{"id":2338454,"date":"2024-09-08T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-says-harris-needs-to-be-told-what-her-policies-are-ahead-of-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T19:43:50","slug":"ben-carson-says-harris-needs-to-be-told-what-her-policies-are-ahead-of-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-says-harris-needs-to-be-told-what-her-policies-are-ahead-of-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Carson says Harris \u2018needs to be told\u2019 what her policies are ahead of 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=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fben-carson-says-harris-needs-to-be-told-what-her-policies-are-ahead-of-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=2338454&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 commentary,\u2063 Dr. Ben Carson, former Secretary of Housing \u2062and Urban \u200dDevelopment, expressed concerns about Vice\u2063 President Kamala Harris&#8217;s understanding of her own policy positions as she prepares for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anaysis-third-gop-debate-looms-but-viewers-dont-seem-to-care\/\" title=\"Third GOP Debate Approaches, Viewers Uninterested\">upcoming presidential \u200ddebate<\/a>. \u2062Carson\u2062 stated that \u2063Harris &#8220;needs to be told&#8221; what her policies are,\u200d implying that neither she nor the public \u200dis clear on them. He contrasted her \u200capproach with that of former President Donald Trump, who he\u200b claims does not need\u2063 to prepare because he\u200b is consistent and transparent\u2062 in his\u200d views.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2062 presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, Harris has reportedly\u2062 altered\u2062 her stance on several policies, such as her earlier opposition to fracking and her views on border security. In response to critics of\u2062 her shifting positions, Harris asserted in a recent interview that her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-cnn-interview-backfires-after-moment-that-could-cost-her-the-2024-election\/\" title=\"Watch: Kamala Harris&#039; CNN Interview Backfires After Moment That Could Cost Her the 2024 Election\">core values remain unchanged<\/a>. Carson\u200d raised doubts about \u200cwhether she genuinely retains\u200b those values, suggesting that her policy changes may\u200d reflect a lack of \u2063consistent principles. The upcoming debate is anticipated to be pivotal in shaping the election \u2062landscape.  <\/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\">Ben Carson says Harris &lsquo;needs to be told&rsquo; what her policies are ahead of debate<\/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_1755239\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-carson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dr. Ben Carson<\/a> argued Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t really know&rdquo; what her own policies are for her presidential aspirations, as she &ldquo;needs to be told&rdquo; what her policies are.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Carson, who previously worked as secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration, previewed the upcoming presidential debate scheduled for Tuesday, which he predicted would be very consequential to this election cycle. Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>, Carson predicted that Harris is preparing for Tuesday night by figuring how she can get &ldquo;under Donald Trump&rsquo;s skin.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Also, she needs to be told what her policies are, because she doesn&rsquo;t really know what they are; nobody else does either,&rdquo; Carson said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>, guest-hosted by Jason Chaffetz. &ldquo;Donald Trump doesn&rsquo;t have to prep, because the truth is always the truth. You don&rsquo;t have to try to figure out what things will resonate with people, you just say who you are. He&rsquo;s very transparent. And I think the people will appreciate that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2584002&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=4b6afcca70de16e8809a2d4dad15ebd7\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since becoming the Democratic Party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-pressure-strengthened-desantis-decision-to-ban-biological-males-from-womens-sports-spox-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Woke\u2019 Pressure \u2018Strengthened\u2019 DeSantis Decision To Ban Biological Males From Women\u2019s Sports, Spox Says\">2024 presidential nominee<\/a>, Harris has changed her views on multiple policies facing the United States, such as no longer wanting to ban fracking and expressing a desire to secure the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>southern border<\/a>. In her first interview as a presidential candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3138351\/harris-defends-policy-flip-flops-first-interview-values-not-changed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harris clarified that her values &ldquo;have not changed.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carson referenced Harris&rsquo;s comment when addressing her sudden change in various policies, questioning if she has changed her views at all. He added that &ldquo;you have to wonder&rdquo; if she still holds the values where the government can mandate the type of cars people can drive, or whether or not one can have a gas stove in their house.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So what you&rsquo;re going to see in the debate is Donald Trump running on his past policies, and Kamala Harris running away from her past policies,&rdquo; Carson said. &ldquo;So, it should make for a very, very interesting evening.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The next debate will be hosted by ABC News, which will utilize the same muted-microphone approach that CNN used for its debate. Harris informed the network last week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3143804\/kamala-harris-accepts-rules-abc-trump-debate-including-muted-mics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>she agreed to the network&rsquo;s proposed rules<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> the campaign is &ldquo;thrilled&rdquo; Harris and her team have agreed to the rules, as voters &ldquo;want to hear&rdquo; from both candidates what their vision is for the nation&rsquo;s future.<\/p>\n<p>The debate will be moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis, and will last 90 minutes long with two commercial breaks. The event will air at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1755239\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1755239\"}});<\/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>Dr. Ben Carson stated that Vice President Kamala Harris &#8220;doesn&#8217;t really know&#8221; her own policies regarding her presidential ambitions and suggested that she &#8220;needs to be told&#8221; what they are. Carson, who served as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration, discussed the upcoming presidential debate set for Tuesday, which he believes will be significant for this election cycle. He speculated that Harris is preparing by trying to find ways to provoke Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Carson remarked on Fox News&#8217;s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, guest-hosted by Jason Chaffetz, saying, \u201cShe needs to be informed about her policies because she doesn\u2019t seem to understand them; neither does anyone else.\u201d He contrasted this with Trump\u2019s approach, stating that he doesn&#8217;t need extensive preparation since his message is straightforward and authentic.<\/p>\n<p>Since being named the Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 presidential nominee, Harris has shifted her stance on several issues\u2014such as no longer opposing fracking and expressing a desire for stronger border security. In her initial interview as a candidate, she insisted that her core values remain unchanged. Carson questioned whether these values still include government mandates on personal choices like vehicle types or gas stoves.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted that in the debate viewers would see Trump advocating for his previous policies while Harris attempts to distance herself from hers: \u201cIt should make for a very interesting evening.\u201d The upcoming debate will be hosted by ABC News using a muted-microphone format similar to CNN&#8217;s previous debate setup. Harris confirmed last week that she accepted these rules.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Miller, a senior adviser for Trump&#8217;s campaign, expressed excitement over Harris agreeing to the rules since voters want clarity from both candidates about their visions for America&#8217;s future. The debate will be moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis and is scheduled to last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks at 9 p.m. ET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2338455,"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\/09\/Dr.-Ben-Carson-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36204,3896,32438,32171,32076],"class_list":["post-2338454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ben-carson","tag-debate","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Ben-Carson-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338454","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}