At a campaign event this week in Wisconsin as she now leads the Democratic Party into this year’s presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris blasted the recent and widely panned ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court saying that presidents hold some immunity — meaning protection from prosecution — for certain actions taken in office.
The ruling was spurred by an appeal from Trump himself, who was challenging his federal criminal case on allegations of conspiring to undercut the outcome of the 2020 election.
“Think about the fact that last month, the United States Supreme Court basically told the former president, who has been convicted of fraud, that going forward, he will be immune — no matter what he does in the White House,” Harris argued, apparently referencing the business records case against Trump in New York City that culminated in a jury finding him guilty on all counts but amid which sentencing was delayed. Trump’s civil case brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James could also be lumped under allegations of “fraud.”
Harris went on to blast Trump for his past suggestion to “terminate” the U.S. Constitution in the face of his (false) claims of systematic election fraud in the 2020 presidential race. “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” he said on the Trump social media site Truth Social in 2022.
“Let us be clear,” Harris continued. “Someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again have a chance to stand behind the seal of the president of the United States!” The crowd cheered supportively.
Marquette University Law School — which is in Wisconsin — found in newly released national polling a lead for Harris of eight percentage points over Trump among likely voters when poll participants were asked about a list including Harris, Trump, and contenders outside of the major parties.
