris said as she spoke about her travels to storm-ravaged areas in Georgia and North Carolina.

“The idea of ​​someone playing political games for their own sake is so consistent with Donald Trump that he puts himself above the needs of others,” she added.

During his appearance, Harris urged Florida residents affected by Hurricane Milton to listen to their local officials. Harris said Floridians who have weathered previous events may be inclined to write off the hurricane. “This one will be different,” she warned.

The vice president said the severity of the storm was the reason she tried to reach Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Her comments were the latest salvo in a dispute with Florida's top official over the response to the storm.

“We must agree that at some point we will all need to work together to pool resources, particularly federal, state and local resources, for these types of disasters. And I think it’s a shame that didn’t happen,” she said.

DeSantis said in an interview Monday night on Fox News' “Hannity” that Harris never called him until Hurricane Helene hit. He said he has been in touch with Biden and FEMA to coordinate resources.

“She doesn’t play a role in this. In fact, she has been vice president for three and a half years. I have faced a number of storms under this administration. She has contributed nothing to any of these efforts,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Harris had responded to reporters in response to a question about a report that DeSantis had dodged her calls, that “playing politics” during an emergency was “just completely irresponsible and selfish and about political game-making.” , instead of doing the job you swore to do, which was to put people first.”

Harris responds to news that Trump delivered COVID-19 testing equipment to Putin

Later Tuesday, during Harris' appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” the radio host asked her about a revelation in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward, who reported that Trump secretly sent COVID testing kits to Russian President Vladimir for his personal use Putin sent use.

Harris called it “the latest glaring example of who Donald Trump is” that he secretly sent equipment to Putin, “an adversary of the United States,” at a time when it was in short supply.

“People were dying by the hundreds, everyone was fighting to get these kits,” she said. “…And this guy who is president of the United States is sending them to a murderous dictator in Russia for his personal use.”

Trump's campaign team immediately denied the reporting. Spokesman Steven Cheung dismissed Woodward's reporting in a statement, calling it “fictional stories” from a “truly insane and deranged man.”

DeSantis and Trump weren't the only Republicans Harris talked about on Tuesday. When asked whether she would appoint former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., to her Cabinet, Harris dodged, pointing out that she would have to win the election first.

But she described Cheney, a Trump critic who supported Harris for president, as a “remarkable” person who puts her country above her party.

On a lighter note, Harris also described her work at McDonald's when she was a student during the interview. “It’s an experience,” she said. “I made the fries and you had to watch the timer and that’s hard work.”

But Harris said she realized her McDonald's salary as a student was pocket money. For others who worked there, it was the source of their family income.

“That’s mostly how I feel about this experience,” she said. “We still have a lot of work to do to make sure people not only make ends meet, but get ahead.”

In her final interview of the day, Harris shared a beer with host Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The two drank cans of Miller High Life and talked about pop music (Harris said she preferred Aretha Franklin or Eminem), the San Francisco 49ers and what her late mother would think of her campaign.

“I miss her every day,” Harris said. But she added: “She’s with me every day.”

Eventually the conversation returned to Trump. When Colbert asked whether Trump lost the election, Harris listed Trump's various losses and called him “a loser.”

“This is what happens when I drink beer,” she joked.

On By John Fenwick

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