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The Trump campaign on Tuesday blasted Joe Biden\u2019s running mate<\/a>, Sen. Kamala Harris<\/a>, as a \u201cphony,\u201d while saying the choice reflects the former vice president\u2019s \u201cextreme agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden announced that Harris, D-Calif., would be his running mate in a statement Tuesday, calling her \u201cthe best person\u201d to challenge President Trump and Vice President Pence, and \u201cto lead this nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But just shortly after the announcement, Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson blasted the move, citing past clashes between Biden and Harris during the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot long ago, Kamala Harris called Joe Biden a racist and asked for an apology she never received. Clearly, Phony Kamala will abandon her own morals, as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor, in order to appease the anti-police extremists controlling the Democrat Party,\u201d Pierson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn her failed attempt at running for president, Kamala Harris gleefully embraced the left\u2019s radical manifesto, calling for trillions of dollars in new taxes and backing Bernie Sanders\u2019 government takeover of healthcare She is proof that Joe Biden is an empty shell being filled with the extreme agenda of the radicals on the left,\u201d she continued. \u201cJoe Biden is no moderate, and with Harris as his \u2018political living will,\u2019 he is surrendering control of our nation to the radical mob with promises to raise taxes, cut police funding, kill energy jobs, open our borders, and appease socialist dictators.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cAt the ballot box, Americans will resoundingly reject the abysmal failures of Biden-Harris in favor of the America First strength of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just minutes later, President Trump tweeted his campaign\u2019s new ad, blasting Harris as a \u201cphony.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKamala Harris ran for president by rushing to the radical left,\u201d the ad said, noting she embraced Sanders\u2019 plan for socialized medicine, called for \u201ctrillions in new taxes,\u201d and attacked Biden for \u201cracist policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cVoters rejected Harris. They smartly spotted a phony,\u201d the ad said. \u201cBut not Joe Biden. He\u2019s not that smart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden calls himself a transition candidate,\u201d the ad continued. \u201cHe is handing over the reigns to Kamala while they jointly embrace the radical left.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ad concluded: \u201cSlow Joe and Phony Kamala. Perfect together, wrong for America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments from the Trump campaign came just after Biden announced Harris as his pick for vice president.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to lead this nation starting in January 2021,\u201d Biden said in an email to supporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Biden also tweeted: “I have the great honor to announce that I\u2019ve picked\u00a0@KamalaHarris \u2014 a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country\u2019s finest public servants \u2014 as my running mate.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: “Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I’m proud now to have her as my partner in this\u00a0campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision comes after Biden and Harris publicly clashed in the primary campaign\u2014notably when Harris drew sharp contrasts with the former vice president when she challenged him on the debate stage of his past resistance to federally mandated desegregation busing.<\/p>\n

The pick shows a willingness from both Biden and Harris to move past their differences. The decision may have been tipped days earlier, when he was photographed with talking points saying of Harris that he does \u201cnot hold grudges\u201d and has \u201cgreat respect for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The choice also fulfills a commitment the former vice president made in March to name a woman as running mate. Naming a Black woman at a time when issues of racial injustice are front-and-center also responds to signals from some circles in the party that such a choice could help build bridges with the Black community and increase Black voter turnout.<\/p>\n

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The timing gives Biden plenty of space to re-introduce her to voters ahead of this month\u2019s scaled-back Democratic National Convention <\/a>in <\/a>Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel blasted Biden’s pick, saying he “didn\u2019t just select a vice-presidential candidate, he chose the person who would actually be in charge the next four years if he is somehow able to win.”<\/p>\n

“Kamala Harris\u2019 extreme positions, from raising taxes to abolishing private health insurance to comparing law enforcement officials to the KKK, show that the left-wing mob is controlling Biden\u2019s candidacy, just like they would control him as president,” she continued. “These radical policies might be popular among liberals, but they are well outside the mainstream for most Americans.”<\/p>\n

The RNC also said that Harris should expect “an unprecedented level of scrutiny and attention,” claiming she will “be seen as the president-in-waiting.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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