Kamala Harris Town Hall – “We Have Some Pre-Determined Questions”

Former California First Lady Maria Shriver and former Rep. Liz Cheney joined Kamala Harris for a town hall in Michigan.

However, the audience was not allowed to ask questions.

Shriver admitted the questions given to Harris were pre-determined.

“Are we going to be able to ask a question?” a woman in the audience asked, according to Daily Mail.

“You’re not, unfortunately. We have some pre-determined questions,” Shriver said.

“Hopefully, I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head. I hope so,” she continued.

WATCH:

YIKES! Kamala caught staging a sham ‘townhall’ when audience member tries to ask a question

“You’re not [allowed to ask questions.] We have some pre-determined questions.” pic.twitter.com/4VXUEUMkth

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 21, 2024

Daily Mail reports:

Typically, presidential campaigns allow voters at townhall meetings to ask unscripted questions, which lends a level of authenticity to the proceedings and highlights a presidential candidate’s personal touch.

Shriver said she had agreed to moderate the event as a ‘concerned citizen’ but also a ‘journalist.’

‘I want this to be like a kitchen table, like just think that we’re sitting around at the kitchen table and we’re jamming about all kinds of stuff,’ she said.

Shriver is a member of the Kennedy family and was an NBC journalist who was married to former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger before the couple divorced.

Cheney joked that it felt like a Kennedy family dinner table, noting the number of people in the room.

During the town hall, Harris invoked Pearl Harbor to criticize isolationism.

“That isolationism, which is exactly what Donald Trump is pushing. Pull out of NATO [and] abandon our friends. Isolationism is not insulation,” Harris said.

“It will not insulate us from harm in terms of our national security,” she continued.

“If you look at where the Republican Party is today, there’s been a really dangerous embrace of isolationism,” Cheney said.

“She supports Kamala because Trump won’t start endless wars like her father did,” Greg Price commented.

WATCH:

Liz Cheney also during this event gave her chief reason for supporting Kamala: “If you look at where the Republican Party is today, there’s been a really dangerous embrace of isolationism.”

She supports Kamala because Trump won’t start endless wars like her father did. pic.twitter.com/EGhWZqmxXF

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 21, 2024

Harris faced heat for taking pre-determined questions during the event.

Kamala Harris town hall host Maria Shriver shuts down Michigan voter hoping to ask a question: ‘We have some pre-determined questions’ https://t.co/6BtpC6MMIZ pic.twitter.com/8HSfQwEUZE

— New York Post (@nypost) October 22, 2024

From the New York Post:

Video of Shriver’s response to the woman quickly went viral on social media, with several users slamming the event as a Harris campaign “production” rather than a genuine town hall — where voters typically are allowed to ask presidential candidates unscripted questions.

“That’s not a town hall. That’s called a stage production,” one X user wrote, arguing that the Democratic nominee for president is “incapable of off the cuff.”

“Some ‘town hall,’” Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume tweeted.

Another X user referred to the event, which was packed with canned lines and talking points, as a “prepped answer show.”

“Basically, it’s a pep rally,” read a different X user’s tweet.

Former Donald Trump White House aide Chad Gilmartin argued that when it comes to Harris, “everything is scripted and nothing will change.”

“HOLY S***! They’re not even hiding it anymore,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung commented.

HOLY SHIT! They’re not even hiding it anymore. https://t.co/21uTSTtHZM

— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) October 21, 2024

According to the New York Post, Harris only took three questions from the audience during the hour-long event.

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