{"id":2326801,"date":"2024-08-19T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-cant-answer-question-about-her-own-policy-in-shocking-moment-with-press-it-pays-for-itself\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:01:57","slug":"watch-kamala-harris-cant-answer-question-about-her-own-policy-in-shocking-moment-with-press-it-pays-for-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-cant-answer-question-about-her-own-policy-in-shocking-moment-with-press-it-pays-for-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Kamala Harris Can&#8217;t Answer Question About Her Own Policy in Shocking Moment with Press &#8211; &#8216;It Pays for Itself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fwatch-kamala-harris-cant-answer-question-about-her-own-policy-in-shocking-moment-with-press-it-pays-for-itself%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=2326801&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>The content discusses Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kjp-refuses-to-explain-bidens-comment-about-semi-fascist-republicans\/\" title=\"KJP Refuses to Explain Biden&#039;s Comment About &quot;Semi-Fascist&quot; Republicans\">recent campaign appearance<\/a> in Pennsylvania, during which she faced\u200d criticism for her unclear explanations of economic policies and their funding. A reporter\u2064 requested details\u2062 on how she plans \u200bto financially support her \u2062proposals, \u200bbut Harris delivered a response deemed nonsensical and\u2062 incoherent by many observers. She claimed \u200dthat investments in child \u2063tax credits and home \u2063ownership would yield a significant return, asserting that\u200b they would pay for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>However, her claims were met with \u200cskepticism, particularly regarding statistics on child\u2064 poverty, which contradicted her assertions about past\u200d achievements.\u200c The article highlights social media backlash, where users mocked her inability to answer straightforward questions, labeling her as unfit for leadership and suggesting she lacks a coherent strategy. Ultimately, the piece portrays Harris\u200b as a symbolic figure lacking \u200dsubstance, \u2064with \u200dher policy details dismissed as vague and \u2064ineffective.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On those rare occasions when Vice President Kamala Harris deigns to speak to the press, she reaffirms the widespread public perception that she&rsquo;s an empty suit who&rsquo;s unfit to lead.<\/p>\n<p>During a campaign stop Sunday in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hs-students-embarrass-harris-point-critical-error-central-campaign-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> babbled nonsensically when asked to explain her economic policies &mdash; and, perhaps more disconcertingly, how she plans to pay for them.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> to &ldquo;explain how you are going to pay for those [programs]. And can you give us a sense of what other policies you want to unveil moving forward?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As she is wont to do, Harris responded by ignoring the question and spouting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-straight-stealing-another-trump-vance-campaign-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incomprehensible gibberish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sure, well, I mean, you just look at it in terms of what we are talking about, for example, around children and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">child tax credit<\/a> and extending the EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit],&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The de factor Democrat standard-bearer added: &ldquo;That, it&rsquo;s at $6,000 for the first year of a child&rsquo;s life. The return on that investment in terms of what that will do and what it will pay for will be tremendous. We&rsquo;ve seen it when we did it for the first year of our administration. We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-promised-this-biden-policy-would-slash-child-poverty-heres-what-really-happened\/\" title=\"The Left Promised This Biden Policy Would Slash Child Poverty. Here\u2019s What Really Happened.\">reduced child poverty<\/a> by over 50 percent, so that&rsquo;s a lot of the work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is patently false. The child poverty rate more than doubled from a historic low of 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/press\/statements\/record-rise-in-poverty-highlights-importance-of-child-tax-credit-health-coverage#:~:text=The%20poverty%20rate%20for%20children,over%20the%20previous%20two%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.<\/a> a nonpartisan research group.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kamala Harris says &ldquo;it&rsquo;s a mistake&rdquo; to ask how she plans to pay for the few economic proposals she has outlined in her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>(This is why she has been avoiding the press for so long) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r3OTdRHaax\">pic.twitter.com\/r3OTdRHaax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1825307288082502053?\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harris blathered on: &ldquo;And then, what we&rsquo;re doing in terms of the tax credit &mdash; we know that there&rsquo;s a great return on that investment. When we increase home ownership in America, what that means in terms of increasing the tax base &mdash; not to mention the property tax base, what that does to fund schools &mdash; again, return on investment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Huh?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic presidential nominee then inadvertently admitted that she has no plan for how to pay for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-wapo-cant-defend-kamala-already-called-communist-maybe-dont-propose-price-controls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;communist&rdquo; programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a mistake for any person who talks about public policy to not critically evaluate how you measure the return on investment,&rdquo; she bloviated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you are strengthening neighborhoods, strengthening communities &mdash; and in particular, the economy of those communities and investing in a broad-based economy &mdash; everybody benefits. And it pays for itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris was mocked on social media for her incoherent gobbledygook masquerading as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-grand-plan-offer-new-home-buyers-free-25000-getting-ripped-shreds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policy positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HOW DOES SHE PLAN ON PAYING FOR THESE POLICIES!<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a simple question with a simple answer. She has no plan. Just printing more money and worsening inflation with her campaign bribes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127482;&#127480; Janine Clark (@DixieChick0211) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DixieChick0211\/status\/1825308238251733456?\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She can&rsquo;t answer simple questions,&rdquo; one X user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She can&rsquo;t answer simple questions. It is falling apart.<\/p>\n<p>If they replaced her at the DNC, the same people you see praising her, would start praising the new chosen one.<\/p>\n<p>These aren&rsquo;t real people.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; InfantryCop (@Infantry828) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Infantry828\/status\/1825309130887668010?\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;It pays for itself&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and Marxists BELIEVE THIS.<\/p>\n<p>They don&rsquo;t care or acknowledge the $35T debt hanging over us.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LibertyOrDeath (@RussLffl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussLffl\/status\/1825309708346921269?\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7dRDEG9fSh\">pic.twitter.com\/7dRDEG9fSh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lisa Hubbard (@LMHubb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LMHubb\/status\/1825316891327361272?\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Every time Kamala Harris opens her mouth, she confirms speculation that she&rsquo;s a harebrained diversity hire who&rsquo;s being puppeteered by unelected bureaucrats on the radical left.<\/p>\n<p>Her inability to defend the few policy positions she has hastily thrown together since being installed as her party&rsquo;s nominee spotlights why countless Americans dismiss her as little more than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-john-kennedy-spars-fox-host-calls-kamala-harris-ding-dong-wild-segment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-left &ldquo;ding-dong.<\/a>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During a campaign event on Sunday in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Harris struggled to articulate her economic policies and how she intends to fund them. When a reporter inquired about her plans for financing these programs and any future policy announcements, Harris sidestepped the question with vague statements. She mentioned topics like children\u2019s issues and tax credits but failed to provide clarity.<\/p>\n<p>Harris claimed that investments made during her administration had significantly reduced child poverty; however, this assertion contradicts data showing that child poverty rates actually increased from a historic low of 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% in 2022, according to a nonpartisan research organization.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing her remarks, Harris spoke about tax credits and home ownership without offering concrete details on funding or implementation strategies for her proposals. She suggested that strengthening communities would inherently lead to economic benefits without acknowledging the national debt of $35 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments drew ridicule online as many criticized her inability to answer straightforward questions regarding funding for her policies. Observers noted that every time she speaks publicly, it reinforces doubts about her competence as a leader and highlights why many Americans view her as merely an unqualified figurehead influenced by radical left ideologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2326802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36155,32438,37124,38559,32818],"class_list":["post-2326801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-government-accountability","tag-kamala-harris","tag-media-scrutiny","tag-policy-explanation","tag-press-conference"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326801","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}