'Total bulls---': Trump campaign rips 'preposterous' Harris pro-border wall narrative after media report

The Trump campaign on Tuesday pushed back against a narrative within the media that Vice President Kamala Harris is taking a more positive approach to border wall construction — calling such a claim "preposterous."

"How much longer will the mainstream media allow Kamala Harris to hide and use staff to speak on her behalf?" Karoline Leavitt, National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign said in a statement. "It’s DAY 37 of ZERO interviews and Kamala’s anonymous campaign sources are now claiming she supports President Trump’s border wall — this is a preposterous and false claim."

Axios ran a headline on Tuesday morning that accused Harris of a "flip flop" on border wall construction. It noted Harris’ support of a bipartisan border security bill introduced in January. The bill pushes funding to the border, while also authorizing limits on asylum entries.

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The package, which has the support of the Biden administration but has so far failed to drum up enough Republican support to pass the chamber, also includes a limited amount of funding for additional border wall construction, but it is just a fraction of the $25 billion former President Trump eyed for the project.

While Harris, along with President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, have consistently backed the bill, Axios said that her recent speech at the Democratic National Convention in which she said she would sign the bill was a sign of her embracing a more hawkish immigration policy.

"Last year, Joe and I brought together Democrats and conservative Republicans to write the strongest border bill in decades. The Border Patrol endorsed it. But Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign, so he ordered his allies in Congress to kill the deal. Well, I refuse to play politics with our security, and here is my pledge to you. As president, I will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed, and I will sign it into law. I know — I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system. We can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border," she said.

New ads, in which the Harris campaign portrays the former California senator as tough on the border, show images of the Trump-era border wall.

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But the Trump campaign noted that, despite that limited support, Harris has a history of opposing the wall at the border. The Trump administration built more than 400 miles of border wall, and it was abruptly halted by the Biden-Harris administration in 2021. 

While there have been some gaps filled and some limited extra construction due to already appropriated congressional funds, the administration has consistently said it opposes border wall construction and there have been no indications of plans for significant extra construction. 

Additionally, Harris has long been a critic of the wall construction that took place in the Trump-era. In 2018, Harris called the wall "un-American." That came a year after she joined Democrats in introducing a bill to block border wall construction.

During her campaign launch in 2019, she dismissed the wall’s effectiveness.

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"On the subject of transnational gangs, let's be perfectly clear. The president's medieval vanity project is not going to stop them," she said.

In 2020, she called it "a complete waste of taxpayer money and won’t make us any safer."

The Trump campaign also sought to link her to the decision to halt border wall construction in her role "as border czar" — although that role was limited to international diplomacy related to root causes. 

"As Border Czar, Kamala Harris halted construction of the border wall. Kamala’s ACTIONS speak much louder than the WORDS of the anonymous staff she is cowering behind," Leavitt said.

Trump senior adviser Jason Miller described the report as "total bulls---" and said that Harris "hasn't flip-flopped on anything."

"Harris opposes the wall, has always opposed the wall, and stopped wall construction as VP," he said.

Simone Biles backs Jordan Chiles' fight to retain bronze medal: 'We want that justice'

U.S. gymnastics legend Simone Biles is behind her teammate Jordan Chiles all the way in regard to the 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medal dispute that is ongoing.

"We’ve been FaceTiming, texting, just being girls," Biles told People when asked about Chiles as she fights the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have her return the bronze medal in the floor final at the Olympics. 

"I did talk to her on one of the days, and I was like, ‘You know what, Jordan, you have to feel all these feels. Don’t let these emotions stop you. This will be the healthiest way to get all of this out.’"

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The CAS ruled in favor of Romanian gymnasts who protested Chiles' final score in the floor routine in Paris on Aug. 10. The International Olympic Committee, then, restored the podium to include Ana Barbosu earlier this month.

However, Chiles reportedly said she has "no plans" on returning the bronze medal, and made a statement that she will continue to seek justice in this dispute. 

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"Do we think they did the correct procedures to come to this ruling? No," Biles said to PEOPLE. "That’s really why we want that justice for Jordan and why we’re going to keep supporting her and uplifting her.

"It’s an unfortunate circumstance because something like this has never happened before, and it’s truly a shame, but we wish all three girls could get the medal, and unfortunately in gymnastics, that’s not the case."

Chiles had initially finished fifth in the floor final before Team USA appealed her score. Cecile Landi asked to receive credit for a maneuver that would’ve given Chiles a 0.1 boost on her final score. 

The appeal was ultimately granted, moving Chiles into third place to receive bronze. However, Romania protested the decision with the CAS, claiming Landi’s appeal did not come within the permitted one-minute time frame from when Chiles’ score was originally posted. 

"While celebrating my Olympic accomplishments, I heard the devastating news that my bronze medal had been stripped away," Chiles wrote in her statement on the matter back on Aug. 15. "I had confidence in the appeal brought by (USA Gymnastics), who gave conclusive evidence that my score followed all the rules. This appeal was unsuccessful.

"I have no words. This decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow, not just to me, but to everyone who has championed my journey. To add to the heartbreak, the unprompted racially driven attacks on social media are wrong and extremely hurtful. I’ve poured my heart and soul into this sport, and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country."

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