Staff Reports
The Trump campaign is having a field day roasting Vice President Kamala Harris for her blatant imitation of a signature Trump campaign promise: “No Tax on Tips.” The allegation is that Harris, in a desperate attempt to garner some popularity, has resorted to cribbing from the former President’s playbook. It’s hard not to chuckle when one realizes that the Vice President, who has been in office for nearly two years, still can’t muster an original idea.
A video shared by Breitbart News brings to light Harris’s “borrowed” proposal in the context of the Biden-Harris administration’s actions back in 2023. The Internal Revenue Service was busy laying the groundwork to crack down on tips in the service sector, making Harris’s sudden enthusiasm for exempting tips from taxation seem downright hypocritical. Commentary from various sources labels her newfound affinity for this idea as inauthentic, which raises an interesting question: if Harris can only echo Trump’s ideas, can she truly be trusted to lead anything?
MSDNC "Trump announced a similar plan"
FALSE – Copycat Kamala plagiarized her "no tax on tips" proposal pic.twitter.com/poz7jGBc9Z
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) August 12, 2024
Commentators have not held back, referring to Harris as a “puppet” who lacks any original thoughts worth mentioning. Another pointed out that media outlets seem all too willing to cover for her despite the clear truth that “No Tax on Tips” has been a staple of Trump’s agenda. The delicious irony here is that the very woman who is now preaching about alleviating tax burdens on tips played a key role in an administration actively trying to tax them.
The Trump campaign’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was quick to pounce on this faux pas, deriding Harris for her lack of originality and for trying to play catch-up with a policy aimed at appealing to hard-working Americans. Leavitt highlighted Harris’s history of advocating for higher taxes, particularly coming from California—a state synonymous with exorbitant taxation. It seems the Trump camp is convinced that only he can genuinely deliver results for American workers, as opposed to Harris’s recycled promises.
Harris’s recent rally in Nevada saw her parading this copycat campaign promise, aiming to appeal to the Culinary Union and those within the hospitality industry. She sprouted off a litany of political accolades, including mentions of her time as California’s attorney general and her efforts as a senator. But amid all that PR fluff, the question hangs in the air: if this was really her idea, why did she have to wait until Trump rolled it out to get on board?
Meanwhile, Trump has been vocal about her lack of originality on social media, pointing out that her plagiarism stems from a glaring absence of creativity. He asserted that her interest in eliminating taxes on tips is merely for appearances’ sake, not a genuine desire to help working Americans. Thus, voters are left with a clear picture: a Vice President so caught up in political maneuvering that she can’t help but recycle the ideas of her predecessor. It’s a striking reminder that in the chess game of politics, genuine ideas often get sacrificed at the altar of popularity. Harris’s “new” ideas may be old news, courtesy of Trump’s foresight and genuine dedication to the working class.
