{"id":2350737,"date":"2024-10-04T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-kamala-harris-biggest-mistakes-gets-thrown-back-in-her-face-during-interview-forcing-her-to-explain\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:24:17","slug":"one-of-kamala-harris-biggest-mistakes-gets-thrown-back-in-her-face-during-interview-forcing-her-to-explain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-kamala-harris-biggest-mistakes-gets-thrown-back-in-her-face-during-interview-forcing-her-to-explain\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Kamala Harris&#8217; Biggest Mistakes Gets Thrown Back in Her Face During Interview, Forcing Her to Explain"},"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\">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%2Fone-of-kamala-harris-biggest-mistakes-gets-thrown-back-in-her-face-during-interview-forcing-her-to-explain%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=2350737&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>During an interview conducted by Jon Delano from KDKA-TV, Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to effectively address pivotal questions related to her past stance on fracking, which has become a contentious issue in Pennsylvania. The interview, lasting 11 minutes, saw Harris deflect questions and fail to clarify her previous support \u200cfor a fracking ban, calling it a &#8220;mischaracterization&#8221; aimed \u200dat sowing fear about her\u2064 presidency. Instead, she attempted to present herself as pro-fracking, stating that she did not ban it during her tenure and even cast a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-dems-will-pass-covid-relief-bill-with-or-without-gop\/\" title=\"Schumer: Dems will pass COVID relief bill with or without GOP\">tie-breaking vote<\/a> to expand fracking leases.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the interviewer\u2019s efforts to\u2063 guide her towards clear\u2063 answers, especially regarding how she would prevent foreign investments in companies like U.S. Steel, \u2062Harris struggled to articulate a coherent plan. Her responses, \u200coften vague and filled with platitudes, seemed to\u200d suggest\u2064 that \u200dshe either did not grasp the gravity\u200c of the questions or lacked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-debate-focus-group-signals-who-they-believe-won-the-gop-primary-debate\/\" title=\"Post-debate focus group indicates winner of GOP primary debate.\">clear policy position<\/a>. This lack of clarity left viewers questioning her reliability as a\u2063 leader.<\/p>\n<p>The interview ultimately\u2062 highlighted the disconnect between Harris&#8217;s statements and her earlier positions, particularly around fracking, and raised concerns over her ability\u2062 to communicate effectively on important issues to \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gops-newest-midterm-issue-menthols\/\" title=\"The GOP\u2019s Newest Midterm Issue: Menthols?\">swing-state voters<\/a>. The performance\u200c did little to bolster her credibility, emphasizing the perception of gaslighting within the current \u2063administration.  <\/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 (AC1)\")<\/script><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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Jon Delano of KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, conducted a remarkable remote interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>As one would expect, the vice president largely punted Delano&rsquo;s questions during an interview that lasted a whopping 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>On one issue important to voters in swing-state Pennsylvania, however, Harris had no choice but to confront one of her past policy statements, and not even a friendly local interviewer could save the vice president from herself.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the interview, Delano referred to a local campaign ad that quoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-panel-turns-cnn-host-live-air-lies-kamalas-fracking-position-not-true\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> as favoring a ban on fracking.<\/p>\n<p>The ad in question came from Republican Senate nominee Dave McCormick.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Since July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ad-every-gop-candidate-will-running-election-day-kamala-will-lose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCormick<\/a> has consistently tied his opponent, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, to the vice president. Here, for instance, is an ad from last month:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; NEW AD &#128680;<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s a reminder of one of Harris&rsquo; biggest lies that the ABC moderators let her get away with last night.<\/p>\n<p>Since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">media won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t hold her to account, we will. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SOLHGDfhkp\">pic.twitter.com\/SOLHGDfhkp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1833839887969103955?\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Note Harris&rsquo;s own words from 2019: &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question I&rsquo;m in favor of banning fracking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Delano read that quote and then asked the vice president if she had changed her view.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, Harris called the ad &ldquo;a mischaracterization that I think is intended to make people afraid of my presidency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then, she actually tried to recast herself as pro-fracking.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will not ban fracking. I did not as vice president. In fact, I cast the tie-breaking vote to open up more fracking leases,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the vice president never explained why she changed her mind.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s fracking-related answer continued for another 60 excruciating seconds. Much of it qualified as pure drivel.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, near the end of her remarks, she shifted into platitudes about &ldquo;lifting up the middle class.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That train of thought produced the following gem from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/must-watch-daily-show-mercilessly-mock-vp-harris-word-salads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">word-salad<\/a>-prone vice president:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My perspective on this issue is that I&rsquo;m gonna bring jobs back to rural communities, I&rsquo;m gonna make sure that we invest in those communities that have done the kind of work that you have in mind when we talk about Pittsburgh, when we talk about the greater aspect of Pennsylvania, and I&rsquo;m gonna keep doing that work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;greater aspect of Pennsylvania&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>Readers who, for whatever masochistic reasons of their own, might wish to watch the entire interview may do so below. The segment on fracking began around the 3:50 mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RTTQLSLItXo?si=oigu37-fAREBD583\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If possible, Harris&rsquo;s performance only got worse after the fracking question.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Delano repeatedly asked how Harris would prevent a Japanese buyer from purchasing Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. The vice president said she would prevent it but never said how.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Delano asked Harris about former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-reacts-jd-vances-debate-performance-shreds-low-iq-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> contention that the vice president has had nearly four years to do all the things she has promised to do while campaigning for president.<\/p>\n<p>On this point, Delano&rsquo;s efforts to guide the vice president toward an answer were simply shameless.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is he right?&rdquo; Delano said of Trump. &ldquo;Or did President Biden not give you, or limited in some way, your role as vice president?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris did not address the question. In fact, she fumbled around for words and botched the answer to such a degree that Delano had to help her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But you would acknowledge that as vice president you can&rsquo;t do the things that you can do as president,&rdquo; Delano said.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt the lobotomized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-slams-kamala-harris-says-need-president-can-put-together-english-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vice president<\/a> did not even realize that a friendly local interviewer had bailed her out. But surely viewers could see it.<\/p>\n<p>Amid all of Harris&rsquo;s non-answers and head-scratching phrases, however, one must not lose sight of the key point here.<\/p>\n<p>In short, when presented with her own words from 2019, Harris described them as a &ldquo;mischaracterization.&rdquo; Then, she never explained why she changed her mind.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in effect, she told anyone who saw McCormick&rsquo;s ad: &ldquo;Reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.&rdquo; Under the current regime, with Biden and Harris as puppets, we have reached that level of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-versus-biden-revisited-75th-anniversary-orwells-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orwellian<\/a> gaslighting.<\/p>\n<p>Surely the viewers could see that. And surely, to those swing-state voters who saw the entire performance, not even a friendly local interviewer could save Harris from herself.<\/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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As anticipated, the vice president mostly sidestepped Delano&#8217;s questions during the lengthy 11-minute discussion. However, when it came to a significant issue for voters in swing-state Pennsylvania, Harris had to address one of her previous policy statements, and even a friendly local interviewer couldn&#8217;t shield her from scrutiny. Early on, Delano referenced a local campaign ad that quoted Harris supporting a fracking ban\u2014an ad from Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick. Since July, McCormick has consistently linked his opponent, Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, to Harris. In the interview, Delano read a quote from 2019 where Harris stated she was &#8220;in favor of banning fracking&#8221; and asked if her views had changed. Remarkably, Harris dismissed the ad as &#8220;a mischaracterization intended to instill fear about my presidency,&#8221; and attempted to portray herself as pro-fracking by claiming she would not ban it and had even cast a tie-breaking vote for more fracking leases.<\/p>\n<p>Harris failed to explain why her stance shifted and continued speaking for another minute with vague statements about supporting middle-class jobs in rural areas without clarity or substance. When pressed further on how she would prevent foreign ownership of U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh or respond to former President Trump&#8217;s criticisms regarding her promises during the campaign, she struggled for coherent answers despite Delano&#8217;s attempts at guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, when confronted with evidence of her past statements on fracking\u2014describing them as mischaracterizations\u2014Harris did not clarify why she changed positions but instead urged viewers to disregard what they heard and saw. This exchange highlighted an alarming level of disconnection under Biden and Harris&#8217;s administration that could be perceived as Orwellian gaslighting by voters watching this performance unfold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2350738,"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\/10\/Kamala-Harris-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6234,32438,37095],"class_list":["post-2350737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-interview","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-mistakes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Harris-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350737","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=2350737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}