(TheRedAlertNews.com) – In a new GOP challenge to Kamala Harris, US Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has asserted that Vice President Harris should prove her claim of being a gun owner by disclosing the specific firearm she possesses.
“Well, look, I don’t think anyone believes that Kamala Harris is a gun owner,” Comer remarked during an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with anchor Maria Bartiromo.
“But if she is, she needs to tell the American people what type of gun she has,” he added.
During a recent campaign event, after Oprah Winfrey mentioned that Harris is a gun owner, Harris herself addressed the topic. Responding to a hypothetical scenario about a break-in at her home,
Harris commented, “If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot.”
She added with a laugh, “I probably should not have said that. My staff will deal with that later.”
Keisha Lance Bottoms, an adviser to Harris’s campaign, later characterized Harris’s break-in comment as humorous.
“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 explained on CNN.
Harris has previously acknowledged owning a gun during her last presidential campaign.
Comer, criticizing Harris’s stance on various issues, suggested on Fox News that her admission of owning a gun is a strategy to appear relatable and fearful like everyone else, akin to her changed position on the southern border wall, which she once deemed racist.
“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,” he said on Fox News.
For the time being, the Harris campaign has made no further comments on the issue.
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