{"id":2285101,"date":"2024-06-28T01:55:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-tries-to-downplay-bidens-struggles-during-cnn-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T01:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:58:13","slug":"kamala-harris-tries-to-downplay-bidens-struggles-during-cnn-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-tries-to-downplay-bidens-struggles-during-cnn-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris tries to downplay Biden\u2019s struggles during CNN debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-tries-to-downplay-bidens-struggles-during-cnn-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris avoided directly addressing queries on President Joe Biden\u2019s subpar debate performance with former President Donald \u200dTrump. In a CNN interview with Anderson \u200bCooper following\u200d the debate, Harris emphasized the stark policy differences between \u2063Biden and Trump rather \u2063than dwelling on the debate specifics. She acknowledged \u200cBiden&#8217;s initial struggle in the debate but highlighted his strong finish,\u200c focusing\u2063 on \u2063the policy contrasts that \u200bshe \u2062believes matter \u200dmost to American voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> dodged questioning about President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s poor debate performance against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on Thursday evening, instead trying to pivot to contrasting the two candidate\u2019s policy stances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, what we saw tonight is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-democrats-change-tune-on-executive-orders\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden, Democrats Change Tune on Executive Orders\">president making<\/a> a very clear contrast with Donald Trump on all of the issues that matter to the American people,\u201d Harris told CNN host Anderson Cooper in a video interview. \u201cYes, there was a slow start but it was a strong finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/trump-biden-2024-presidential-debate-cnn-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP BIDEN DEBATE: LIVE UPDATES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CNN debate in Atlanta saw Biden struggle to tamp down concerns about his mental acuity after he stumbled in his response to Trump, appeared confused at times, and spoke in a hoarse voice compared to Trump\u2019s energetic responses.<\/p>\n<p>The sluggish performance led to a new round of Democratic panic over Biden\u2019s ability to lead the party after the Democratic National Convention and some even calling for Biden to step away as the presumptive nominee. <\/p>\n<p>Harris attempted to pivot away from Biden\u2019s performance to focus on attacking Trump when Cooper questioned her. \u201cListen, people can debate on style points, but ultimately, this election and who is the president of the United States has to be about substance, and the contrast is clear,\u201d Harris said. \u201cLook at what happened during the course of the debate. Donald Trump lied over and over and over again, as he has wont to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After more pushback from Cooper, Harris conceded that \u201cit was a slow start. That\u2019s obvious to everyone \u2014 I\u2019m not going to debate that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m talking about the choice in November. I\u2019m talking about one of the most important elections in our collective lifetime,\u201d Harris continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Harris also hit Trump over abortion which has become one of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate\">key policy issues<\/a> as the nation\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-was-minutes-from-a-migrant-facility-with-heartbreaking-conditions-for-kids-she-did-not-visit\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Was Minutes From A Migrant Facility With \u2018Heartbreaking\u2019 Conditions For Kids. She Did Not Visit\">woman vice president<\/a>, along with his refusal to say he would accept the results of the 2024 election or disavow the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Before ending the roughly eight-minute interview, Cooper asked Harris to describe how Biden behaves every day. \u201cThe Joe Biden that I work with every day is someone who, as I have said, has performed in a way that has been about bringing people into the Oval Office, Republicans and Democrats, to compromise in a way that is extraordinary these days because it just doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped questions about President Joe Biden&#8217;s weak debate showing against Donald Trump, focusing instead on the stark policy differences between the two. &#8220;Tonight, the president clearly contrasted himself with Donald Trump on all issues,&#8221; she stated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2285102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kamala-Harris-defends-Joe-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32651,32320,32438,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2285101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cnn-debate","tag-joe-biden","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kamala-Harris-defends-Joe-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}