In the aftermath of Tuesday’s debate, it’s appropriate to try to figure out where the candidates stand on some of the important issues.  With Trump, that’s not very hard: he has a limited number of themes that are mostly quite specific, and he repeats them endlessly.  But with Harris, it’s remarkably difficult.  Many of her positions today seem to be different from, if not the opposite of, where she stood when last she articulated a list of positions, which was during her brief campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2019.  In the current campaign, she rarely addresses a significant issue directly.  During the debate, when asked to address some issues, she resorted to carefully scripted talking points that could be subject to multiple interpretations.  

But then we have the actual record of the Biden/Harris administration to use to interpret any intentionally ambiguous statements.  Actions speak much louder than words.  

So let’s consider some of her statements during the debate, in the context of the actions of the administration of which she is a part, or of her own prior actions.  For these purposes, I have found a transcript of the debate to get her exact words.