Who is more extreme Joe Biden or Kamala Harris? Their former colleagues weigh in

Democratic lawmakers are fiercely defending Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic she takes connected erstwhile President Donald Trump, contempt her grounds arsenic nan 'most liberal' senator. 

Republicans are attacking nan presumptive Democratic nominee for president, and erstwhile California senator, arsenic a 'radical' San Francisco progressive.

They opportunity she's moreover much progressive than self-proclaimed Democratic socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. 

And millions are fueling onslaught ads reminding American voters really she backed wellness attraction for forbidden immigrants, banning fracking and eliminating backstage wellness insurance. 

However, her erstwhile Democratic colleagues are insisting she's ever been a 'centrist' and moderate.

'Her grounds is very centrist,' Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told DailyMail.com this week. 

'She's successful favour of fighting climate change. She wants to protect a woman's correct to determine erstwhile and whether to person children. She is successful favour of cutting prices for groceries and gas. It's each beautiful mainstream,' Blumenthal said of her record.

When pressed connected whether aliases not she is much wide than Biden, however, he responded: 'I don't usage those labels.' 

'I deliberation she's been an extraordinarily pragmatic leader who has delivered immoderate of nan astir bipartisan bills we've seen travel retired of nan Congress since LBJ,' said New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker, who ran against Harris and Biden successful nan 2020 Democratic statesmanlike primary.

Harris laughed disconnected GovTrack's standing of her grounds arsenic nan 'most liberal' legislator erstwhile she was asked astir it during a 60 Minutes question and reply successful 2020. She blamed then-VP campaigner Mike Pence for bringing it up successful their statement astatine nan time. 

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin told DailyMail.com he would not see Harris to beryllium to nan near of Biden, but added 'It depends connected nan subject.' 

As for whether Harris is arsenic 'extreme' arsenic Republicans make her retired to be, Durbin responded: 'I mean, we're moving retired of descriptors that are expected to onslaught fearfulness successful nan hearts of America.' 

'It isn't gonna work,' he continued. 

Georgia Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock told Daily Mail, 'I'll fto nan pundits done nan punditry,' but said Republicans person not rather recovered a measurement to onslaught Harris, and calling her utmost and 'radical' is not working.

'I deliberation they are trying to find their oversea legs while they fig retired really to tally a criminal against nan prosecutor.'

When asked whether he sees Harris of being much near than nan president, Warnock responded: 'This predetermination is not astir correct and left, it's astir correct and wrong.'

Montana Democrat Sen. John Tester, who is moving successful a tight title pinch a Republican challenger successful a red-leaning state, said 's***, I don't know,' erstwhile asked whether nan president aliases vice president is much politically extreme. 

The Montanan has yet to endorse Harris for president and is thought to beryllium holding retired because of nan politically treacherous implications backing her could person connected his reelection campaign. 

'That's difficult to say,' Michigan Democrat Sen. Gary Peters, told Daily Mail. 'They're they're some ideally suited. One is to beryllium president and nan different is nan vice president. So they've done an outstanding job.' 

Republicans, meanwhile, declared Harris nan much wide of nan 2 White House executives.  

'Kamala Harris is decidedly much liberal,' Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told DailyMail.com. 'Just look backmost astatine her run for president successful 2020. She is astir arsenic extremist arsenic they come.'

Still, she is responsible for nan Biden-Harris White House policies too, he said.

'Joe Biden conscionable reminds everybody of their, their uncle. So he's little threatening. His policies, of course, their policies person been nan same. They've been management policies.'

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said: 'When Kamala Harris was successful nan Senate she was voted aliases classed arsenic nan astir wide personnel of nan United States Senate.'

'Her voting grounds successful nan Senate is much wide than Bernie Sanders.' 

'And you opportunity why? Look astatine immoderate of nan things that she's proposed: eliminating backstage wellness security successful America, yet giving free wellness attraction to forbidden immigrants.'

The Wyoming Republican called Harris a 'dangerously liberal' San Francisco Democrat, adding she is 'equally arsenic incompetent arsenic Biden' and 'equally wears nan mantle' for precocious ostentation and allowing 10 cardinal migrants to transverse into nan U.S.

'Well, successful nan [2020] primaries, she was much left,' Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham,R-S.C., told DailyMail.com. 'When she was moving for president, she jumped connected each wide equine coming down nan trail.

'I don't deliberation Joe signed up for nan Medicare for each of nan Green New Deal,' he added.