On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris will give her first major interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, alongside running mate Tim Waltz, the governor of Minnesota, moderated by CNN's Dana Bash.

Perhaps this will be an opportunity for Harris to address a series of major policy changes.

in 2017As a senator from California, Harris denounced “Trump's border wall” as a “stupid waste of money” and promised to block any funding for it.

Today, she pledges to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on building the wall if elected president.

in 2019“No question about it, I'm in favor of banning fracking,” she said at a CNN climate town hall when she was a Democratic presidential candidate.

Now, her campaign is promising not to ban fracking.

In 2020, Harris vowed to support cutting the police budget, but her campaign has since walked that back, saying she supports keeping the police budget in place and being “tough” on crime.

Harris was the first Co-Sponsor The job-killing “Green New Deal” policy requires the government to phase out oil and natural gas entirely, and despite her past support Her campaign to ban gasoline-powered cars now She claims she does not support an electric vehicle mandate.

Harris on the economy Pledge To cut taxes and allow Americans to “keep more of their hard-earned money.”

But her current plans What's Included Higher taxes on small businesses, a tax on unrealized profits, a second estate tax that hurts farmers, and a series of new taxes on oil and gas companies are sure to keep gas prices soaring and inflation soaring.

Also, her record as the incumbent vice president, who has fully supported President Joe Biden's tax hikes for the past four years, cannot be overlooked. Decisive Voting On Both the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act.

Harris is known more for her incoherent ramblings than for her ability to articulate policy proposals, but we'll give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she'll handle these twists and turns appropriately.

Would that be a problem?

The media has a fundamental responsibility to make clear where candidates stand so voters can make an informed decision before heading to the ballot box. In this regard, Thursday's interview is crucial. To date, the media has abdicated this responsibility with regard to Harris. CNN has an opportunity to take the first step in rebuilding integrity and professionalism in the American media.

While it is the media's job to solicit clear answers, it is ultimately up to voters to evaluate Harris, her positions, and her credibility. Voters must decide not only whether they agree with her economic, energy, and immigration policies, but also whether she was honest then (as a senator, a presidential candidate in 2019, and vice president for the past four years) or now as a presidential candidate.

Given how she became the Democratic nominee and her long series of attitude shifts, her legitimacy is questionable and anything she says now should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put it best when he called off his campaign earlier this week: “The Democrats ran a sham primary and put up the most unpopular candidate in the 2020 election, whose campaign failed to gain traction and she Dropout before the Iowa primary.

Given this, it's clear that Harris is merely an empty vehicle for continuing to implement the far-left Democratic agenda, which ultimately seeks to erode our most basic freedoms through increased government control, mandates, and censorship. (Will Harris be pursued for her role in pressuring Facebook to censor content during the COVID-19 pandemic?)

Harris and Waltz put on a good show, and she said,A new way forward“Improving American lives through moderate policies”

But does it matter?

no.

Because the Democrats' plan has been clear since the day they pushed President Joe Biden off a cliff: say and do whatever it takes (and whoever they nominate) to win the election and stay in power.

Harris and Waltz are merely pawns in a much larger and more dangerous game.

Carly Atchison Bird is a former national spokeswoman for the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign. She is founder and president of BirdsEye Consulting and lives in Virginia Beach.

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