Longtime news broadcaster Katie Couric is among the many media figures who have been spending the past couple of weeks analyzing the 2024 presidential campaign and President Donald Trump’s decisive victory.
During a recent segment of her “Next Question” podcast, Couric took aim at Kamala Harris’ abysmal attempts to answer media questions. She said the softball questions from interviewers and the irrelevant answers Harris provided combined to help secure Trump’s win.
As Fox News reported:
“I always find that people do better when they’re asked really challenging, pointed questions. I always felt that way about Hillary Clinton,” Couric said. “If you are giving them these almost weird, like, amorphous softballs, it’s really hard to kind of hone your message and be succinct and say what you really need to say.”
“I also felt that, and again, I think [Harris] really did well in so many areas, but I was frustrated by her inability to really succinctly answer questions at times, Jen,” Couric continued.
“Like, if she was asked about changing the Supreme Court at that CNN town hall, she had an opportunity to talk about ethics and what, you know, [Supreme Court Justices Samuel] Alito and Clarence Thomas were doing, and she answered, like, in one sentence, and then went on to something that had nothing to do with the question,” Couric said. “You know, people notice that, and it’s like, ‘Answer the g-dd–n question, please!’”
Harris’ tendency to respond to questions with a serving of “word salad” became a prominent meme during the most recent election cycle:
KAMALA: "When we talk about our children … we all believe that, when we talk about the children of the community, they are a children of the community."
Every time I hear her speak, I lose more brain cells… 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/EemsEkdbmg
— Cillian (@CilComLFC) October 28, 2024
🇺🇸KAMALA "WORD SALAD" VIDEO DROPS
Highlights of the most confusing comments by the presidential candidate…
00:10 Why Has Nothing Done in 4 Years?
00:20 "I'm Clearly a Woman"
00:30 "You Think You Just Fell Out of a Coconut Tree?!"
00:40 "Don't Hear That… I eat NO for… pic.twitter.com/nAFI3yYqXy
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 28, 2024
Kamala’s word salad problem stems from laziness
She just never cared enough to do her homework as VP
According to her aides she prefers solitaire
Lazy people don’t rise to the top in politics, but apparently it’s possible with DEI/DNC
She’s dangerouspic.twitter.com/k1qJhPp6PS
— Gummi (@gummibear737) July 28, 2024
In honor of Word Salad Kamala, I am going to share her compilation highlights of “what can be, unburdened by what has been” moments in time 😂😭🥗 pic.twitter.com/i0nZ4EbmxF
— 🔥🇺🇸 KC 🇺🇸🔥 (@KCPayTreeIt) January 15, 2024
While others in the media and/or Democratic Party have also placed much of the blame for Harris’ loss on the campaign itself, there have been plenty of other scapegoats named in recent days.
According to The Independent:
Some Democrats think swapping Joe Biden for Harris was their deadly mistake. Others have blamed Biden himself, saying he took far too long to drop out. Progressives point to the Biden administration’s stance on Israel and the Harris campaign’s attempts to appeal to moderates and anti-Trump Republicans.
Maybe it’s not a single person, but the issues themselves; some analysts have argued that Americans resonated with Trump’s stances — however sometimes disturbing — on immigration, on the economy, on foreign wars.
Here’s some additional coverage of the left’s ongoing blame game:
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