{"id":2359117,"date":"2024-10-24T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T20:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-things-harris-didnt-answer-in-her-post-cnn-town-hall-press-conference-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T20:02:51","slug":"three-things-harris-didnt-answer-in-her-post-cnn-town-hall-press-conference-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-things-harris-didnt-answer-in-her-post-cnn-town-hall-press-conference-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things Harris didn&#8217;t answer in her post-CNN town hall press conference &#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\">30<\/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%2Fthree-things-harris-didnt-answer-in-her-post-cnn-town-hall-press-conference-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=2359117&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\u2062 press conference following her CNN town hall, Vice President Kamala Harris\u200b faced scrutiny but avoided directly \u2062answering several \u2062critical questions, including those regarding the\u2063 border wall and Beyonc\u00e9. While criticized former President Donald Trump for his \u2062absence from town \u200dhalls, Harris refrained from committing \u200dto the continuation of border wall \u2062construction, labeling it as &#8220;stupid and useless,&#8221; despite previously supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-border-deal-negotiators-say-theyre-stuck-amid-asylum-and-parole-disputes\/\" title=\"Senate negotiators working on a border deal are facing obstacles due to disagreements over asylum and parole\">bipartisan border security deal<\/a> that included provisions \u200dfor the wall.\u2062 She emphasized \u200dher priority of securing the border and expressed intent\u2062 to reintroduce the bipartisan legislation. Additionally, with the upcoming Election Day\u200c approaching, Harris has yet to reveal her stance on \u2062California&#8217;s Proposition \u200b36, a tough-on-crime measure.  <\/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\">Three things Harris didn&rsquo;t answer in first press conference after CNN town hall<\/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_1844617\" 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> gathered reporters the day after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CNN<\/a> town hall but sidestepped answering questions on topics from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beyonce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Beyonce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris jabbed at former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> for not taking part in his own town hall, with the vice president agreeing to her televised event after Trump declined to debate a second time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly his staff has been saying he&rsquo;s exhausted,&rdquo; she told reporters in Philadelphia. &ldquo;The sad part about that is he&rsquo;s trying to be president of the United States, probably the toughest job in the world. And he&rsquo;s exhausted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But when pressed on whether she supports continuing building a border wall, among other topics, Harris sidestepped, instead previewing that more details will come.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harris won&rsquo;t commit to continue building border wall<\/h2>\n<p>Harris was pushed during the CNN town hall about whether she supports building a southern border wall, Trump&rsquo;s signature policy from his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Harris endorsed the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bipartisan border security deal negotiated<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> this spring, before it was disavowed by Trump, which contains provisions for the wall. She has previously described the wall as &ldquo;stupid, useless, and a medieval&nbsp;vanity&nbsp;project.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will tell you that my highest priority is to put the resources into ensuring that our border is secure,&rdquo; the vice president said Thursday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been very clear: I&rsquo;m going to bring back up as president that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-warns-biden-against-election-year-gimmicks-with-border-actions\/\" title=\"Johnson cautions Biden on border actions, warns against election year tricks\">bipartisan border security bill<\/a>, and make sure that it is brought to my desk so I can sign it into law.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The biggest issue that we have right now is that Donald Trump has stood in the way of what would have been a proven part of the solution to the bigger problem, which is that we have a broken immigration system in America and we need to fix it,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;We have the tools at hand, but we have on the other side of this election, Donald Trump, who would prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harris hasn&rsquo;t &lsquo;read&rsquo; California&rsquo;s tough-on-crime ballot measure<\/h2>\n<p>Less than two weeks before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Election Day<\/a>, Harris has not decided whether to back California&rsquo;s Proposition 36 ballot measure, which would introduce tougher penalties for certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">theft and drug crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have not yet voted, and I have not yet had the chance to read through the ballot. I will keep you posted on that,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harris teased the prospect of other &lsquo;heavy hitters&rsquo; hitting the campaign trail<\/h2>\n<p>As she heads to Atlanta for a rally with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bruce-springsteen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, both of whom will be in Philadelphia on Monday, and before she is expected to appear alongside Beyonce at an event in Houston on Friday, Harris was coy when asked what other Democratic &ldquo;heavy hitters&rdquo; are anticipated to campaign in Pennsylvania before Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have nothing to report at this moment. Stay tuned,&rdquo; she said with a smile.<\/p>\n<\/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_1844617\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1844617\"}});<\/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>Harris avoided key questions in her post-CNN town hall press conference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2359119,"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\/10\/harris-press-conference-philadephia-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43591,4021,32818,35859,32076],"class_list":["post-2359117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cnn-town-hall","tag-harris","tag-press-conference","tag-unanswered-questions","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-press-conference-philadephia-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359117","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=2359117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}