Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sat down for his or her first interview because the 2024 Democratic ticket on Thursday and solely two phrases come to thoughts:
Dishonest.
Trainwreckalicious.
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The second phrase will not be an precise phrase, but it surely’s applicable.
The edited and packaged interview, which was taped earlier within the day on Thursday, was additionally an instance of missed alternatives for CNN anchor Dana Bash.
To her credit score, Bash did (gently) problem Harris on her Etch-a-Sketch positions on the border and home power, for instance, however the solutions from the Democratic nominee have been on a Baghdad Bob stage of mendacity.
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On fracking:
“I made that clear on the talk stage in 2020 that I’d not ban fracking. As vice chairman,” she mentioned, “I didn’t ban fracking. As president, I cannot ban fracking.”
There may be zero proof this declare is true. Zero. However Bash let it slide anyway.
On the border, the dialog additionally grew to become laughable:
“My worth is round what we have to do to safe our border. That worth has not modified,” Harris mentioned. “I spent two phrases because the lawyer normal of California prosecuting transnational legal organizations, violations of American legal guidelines relating to the passage, the unlawful passage of weapons, medicine, and warnings throughout our border, about my values.”
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So right here now we have the vice chairman reaching again to a time earlier than she was vice chairman and earlier than she was a U.S. senator to speak about how powerful she was on the border.
What an absolute joke and an insult to the intelligence of American voters.
Here is what CNN’s Dana Bash ought to have requested:
Query 1: You assist taxing unrealized positive aspects on capital positive aspects. Some critics say that can tank the inventory market. Clarify why they’re unsuitable.
Query 2: You’ve got voiced your assist for sanctuary cities. Why do you imagine they work?
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Query 3: You assist free well being care for individuals who enter the nation illegally. How does that receives a commission for and why ought to these right here illegally obtain the identical advantages as these within the nation legally?
Query 4: You assist cash-free bail legal guidelines on the time crime is driving residents out of blue cities from New York to Chicago to Minneapolis to San Francisco. Why do you suppose cash-free bail legal guidelines are greatest for the neighborhood?
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Query 5: You assist organic males competing in opposition to organic girls in sports activities. Why do you suppose that is honest given the clear benefit that poses a hazard to feminine athletes?
Bonus query: Can males get pregnant?
That is clear: there have been dozens of questions that would have been requested however you get the purpose. Dana Bash and CNN dropped the ball right here.
And know this: It’s a protected guess that Vice President Kamala Harris is not going to do one other interview earlier than the talk on September 10.
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We’re heading into a vacation weekend now. Kamala Harris took almost SIX WEEKS to do one interview. And primarily based on her unsteady efficiency, it’s all however sure we cannot see a lot of her in any capability earlier than the talk, simply as we did not see President Joe Biden for days on finish as he prepped for the June 27 debate in Atlanta.
Clearly, it did not matter as Biden and Harris have the identical drawback: Each flip right into a human Chernobyl when a Teleprompter and scripted remarks are taken away from them.
Tens of millions will see clips from Thursday’s interview from now via the weekend. The way it performs stays unclear, but it surely’s an excellent guess will probably be a net-negative greater than a net-positive.
Nate Silver’s 538 Forecast, as of Thursday afternoon, gave former President Donald Trump a greater probability of profitable in November than Harris.
The honeymoon has come to an finish, simply because it did for Harris 4 years in the past as soon as America bought to know her via interviews and debates that went poorly.
In 2024, we could also be seeing a sequel to that film, which did not finish properly for her when the 2020 presidential candidate dropped out earlier than she even bought to 2020.
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