{"id":2334147,"date":"2024-08-30T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-coddled-kamala-harris-in-softball-interview\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T07:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T11:11:20","slug":"cnn-coddled-kamala-harris-in-softball-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-coddled-kamala-harris-in-softball-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Coddled Kamala Harris In Softball Interview"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fcnn-coddled-kamala-harris-in-softball-interview%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=2334147&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>Kamala Harris recently\u2064 participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-brian-stelter-cuts-off-bari-weiss-asks-whos-stopping-the-conversation\/\" title=\"WATCH: Brian Stelter Cuts Off Bari Weiss, Asks \u2018Who\u2019s Stopping The Conversation?\u2019\">pre-recorded interview<\/a> with CNN&#8217;s\u200c Dana Bash, alongside vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, after a lengthy period\u2063 of limited \u2062public engagement during\u200d her campaign. The interview,\u2063 lasting 18 minutes, revealed some personal anecdotes about Harris, such as her Sunday mornings spent making bacon and growing hot peppers. However, it also criticized the interview&#8217;s lack of depth and concrete discussion about her policy plans.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2063the conversation, Bash asked\u200b Harris about her first actions as president, but Harris \u2064responded vaguely. She did mention priorities like supporting the\u200d middle \u2063class and implementing her &#8220;opportunity economy&#8221; plan aimed at addressing various issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-sanctioned-housing-coming-to-small-california-towns\/\" title=\"Small California towns to have state-sanctioned housing.\">including\u200d affordable housing<\/a>\u2062 and extending child tax credits. However, the conversation often\u2064 drifted\u2064 into less substantial territory, focusing on sentimental topics \u200dand family \u2063dynamics instead of substantive policy details.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Walz&#8217;s discussion about the emotional\u200d moments during his nomination echoed the sentiments of family involvement in politics\u2064 but also failed \u2063to provide\u200c clarity on specific \u200cpolitical strategies or changes. The interview highlighted the candidates\u2019 struggle to convey concrete plans amidst broader discussions, leading to criticism that the opportunity was not fully utilized to inform the electorate.  <\/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>Kamala Harris spent over a month cloistered away during her campaign for leader of the free world before finally sitting for a controlled, prerecorded interview Thursday with CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash. And at her side like a chaperone was vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>Bash said at the outset that viewers would see the interview &ldquo;in its entirety.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We did learn some new things in the brief, 18-minute interview that was punctuated by several commercial breaks and slick cut-aways showing the duo on the campaign trail in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>We now know Kamala Harris makes her own bacon on Sunday mornings. That is what she was doing when President Joe Biden called to tell her he was dropping out of the race. She grows her own hot peppers at home, too. And she was &ldquo;deeply touched and humbled&rdquo; by a photo taken at the Democratic Convention that showed her speaking at the big podium while her young grand niece looked on in the foreground. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t explicitly talk about gender or race in your speech, but it obviously means a lot to a lot of people, and that viral picture really says it,&rdquo; Bash gushed. &ldquo;What does it mean to you?&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Given Harris&rsquo; elusiveness, and the short length of the interview, it was a waste of time to focus on such fluff. What if Harris decides not to do an interview for another month? Bash should not have squandered the moment.<\/p>\n<p>In an exchange with Walz lasting almost one and a half minutes, Bash rehashed the &ldquo;stand out moment&rdquo; at the convention when his son was seen cheering and crying as his father accepted the Democrat vice-presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Walz talked about how proud he is of his son, his wife, and his family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the one thing is, talking about the era we&rsquo;re in, is our politics can be better. It can be different. We can show some of these things, and we can have families involved in this,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;And I hope that people felt that out there, and I hope they hug their kids a little tighter, because you just never know. Life can be kind of hard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What does that even mean?<\/p>\n<p>Granted, Bash asked some important questions before the first commercial break. And sometimes she had to ask a question twice.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s what happened with the first question: If you are elected, what would you do on day one in the White House?<\/p>\n<p>With eyes cast down, as if referring to notes much of the time, Harris started her answer without specifics and then drifted off course.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a number of things. I will tell you. First and foremost, one of my highest priorities, is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;When I look at the aspirations, the goals, the ambitions of the American people, I think that people are ready for a new way forward, in a way that generations of Americans have been fueled by hope and by optimism. I think sadly, in the last decade, we have had in the former president someone who has really been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing the character and the strength of who we are as Americans, really dividing our nation, and I think people are ready to turn the page on that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>None of that describes something concrete that can be done. Bash asked again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, what would you do on day one?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris kept talking until she bumped into an answer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Day one, it&rsquo;s going to be about implementing my plan for what I call an opportunity economy. I&rsquo;ve already laid out a number of proposals in that regard, which include what we&rsquo;re going to do to bring down the cost of everyday goods. What we&rsquo;re going to do to invest in America&rsquo;s small businesses, what we&rsquo;re going to do to invest in families, for example, extending child tax credit to $6,000 for families for the first year of their child&rsquo;s life, to help them buy a car seat, to help them buy baby clothes, a crib. There&rsquo;s the work that we&rsquo;re going to do that is about investing in the American family around affordable housing, a big issue in our country right now. So, there are a number of things on day one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bash gave in and turned to Walz with the same question. He similarly skirted specifics. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bash asked what Harris has to say to Americans who want to go back to the economy under former President Donald Trump, when things were more affordable.<\/p>\n<p>Harris blamed the economy on Covid, which she said was mismanaged by Trump, and said the current administration has not fixed it because they have been recovering.<\/p>\n<h2>Finesse on Fracking <\/h2>\n<p>On fracking, Bash asked Harris about the 2019 video where she said she is in favor of banning fracking.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Harris chose her words carefully, insisting her position has been clear since 2020. She vowed Thursday that she will not ban fracking, an important issue for many Pennsylvania voters, but she also tried to appease her environmental supporters. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate,&rdquo; Harris said. She touted the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/ira-energy-provisions-cost-could-double-new-emissions-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>, the massive spending bill that places CO2 emissions restrictions on parts of the energy sector that could affect the fracking industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we have done to invest, by my calculation, over probably a trillion dollars over the next 10 years, investing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/14-state-attorneys-say-keystone-cancellation-delivers-crippling-economic-injuries-threaten-legal-action\/\" title=\"14 State Attorneys Say Keystone Cancellation Delivers \u2018Crippling Economic Injuries,\u2019 Threaten Legal Action\">clean energy economy<\/a>,&rdquo; Harris said, &ldquo;We can do it without banning fracking,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;A follow up question would have been good here. Like, we can do <em>what<\/em> without banning fracking? Do you mean, end fracking without banning it by placing increasingly restrictive emissions standards on the industry?<\/p>\n<p>Harris was not direct, and Bash did not press her, merely accepting the answer at face value.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will not ban fracking,&rdquo; is not the whole story. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And that is how the interview was served &mdash; a healthy helping of benign questions and lots of moments that required reading between the lines.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an award-winning investigative journalist with decades of media experience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris spent more than a month in seclusion during her campaign for the presidency before finally participating in a controlled, prerecorded interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash on Thursday. Accompanying her was vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, who acted as a sort of chaperone. Bash opened the segment by assuring viewers that they would see the interview &#8220;in its entirety.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The 18-minute conversation, which included several commercial breaks and polished cutaways featuring the pair on the campaign trail in Georgia, revealed some new details about Harris. For instance, she shared that she makes her own bacon on Sunday mornings and grows hot peppers at home. She also expressed feeling &#8220;deeply touched and humbled&#8221; by a photo from the Democratic Convention showing her speaking at a podium while her young grandniece looked on.<\/p>\n<p>Bash enthusiastically noted that while Harris didn&#8217;t explicitly address gender or race in her speech, it clearly resonated with many people, as highlighted by that viral image. She asked Harris what it meant to her.<\/p>\n<p>Given Harris&#8217; tendency to avoid interviews and the brevity of this one, focusing on such light topics felt like a missed opportunity. What if she decides not to do another interview for another month? Bash should have made better use of this moment.<\/p>\n<p>In an exchange lasting nearly one and a half minutes with Walz, Bash revisited his son&#8217;s emotional reaction during his father&#8217;s acceptance of the Democratic vice-presidential nomination. Walz expressed pride in his family and emphasized that politics can improve by involving families more deeply.<\/p>\n<p>While Bash did pose some significant questions before the first commercial break\u2014sometimes needing to repeat them\u2014Harris often seemed vague or off-topic when responding. When asked what she would do on day one if elected president, she initially spoke generally about supporting middle-class Americans without providing concrete actions.<\/p>\n<p>After being prompted again for specifics regarding day one plans, Harris eventually mentioned implementing an &#8220;opportunity economy,&#8221; outlining proposals aimed at reducing everyday costs and investing in small businesses and families through measures like extending child tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how she&#8217;d respond to Americans wanting to return to Trump&#8217;s economy\u2014which they perceived as more affordable\u2014Harris attributed current economic issues to COVID-19 mismanagement under Trump but claimed recovery efforts were underway.<\/p>\n<p>On fracking\u2014a critical issue for many Pennsylvania voters\u2014Bash referenced an earlier video where Harris supported banning it. In response, Harris carefully stated that since 2020 she&#8217;s been clear about not wanting to ban fracking while still addressing climate concerns through investments outlined in legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up question could have clarified whether these investments might effectively end fracking without an outright ban due to stricter emissions standards; however, Bash accepted Harris&#8217;s answer without further probing into its implications.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this interview consisted largely of benign inquiries paired with moments requiring deeper interpretation from viewers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":2334148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CNN.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[9373,32438,32490,32171,39736],"class_list":["post-2334147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-cnn","tag-kamala-harris","tag-media-bias","tag-political-commentary","tag-softball-interview"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CNN.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334147","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\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}