Saturday, October 19, 2024

Special Report with VP Harris

VP Kamala Harris was interviewed by Brett Bair this week.  It proved to be a contentious interview as Brett asked some pointed, hard-hitting questions.  He hammered away at the immigration issue, first asking the VP how many illegal immigrants the administration had released into the country.  When she did not offer a number, he posited 6 million.  VP Harris replied by accusing Donald Trump of torpedoing a border bill; Trump wants the border issue alive for the election and thus used his pull to sink efforts to fix it.  This is so, but much of the damage from immigration took place before that, notably a trio of young women slain by immigrants released into the country.  Hard hitting indeed.  When Harris sought to place blame on Trump, Bair repeatedly observed that she had been in office for the past 3 and a half years.

Overall, this was clearly a tough interview for Harris.  Brett was polite but did not let Harris filibuster.  It was funny when he apologized for talking over her but then pressed on with his question.  She rarely had good responses and more often sought to dodge the questions and shift to blaming Trump.  This 20-minute exchange demonstrated that most media only ask softball questions.  Between this and the recent 60 Minutes interview, Harris has had a tough time.

This is more likely to hurt Harris than help her.

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