Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team has been obsessed with Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) since the day former President Donald Trump picked him as his running mate, and now their obsession has led them to be tricked into coming out against child tax credits.
Harris’ rapid response director, Ammar Moussa, purposely took an old clip of Vance out of context to accuse him of wanting to raise taxes on couples without children — as the Democrats have been harping on another old clip where he implied that being childless should be discouraged. The latest attempt to make Vance look bad to childless American voters led Moussa to make a crucial mistake — coming out against lower taxes for families with children, despite the fact that child tax credits have largely had broad bipartisan support, including from Harris when she was a senator.
In a post on X, Moussa falsely claimed that Vance wanted to raise taxes for Americans without children, when he actually said he wanted to lower taxes for families with children.
“JD Vance’s attacks on childless Americans is even vile. He called for higher taxes on those without children,” Moussa wrote, referring to Vance’s longtime support for the child tax credit and expanding its benefits to American parents.
JD Vance’s attacks on childless Americans is even vile.
He called for HIGHER taxes on those without children. https://t.co/TNeRDYnSd9
— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) July 26, 2024
A similar attack was also posted by Harris’ official campaign headquarters’ X account, where they shared a clip of Vance explaining his support for expanding the child tax credit to ease the economic burden on American families.
The clip showed a 2021 interview with Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, where Vance stated: “If you are making $100,000, $400,000 a year and you’ve got three kids, you should pay a different, lower tax rate than if you are making the same amount of money and you don’t have any kids. It’s that simple.”
The HarrisHQ account captioned the clip: “JD Vance says adults without children should have their taxes raised because we should ‘punish the things that we think are bad.’”
This was an outright lie, as an expansion of the child tax credit would not raise anyone’s taxes, it would only lower taxes for Americans with children.
JD Vance says adults without children should have their taxes raised because we should "punish the things that we think are bad" pic.twitter.com/25PPL9EwRU
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 26, 2024
Vance fired back at Harris in his own post on X, pointing out that expanding child tax credits is a bipartisan policy and calling out Harris’ campaign for pushing an “extreme anti-family agenda.”
“Most Americans in both political parties support the child tax credit and lowering the tax burden for parents,” the vice-presidential candidate wrote. “It’s disturbing that the Kamala campaign is running on such an extreme anti-family agenda that they’re taking radical positions like this.”
Most Americans in both political parties support the child tax credit and lowering the tax burden for parents. It's disturbing that the Kamala campaign is running on such an extreme anti-family agenda that they're taking radical positions like this. https://t.co/3NUCEgYF5h
— JD Vance (@JDVance) July 26, 2024
The Trump War Room account also responded to the attack, pointing out that Vance “said NOTHING about raising taxes on anyone – he said parents of 3 kids should pay LOWER taxes. Why is Kamala doubling down on OPPOSING the child tax credit?”
Lie.@JDVance said NOTHING about raising taxes on anyone – he said parents of 3 kids should pay LOWER taxes.
Why is Kamala doubling down on OPPOSING the child tax credit? https://t.co/bqmRbdCoX1
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 26, 2024
Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec congratulated Vance for tricking the Democrats into opposing a policy that the majority of Americans support, writing: “JD Vance just got the entire Democrat Party to come out against the child tax credit and admit they’re anti-family. Chess not checkers.”
JD Vance just got the entire Democrat Party to come out against the child tax credit and admit they're anti-family
Chess not checkers
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 26, 2024
