Kamala Harris Calls Trump’s VP To Congratulate His Nomination

After former President Trump announced his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris called Senator JD Vance (R-OH) to congratulate him.

A Biden campaign official told Fox News that “Vice President Harris reached out to Senator Vance and left a message to congratulate him on his selection, welcome him to the race and express her hope that the two can meet in the vice presidential debate proposed by CBS News.”

Trump had long teased his selection, but made it official in a post to Truth Social on the first afternoon of this week’s Republican National Convention.

Though no vice presidential debate has been officially scheduled, if Vance and Harris do ever get to square off against each other on the national stage it would be interesting. 

“I think JD Vance would pose the greatest threat [to] Kamala Harris, in some respects. I mean he’s an incredible debater,” Ashley Etienne, Harris’ former communications director, previously told CNN. 

“I think he has this quality that makes him seem palpable to that one to two percent that actually might vote or that is undecided, that will actually pay attention to the debates because most people don’t pay attention to the debates,” she explained.

However, both are “super smart” and “quick-witted,” she added.

Elaina Plott of The Atlantic has been writing about Harris for months and said, “She’s a very poor communicator when the parameters are quite wide.”

This is still unknown in a communications-heavy setting like a debate if Harris would be able to handle it.