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JD Vance’s false claim that Harris voted to ‘preserve’ NAFTA
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance falsely claims that Vice President Harris voted to 'preserve' NAFTA, the trade deal that sent American jobs to Mexico; Vance uses ambiguous wording to mislead audiences; NAFTA was negotiated and signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and pushed through Congress by Bill Clinton in 1993; Harris, who was a young prosecutor in 1994, would not have had any role in approving NAFTA; Harris has stated that she would not have voted for NAFTA and was a vocal opponent of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP); Vance is referencing Harris's vote against approval of NAFTA's replacement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which she opposed because it did not go far enough in changing NAFTA; Harris's vote against USMCA was not an attempt to 'preserve' NAFTA, but rather a critique of its environmental provisions and failure to address climate change; Vance's claim is false and misleading.
#JdVance #KamalaHarris #Nafta #Usmca #TradeDeals #FreeTrade #MisleadingClaims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/02/jd-vances-false-claim-that-harris-voted-preserve-nafta/
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance falsely claims that Vice President Harris voted to 'preserve' NAFTA, the trade deal that sent American jobs to Mexico; Vance uses ambiguous wording to mislead audiences; NAFTA was negotiated and signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and pushed through Congress by Bill Clinton in 1993; Harris, who was a young prosecutor in 1994, would not have had any role in approving NAFTA; Harris has stated that she would not have voted for NAFTA and was a vocal opponent of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP); Vance is referencing Harris's vote against approval of NAFTA's replacement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which she opposed because it did not go far enough in changing NAFTA; Harris's vote against USMCA was not an attempt to 'preserve' NAFTA, but rather a critique of its environmental provisions and failure to address climate change; Vance's claim is false and misleading.
#JdVance #KamalaHarris #Nafta #Usmca #TradeDeals #FreeTrade #MisleadingClaims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/02/jd-vances-false-claim-that-harris-voted-preserve-nafta/