ABC News senior White House correspondent Selina Wang said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris often doesn't give detailed answers during interviews with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
Harris spoke In a roughly 45-minute interview, Harris spoke with NABJ journalists in Philadelphia about the Israel-Hamas war, the economy and other issues. Wang noted that Harris' answers about the Gaza war and American well-being lacked “concrete” details compared to four years ago. (Related: Kamala Harris once thought a border wall was “un-American.” Now she supports it.)
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“She was pressed about how her policy on Israel and Gaza differs from President Biden's and she didn't directly answer the question or provide any policy details, but she did reiterate that a deal needs to be made,” Wang told host Kira Phillips.
“Since announcing her candidacy, VP Harris has been very careful to ensure that there is not too much of a gap between her views and President Biden's views. So everything she said about foreign policy is very much in line with President Biden's views,” Wang added. “However, in this interview, there were many times when VP Harris did not give a specific answer. Instead, she would pivot and return to the points she particularly wanted to emphasize.[ly] In response to the question, “Are Americans better off now than they were four years ago?”
In response to the question, Harris argued that she and Biden inherited a “mess” from former President Donald Trump, pointing to the dire economic situation linked to the coronavirus pandemic and claiming that she and Biden “have created more than 16 million new jobs, reduced Black unemployment, invested in small businesses, and reduced health care costs.”
MSNBC host Katie Tur fact-checked Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi of California's April claim, without mentioning the pandemic, that job losses under Trump were the worst of any president. Lowest in history During the previous president's term, before the 2020 pandemic, unemployment hit a 50-year low. According to In response to a press release from President Trump's White House.
Harris acknowledged that prices are “still too high” and detailed an economic plan that includes tax credits for developers and down payment assistance for homebuyers. Prices have soared more than 20% since Biden and Harris took office in January 2021.
Voters in undecided battleground states who took part in focus groups on Monday said the way Harris answered questions during the campaign was “insulting.” The vice president came under fire at a campaign event on Friday. Interview When anchor Brian Taff asked her on Philadelphia's 6ABC Action News what “specific” strategies she would implement to improve rising prices for Americans, she rambled on about her middle-class upbringing.
Harris also avoided directly answering a question about her policy changes during the September 10 presidential debate, choosing instead to talk about her “middle class” upbringing while explaining that her “values have not changed” despite the policy changes.
Democratic strategist James Carville, on a podcast Thursday, seemed to suggest that Harris answer a mix of “staged” and unrehearsed questions during her public appearances to make herself seem more impressive, while avoiding making it “obvious” that she already knows some of the questions.
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