By Vice President Kamala Harris finally did a second interview, this time without having her security blanket, Tim Walz, and it went about as expected: a shallow collection of word salad.
Speaking with 6ABC Philadelphia’s Action News, Harris was asked by anchor Brian Taff about her plans to alleviate the financial pressures many Americans face. Instead of focusing on specific policy measures, Harris veered into a personal story about her middle-class upbringing. She rambled about her mother’s hard work and the importance of well-maintained lawns as a symbol of community pride and aspiration, reflecting on the values instilled in her during her childhood, noted The Daily Caller.
“I’ll start with this. I grew up a middle-class kid. My mother raised my sister and me. She worked very hard, she was able to finally save up enough money to buy our first house when I was a teenager. I grew up in a community of hardworking people, you know, construction workers and nurses and teachers,” Harris told Taff.
“I tried to explain to some people who may not have had the same experience, you know, a lot of people will relate to this. You know, I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn, you know. And I was raised to believe and to know that all people deserve dignity. And that we as Americans have a beautiful character.”
Eventually, Harris mentioned in the interview the concept of an “opportunity economy” aimed at facilitating small business startups, but without delving into the mechanisms or strategies to achieve this goal.
“So when I talk about building an opportunity economy, it is very much with the mind of investing in the ambitions and aspirations and the incredible work ethic of the American people and creating opportunity for people, for example, to start a small business,” Harris explained.
You ask why Kamala won’t do sit down interviews?
Watch this and you’ll know.
Reporter: give me specific ways you will make life affordable.
Kamala: I grew up in a neighborhood where people were proud of their lawn!
— Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) September 13, 2024
The vice president’s interview went so poorly that the local Philadelphia news station that spoke with Harris had to edit it in order to make it look less bad in such an important television market.
Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but the rambling answer Kamala Harris gave last night on inflation is not what @6abc actually aired. Instead they edited her response so that it went straight to her “policies.” Compare/contrast the two clips below pic.twitter.com/WYAytYmx9i
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 14, 2024
The interview is another piece of evidence that Kamala Harris is not capable of giving a thoughtful answer to some of the most basic problems facing the country. The vice president’s effort during her only other interview with CNN was criticized for the same reasons.
Folowing her CNN interview, Bret Stephens at The New York Times for example, wrote, “She was vague to the point of vacuous. She struggled to give straight answers to her shifting positions on fracking and border security other than to say, “My values have not changed.” Fine, but she evaded the question of why it took the Biden administration more than three years to gain better control of the border, which it ultimately did through an executive order that could have been in place years earlier. It also didn’t answer the question of why she reversed her former policy positions — or whether she has higher values other than political expediency.
Harris also relied on a few talking points that may not serve her well in the next two months. She mentioned price gouging, but Americans probably won’t believe that grocery chains with razor-thin profit margins are the real culprits when it comes to their rising food bills. Her $100 billion plan to give first-time home buyers $25,000 in down payment support would mainly be an incentive for ever-higher home prices. Even Trump may be smart enough to explain just how inflationary the gimmick could be.”
The Democratic nominee has been heavily slammed by her own allies for pushing price controls, particularly on groceries. Store owners have warned that such a radical policy would lead to food shortages.
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