The Democratic Party’s playbook surrounding the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris appears to remain as vague as possible, with the nominee apparently unwilling or unable to describe much of her platform.
This came into clear view during a recent CNN town hall event when Harris fumbled through her response to a question about what she would prioritize when working with Congress if she is elected next month.
According to the Daily Wire:
Harris was asked the question at CNN’s town hall event by an audience member who wanted to know “one major policy goal” that she wanted to pursue in Congress and why.
“Well, there’s not just one,” Harris responded. “There’s a lot of work that needs to happen.”
“I think that maybe part of this point that — how I think about it is we’ve got to get past this era of politics and partisan politics slowing down what we need to do in terms of progress in our country,” she continued. “And that means working across the aisle.”
She claimed that she has accomplished things in bipartisan fashion before and that she was committing to “work with Democrats, with Republicans, with independents to deal with a number of issues.”
Kamala Harris was asked to name 1 thing she will try to get done as part of her legislative agenda
She could not name anything. pic.twitter.com/greqPQTQNg
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 24, 2024
Of course, this wasn’t the first time Harris has responded to a very precise question with her brand of indiscriminate word salad.
NEW: CNN’s Scott Jennings says Kamala Harris is a “double-threat” because she can’t think on her feet and can’t answer the expected questions.
CNN has railed on Harris after her town hall event.
Here are the top reactions:
6. Axelrod: She is word salad city.
5. Jennings:… pic.twitter.com/Mdrr46uzbz
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 24, 2024
Kamala inadvertently owns herself…AGAIN!
Please…keep that woman talking! Her failed & indefensible record, incoherent word-salad answers, and general unlikability are doing her in.
In essence – The more she TALKS, the more we WIN! pic.twitter.com/QISotB1RdG
— Stephen Davis (@Stephend1776) October 24, 2024
But her performance during Wednesday’s town hall even prompted CNN’s own Dana Bash to chime in with a critical take.
According to a transcript from RealClearPolitics:
“I will just tell you what I am hearing from people who I have been talking to. If her goal was to close the deal, they are not sure she did that. Some people have asked ‘is she being held to a different standard?’ maybe. But, maybe that’s the world she is living in.”
Here’s a clip of those remarks:
CNN’s Dana Bash on Kamala Harris’s lack of answers regarding her policies:
“But what will she do? The question about her legislative priorities, name one. There wasn’t one.” pic.twitter.com/rSfUX6SjOu
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) October 24, 2024
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