{"id":2333737,"date":"2024-08-29T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-defends-policy-flip-flops-in-cnn-interview-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:09:03","slug":"harris-defends-policy-flip-flops-in-cnn-interview-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-defends-policy-flip-flops-in-cnn-interview-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris defends policy flip-flops in CNN interview &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fharris-defends-policy-flip-flops-in-cnn-interview-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=2333737&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>In a recent CNN interview,\u2062 Vice President \u2063Kamala Harris \u200cdefended\u200d her evolving policy positions since becoming the \u2062Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. She emphasized that her core values have remained unchanged,\u200b despite\u2064 shifts in her support for certain policies. Harris noted that her commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-union-leader-slams-bidens-job-killing-order-cost-us-jobs-needs-to-consider-future-of-country\/\" title=\"Top Union Leader Slams Biden\u2019s Job-Killing Order: \u2018Cost Us Jobs,\u2019 Needs To Consider \u2018Future Of Country\u2019\">addressing climate change<\/a> and securing U.S. borders continues \u200cto be strong, highlighting that she has\u200b always recognized the\u200b urgency of the climate crisis and has actively worked\u200d towards achievable goals such as those established in the Inflation \u2063Reduction Act. <\/p>\n<p>Harris faced scrutiny regarding her previous support \u200bfor more progressive policies\u200c during the 2020 Democratic primary, including\u2062 her stances on the Green New Deal and\u2062 immigration reform.\u200b She has since moderated her views, which her aides have acknowledged. The interview marks a significant \u200bmoment for \u200cHarris as she responds to increasing pressure to explain her policies,\u200d particularly following her ascension to the nomination without a typical primary process. \u2062Harris&#8217;s past actions as the Attorney General of California and her \u2064more liberal record in Washington,\u2064 such as her backing of Medicare \u200cfor All, remain points of contention among some Democratic constituents.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris defends policy flip-flops during CNN interview: &lsquo;My values have not changed&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741142\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> is defending her past support of more liberal policies during the 2020 Democracy primary campaign, repeating that her values &ldquo;have not changed&rdquo; in her first interview since becoming her party&rsquo;s 2024 presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed,&rdquo; Harris told CNN on Thursday. Since Harris took over as the Democratic nominee, her aides have walked back many of her previous stances, including being in support of a fracking ban and support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106367\/harris-reverses-support-federal-job-guarantee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-policies-harris-has-pivoted-on-since-ascending-to-top-of-democratic-ticket-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Six policies Harris has pivoted on since ascending to top of Democratic ticket - Washington Examiner\">federal job guarantee<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Harris addressed her previous support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/green-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Green New Deal<\/a> and more lenient <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> policies, including rethinking the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You mentioned the Green New Deal,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;I have always believed and I&rsquo;ve worked on that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time. We did that with the Inflation Reduction Act. We have set goals for the United States of America and, by extension the globe, around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as an example, that value has not changed. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My value around what we need to do to secure our border, that value has not changed,&rdquo; she added. <br \/>&ldquo;I spent two terms as the attorney general of California prosecuting transnational criminal organizations, violations of American laws regarding the passage, illegal passage of guns, drugs, and human beings across our border. My values have not changed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala Harris: I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X5zluxvsY1\">pic.twitter.com\/X5zluxvsY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1829249263433593120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Harris has come under increasing pressure to explain her policy positions after she succeeded President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> as the nominee last month without a traditional primary process.<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, when she ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Harris&rsquo;s record in California created problems for her with more liberal Democrats, for instance, over her decision not to oppose California&rsquo;s anti-gay Proposition 8 ballot initiative in 2013 and her defense of the death penalty in the Golden State in 2014, in addition to not reforming the state&rsquo;s former three strikes law but attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-prosecutes-case-against-donald-trump-as-she-accepts-nomination-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris prosecutes case against Donald Trump as she accepts nomination - Washington Examiner\">introduce anti-truancy laws<\/a> she implemented in San Francisco statewide.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Harris&rsquo;s more liberal record in Washington, from her endorsement of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicare-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicare for All<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/green-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Green New Deal<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/black-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a>, expanding the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hardly-any-canadians-have-turned-in-their-now-outlawed-firearms-to-the-government\/\" title=\"Hardly Any Canadians Have Turned In Their Now-Outlawed Firearms To The Government\">mandatory gun buyback program<\/a><\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fracking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fracking ban<\/a>, and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106367\/harris-reverses-support-federal-job-guarantee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a federal job guarantee<\/a>, created similar problems for her with more centrist Democrats and independents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris and Gov.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a>, sat down with CNN in Georgia on Thursday as the pair toured the Peach State after last week&rsquo;s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The interview is scheduled to be broadcast in its entirety at 9 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741142\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741142\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is standing by her previous support for more progressive policies from the 2020 Democratic primary, asserting that her values \u201chave not changed\u201d in her first interview since being named the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. In a conversation with CNN on Thursday, she emphasized that the core of her policy views remains consistent. Following her nomination, Harris&#8217;s team has retracted several of her earlier positions, such as advocating for a ban on fracking and endorsing a federal job guarantee. She specifically addressed past support for the Green New Deal and more lenient immigration policies, including reconsidering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices. <\/p>\n<p>Regarding climate change initiatives like the Green New Deal, Harris stated, \u201cI have always believed&#8230;that the climate crisis is real and urgent,\u201d highlighting achievements like setting greenhouse gas emission reduction goals through the Inflation Reduction Act as evidence of unchanged values. She also reiterated her commitment to border security based on her experience as California&#8217;s attorney general prosecuting transnational crime.<\/p>\n<p>Harris faces growing scrutiny over her policy shifts after succeeding President Joe Biden without undergoing a traditional primary process last month. During her 2020 campaign for president, she encountered challenges from more liberal Democrats due to aspects of her record in California\u2014such as not opposing Proposition 8 in 2013 and defending capital punishment\u2014while also facing criticism from centrist Democrats regarding some of her progressive stances in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (her vice presidential pick) participated in an interview with CNN while touring Georgia following last week\u2019s Democratic National Convention in Chicago; this full interview is set to air at 9 p.m. Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2333738,"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\/08\/Kamala_Harris_Campaign_uu3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36326,4248,4021,4326],"class_list":["post-2333737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cnn-interview","tag-flip-flops","tag-harris","tag-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala_Harris_Campaign_uu3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333737","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}