{"id":2334251,"date":"2024-08-30T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-gop-critics-blasting-pretaped-harris-interview-boring-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:06:58","slug":"trump-leads-gop-critics-blasting-pretaped-harris-interview-boring-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-gop-critics-blasting-pretaped-harris-interview-boring-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump leads GOP critics blasting pretaped Harris interview: \u2018Boring\u2019 &#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\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-leads-gop-critics-blasting-pretaped-harris-interview-boring-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=2334251&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\u200b CNN\u200b interview, Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism from former President Donald Trump and \u200dRepublican\u200d allies for what they deemed a lackluster performance. Trump \u2062labeled the interview \u200c&#8221;boring,&#8221; while others, including Senator J.D. Vance\u2063 and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, mocked Harris&#8217;s \u200bapproach and\u2062 her choice to have Minnesota \u200cGovernor Tim Walz by her side during \u200cthe discussion. Critics pointed out that Harris&#8217;s responses were vague and\u2064 lacked substantive policy insight, particularly regarding her administration plans \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elliott-abrams-launches-group-to-chart-gop-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"Elliott Abrams Launches Group to Chart GOP Foreign Policy\">foreign policy views<\/a>. Amidst these criticisms, Harris reiterated support for President\u2063 Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s policies, claiming &#8220;Bidenomics&#8221; is effective, \u200cwhile also \u200dattempting to clarify her stance on immigration \u2063and fracking, which has evolved since\u2063 her earlier political positions. the interview failed to fend off attacks from Republicans who argue Harris is running a policy-light campaign.  <\/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\">Trump leads GOP critics blasting pretaped Harris interview: &lsquo;Boring&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_1739132\" 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> invoked a wave of Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1829467804522717664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>admiration<\/a> after her first sit-down interview since being named the Democratic presidential nominee. Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and his allies were not among her fans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Boring,&rdquo; Trump proclaimed in a Thursday evening <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113048471178908978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reaction<\/a> on Truth Social to Harris&rsquo;s long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3138544\/six-takeaways-harris-cnn-interview-harris-speaks-biden-dropping-war-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debut<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A host of Republicans joined the former president&rsquo;s criticism of Harris&rsquo;s prime-time interview with CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash in a flurry of social media posts to X.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1829256147225977310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>clip<\/a> of Caitlin Upton awkwardly stuttering her way through a reply during a 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BREAKING: I have gotten ahold of the full Kamala Harris CNN interview,&rdquo; Vance mocked when the first clips from the interview were released.&nbsp;<\/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\">BREAKING: I have gotten ahold of the full Kamala Harris CNN interview. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c6nfcJrFJy\">pic.twitter.com\/c6nfcJrFJy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1829256147225977310?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>Meanwhile, Sean Spicer, who served as Trump&rsquo;s White House press secretary in 2017, denounced Harris for having her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN),<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/29\/politics\/harris-walz-interview-read-transcript\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> at her side<\/a> for the interview.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that Harris and Walz have done a parent-teacher conference they need to do a media interview,&rdquo; he<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanspicer\/status\/1829348201888981003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Spicer&rsquo;s words came after Harris faced&nbsp;criticism from Republicans, such as political commentator Meghan McCain, for not going solo during the high-stakes interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Time Walz (D-MN) appear at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the course of her presidential bid, critics have slammed Harris for running a policy-light campaign. Following her CNN interview, Trump allies continued to assert Harris failed to unveil detailed policy and blasted her for a lack of &ldquo;substantive&rdquo; answers.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shapiro, conservative commentator and co-founder of the <em>Daily Wire,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1829335351078346777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>grumbled<\/a> that Harris had set the bar for politics &ldquo;so low&rdquo; that &ldquo;Kamala not physically crapping herself during an interview is now considered a brilliant performance.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the roughly 30-minute interview alongside Walz, Harris largely attached herself to President Joe Biden&rsquo;s policy positions. In response to a question about her support for Israel, the only foreign policy question she was asked, Harris favored Biden&rsquo;s stance on the war in Gaza. She later stood by his handling of the U.S. economy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about what she would do on day one of her administration if she won the election, Harris appeared to founder at first.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A number of things,&rdquo; she said before talking about building an &ldquo;opportunity economy&rdquo; and alluding to a price-fixing proposal she unveiled recently, which is to the left of Biden&rsquo;s economic agenda. Overall, Harris stood by &ldquo;Bidenomics,&rdquo; the commonly used name for the president&rsquo;s economic plan, and called it &ldquo;good work.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s talking in circles. She has no substantive answers for anything,&rdquo; political influencer Link Lauren <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itslinklauren\/status\/1829262336508760342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Lauren advised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s presidential campaign until April before throwing his weight behind Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris confirmed a reversal from a position she held during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-kamala-harris-wants-to-memory-hole-her-border-record\/\" title=\"Why Kamala Harris Wants To Memory-Hole Her Border Record\">short-lived 2020 presidential campaign<\/a> that illegal immigration should be decriminalized.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;You raised your hand when asked whether or not the border should be decriminalized. Do you still believe that?&rdquo; Bash questioned.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe there should be consequences,&rdquo; Harris replied.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Critics said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-seizes-on-biden-while-democrats-debate-his-future-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"GOP seizes on Biden while Democrats debate his future - Washington Examiner\">vice president lied<\/a> about her record on fracking during the interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2019 Kamala Harris said she would absolutely ban fracking,&rdquo; former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1829327557990211693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>noted<\/a>. &ldquo;At present, she says she won&rsquo;t ban fracking. Tonight on CNN, she said her position on a fracking ban hasn&rsquo;t changed. At least 1 of those 3 statements has to be false. That&rsquo;s not a partisan point, it&rsquo;s just logic.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/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\">In 2019 Kamala Harris said she would absolutely ban fracking.<\/p>\n<p>At present, she says she won&rsquo;t ban fracking.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight on CNN, she said her position on a fracking ban hasn&rsquo;t changed.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1 of those 3 statements has to be false. That&rsquo;s not a partisan point, it&rsquo;s just logic.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1829327557990211693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ramaswamy mounted a brief primary challenge to Trump before dropping his bid for the White House to become the former president&rsquo;s top surrogate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris also faced censure for doing a pretaped interview instead of speaking live during the media appearance. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Live is too risky,&rdquo; conservative Fox News host Laura Ingraham<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IngrahamAngle\/status\/1828563745318052066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> said<\/a>.<\/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_1739132\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1739132\"}});<\/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>Trump heads GOP criticism of pre-recorded Harris interview: &#8216;Boring&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris received a surge of support from Democrats following her first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. However, former President Donald Trump and his supporters were not impressed. &#8220;Boring,&#8221; Trump declared in a Thursday evening post on Truth Social regarding Harris&#8217;s highly anticipated debut. Numerous Republicans joined Trump&#8217;s critique of her prime-time CNN interview with Dana Bash, sharing their thoughts on social media platform X. Trump&#8217;s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), even posted a clip of Caitlin Upton awkwardly stumbling through an answer during the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant, mocking the situation by saying he had obtained the full Kamala Harris CNN interview.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Spicer, who was Trump&#8217;s White House press secretary in 2017, criticized Harris for having her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), present during the interview. He quipped that after their &#8220;parent-teacher conference,&#8221; they should have done a media appearance instead. This comment followed Republican critiques from figures like political commentator Meghan McCain about Harris not going solo for such an important discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her campaign for president, critics have accused Harris of lacking substantial policy proposals. Following her CNN appearance, Trump\u2019s allies reiterated that she failed to provide detailed policy insights and criticized her responses as lacking substance. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro lamented that expectations had fallen so low in politics that simply avoiding major blunders during an interview was now seen as impressive.<\/p>\n<p>During the approximately 30-minute conversation with Walz at her side, Harris primarily aligned herself with President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies. When asked about Israel\u2014her only foreign policy question\u2014she supported Biden\u2019s position on Gaza and endorsed his approach to managing the U.S. economy as well.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about what actions she would take on day one if elected president, she initially struggled before mentioning plans for creating an &#8220;opportunity economy&#8221; and referencing a recent price-fixing proposal more progressive than Biden&#8217;s economic agenda while affirming support for &#8220;Bidenomics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Critics noted that she appeared to contradict previous statements regarding illegal immigration when asked if it should be decriminalized; she responded by saying there should be consequences instead.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, some accused her of misrepresenting her stance on fracking during the interview; former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pointed out inconsistencies between past statements where she pledged to ban fracking and current claims where she stated otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Harris also faced backlash for opting for a pre-taped format rather than conducting a live interview; conservative Fox News host Laura Ingraham remarked that going live is too risky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2334252,"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\/07\/trump-harris-race.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6203,4021,6234,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2334251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gop","tag-harris","tag-interview","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-harris-race.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334251","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}