“The View” co-host Sarah Haines said Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ answers about what makes her different from President Joe Biden indicate she is not ready to participate in a sit-down interview. said.

Harris sparked an Oct. 8 interview in which she told her co-hosts that she had “no idea” how she would govern differently than Biden. backlash From prominent conservatives and some Democratic strategists. Co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Harris ran a “perfect campaign” and said the vice president’s on-air responses “sounded like she wasn’t ready” to be interviewed by the media. said.

“One thing I’d like to say is that I’m going to take issue with Sonny’s comment a little bit about it being a perfect campaign,” Haynes began. “That’s why I say this: I’m voting for Kamala Harris because we talked about this last week. All the reasons. But I think people’s criticisms are not resonating. She went on a media blitz, but it was mostly a friendly interview, and she didn’t seem ready for that question yet. , she got a lot of press about how you change yourself. If this is an election for change… and she said she can’t think of anything. These are the questions you’re going to get because you’re about to be exposed. So what I’m confused about is, I think she’s either not ready or she’s overprepared. Either I don’t think so or she’s not different enough to sell.

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Haines also noted that voters are having a hard time distinguishing between Harris and Biden, making it difficult for the vice president to run as a replacement candidate. Co-host Ana Navarro rushed to Harris’ defense, saying she was only showing loyalty to Biden. (Related: CNN panel ‘surprised’ Kamala Harris couldn’t point to anything different from Biden)

“Kamala Harris is loyal. So even though people want her to throw Joe Biden under the bus and say he did this wrong, he did this wrong too, she’s going to do it.” I’m not going to say that,” Navarro said.

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on his Oct. 4 show that an average of 28% of Americans believe the country is on the right track, setting a precedent for Democratic defeat in the November election. said. MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki said Monday that Harris’ lead over Trump has declined in the wake of her media blitz, with the former president’s past approval ratings lower than Biden’s current approval ratings. He said it was 5 points good.

Harris has reportedly tried to distance herself from Biden on economic policy and inflation in an effort to redefine herself, according to an anonymous adviser. said Axios in August.

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