FACT CHECK: Kamala Harris Campaign Platform Makes Promises Based on False Assumptions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "Harris now promises to "protect civil rights and freedoms" by passing the Equality Act to "enshrine anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQI+ Americans in health care, housing, education, and more into law.
45% : The bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
39% : The Harris policy platform includes several tabs contrasting the vice president's positions with what it calls "Trump's Project 2025 Agenda," although Trump repeatedly has distanced himself from The Heritage Foundation-led Presidential Transition Project.
39% : For instance, a Michigan jury recently found seven pro-life activists guilty of engaging in a conspiracy against rights and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for peacefully protesting outside an abortion clinic.
26% : In a particularly ironic claim, Harris said Trump would implement his Project 2025 agenda to consolidate power, bring the Department of Justice and the FBI under his direct control so he can give himself unchecked legal power, go after opponents, and "rule as a dictator on 'Day One.'
21% : The platform blames Trump for "killing the bipartisan border bill" although out of office and thereby failing to solve the border crisis.
18% : In fact, a campaign official for Harris already has acknowledged that the vice president has deliberately misled voters about Project 2025.Harris and her campaign repeatedly have tried to link Project 2025 to Trump, despite the former president's pushback.

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