Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Kamala Harris shell game
Vulnerable Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, running in a Trump-won district, really doesn’t want to answer which presidential candidate she’s voting for. Fox News reports Perez dodged the question while supporting Pete Buttigieg to be Kamala Harris’ vice presidential nominee.
“Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez needs to come clean with voters: Is Perez voting for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump this November? Perez’s weasel words and shell games are a slap in the face to southwest Washington voters, who deserve a straight answer.” – NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats facing re-election in November, ignored questions on Wednesday on whether she supports Vice President Kamala Harris for president and whether Harris did a “good job” as “border czar.”
“Do you endorse Kamala Harris for president,” Gluesenkamp Perez is asked as she walked down the street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
Gluesenkamp Perez, who has not publicly endorsed Harris, continued walking without responding.
The congresswoman was asked several more times whether she endorses Harris, particularly since Gluesenkamp Perez is a DNC delegate, but a response was not provided, and she continued on her way.
Gluesenkamp Perez was also asked whether Harris has done a “good job” on illegal immigration as President Biden’s “border czar.” The congresswoman did not respond.
Gluesenkamp Perez is one of only a few Washington Democrats yet to endorse Harris, The Daily Chronicle reported, although she has weighed in on the vice presidential race, telling Politico that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would be her choice.
A spokesperson for Gluesenkamp Perez’s campaign told Fox News Digital her vote was “a clear statement of her opinion on that matter” and that she has “no plans to endorse Kamala Harris.”
Gluesenkamp Perez’s decision to not respond to questions about Harris’ record on the border makes her at least the third member of the House to ignore that question this week. Democratic Reps. Emilia Sykes and Vicente Gonzalez have both ignored questions on the subject.
“Extreme Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s silence speaks volumes,” NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen told Fox News Digital.
“Perez’s callous dismissal of the border crisis and dodging on Kamala Harris’s performance as border czar prove she’s more interested in bending the knee to her Democrat Party bosses than protecting her district from the fentanyl epidemic ravaging southwest Washington.”