Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) mentioned on Sunday that Vice President Harris ought to show she’s a gun proprietor by telling People “what type of gun she has.”
“Well, look, I don’t think anyone believes that Kamala Harris is a gun owner,” Comer mentioned on Fox Information’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with anchor Maria Bartiromo. “But if she is, she needs to tell the American people what type of gun she has.”
At a marketing campaign occasion earlier this week, Harris acknowledged that if somebody had been to interrupt into her home, “they’re getting shot.” Harris’ feedback on a potential break-in got here in response to Oprah Winfrey elevating that the vice chairman is a gun proprietor, one thing that Harris additionally talked about throughout her latest debate in opposition to former president Trump.
“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot,” Harris mentioned Thursday, laughing. “I probably should not have said that. My staff will deal with that later.”
An adviser for Harris’ marketing campaign, Keisha Lance Bottoms, later mentioned that the touch upon a break-in was a “joke.”
“It was a joke, and she knew that we would still be talking about it today, but I think it‘s important that people know that the vice president respects the right to bear arms, that she supports the Second Amendment, but she wants responsible gun ownership and she wants our communities to be safe,” Bottoms mentioned on CNN on Friday.
The vice chairman has additionally beforehand talked about being a gun proprietor amid her final presidential marketing campaign.
“So, just like Kamala Harris has flipped on the issue of wanting to have a southern border wall now, when she used to say it was racist, now she’s trying to imply that she’s scared like everyone else, so she has a gun to protect her family,” Comer mentioned in his look on Fox Information.
The Hill has reached out to the Harris marketing campaign.
