{"id":2399732,"date":"2025-02-06T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-struggled-to-explain-funds-for-economic-plan-off-cbs-cam\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:31:04","slug":"kamala-struggled-to-explain-funds-for-economic-plan-off-cbs-cam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-struggled-to-explain-funds-for-economic-plan-off-cbs-cam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Struggled To Explain Funds For Economic Plan Off CBS Cam"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fkamala-struggled-to-explain-funds-for-economic-plan-off-cbs-cam%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=2399732&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>The article \u2062discusses a CBS News interview \u200bwiht Kamala Harris, in which she \u200dstruggled to\u200c explain how her economic policies \u200bwould be funded outside of increased\u200c taxes. During an off-camera segment, after the \u2063official interview concluded, host Bill Whitaker pressed Harris \u2063to elaborate \u2064on her\u2064 plans to finance a proposed $3 trillion economic package.\u2063 Harris suggested\u200c that &#8220;the richest among us&#8221; should pay their fair share in taxes and mentioned that funding \u2063would rely on economists&#8217; input. However,her off-the-cuff response\u2063 indicated a lack of clarity and\u200c urgency on the issue,with her ultimately \u2063stating,&#8221;It&#8217;s gonna be taxes.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">piece highlights concerns<\/a> from critics regarding the editing of the\u200d interview and its \u2062implications for transparency, \u200dnotably\u200c in light of a \u2062recent lawsuit by Donald Trump, alleging deceptive practices\u2064 in media coverage of Harris&#8217;s campaign. The article is authored by\u200d Brianna lyman, an elections\u2063 correspondent for The Federalist.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vEu8hSGDKJA\">  Federal Communications Commission \/ YouTube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/its-gonna-be-taxes-kamala-struggled-to-explain-funding-for-3-trillion-giveaway-in-off-camera-cbs-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%E2%80%98It%E2%80%99s%20Gonna%20Be%20Taxes%E2%80%99:%20Kamala%20Struggled%20To%20Explain%20Funding%20For%20%243%20Trillion%20Giveaway%20In%20Off-Camera%20CBS%20Footage&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/its-gonna-be-taxes-kamala-struggled-to-explain-funding-for-3-trillion-giveaway-in-off-camera-cbs-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=%E2%80%98It%E2%80%99s%20Gonna%20Be%20Taxes%E2%80%99:%20Kamala%20Struggled%20To%20Explain%20Funding%20For%20%243%20Trillion%20Giveaway%20In%20Off-Camera%20CBS%20Footage&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/its-gonna-be-taxes-kamala-struggled-to-explain-funding-for-3-trillion-giveaway-in-off-camera-cbs-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/its-gonna-be-taxes-kamala-struggled-to-explain-funding-for-3-trillion-giveaway-in-off-camera-cbs-footage\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=%E2%80%98It%E2%80%99s%20Gonna%20Be%20Taxes%E2%80%99:%20Kamala%20Struggled%20To%20Explain%20Funding%20For%20%243%20Trillion%20Giveaway%20In%20Off-Camera%20CBS%20Footage&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/its-gonna-be-taxes-kamala-struggled-to-explain-funding-for-3-trillion-giveaway-in-off-camera-cbs-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Then-Democrat Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris appeared stumped when asked to explain how she would pay for her economic policies aside from taxes in a portion of the unedited CBS News interview that occurred only after the cameras stopped rolling.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/new-video-shows-cbs-deceptively-edited-kamala-harris-interview-during-2024-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> that aired to the public, Whitaker noted how the Nonpartisan Committee for Responsible Federal Budget estimated that Harris&rsquo; economic plan &ldquo;would add $3 trillion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-we-have-to-consider-rising-inflation-rates-when-doing-stimulus-package\/\" title=\"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: \u2018We Have To Consider\u2019 Rising Inflation Rates When Doing Stimulus Package\">federal deficit<\/a> over the next decade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-919926657\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;How are you going to pay for that?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Harris responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Transcript-Transcribed-Unedited-Interview-Footage-6-of-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggesting<\/a> that &ldquo;the richest among us, who can afford it&rdquo; should &ldquo;pay their fair share in taxes,&rdquo; in order to pay for her policies. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My perspective is everybody needs to pay their fair share,&rdquo; she added, before invoking firefighters and teachers to try and justify disproportionately stealing money from people who make more.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vEu8hSGDKJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end of the full interview<\/a>, an off-screen cameraman asked host Bill Whitaker to ask Harris a question so that the team could get an over-the-shoulder shot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were talking about how you were gonna pay for it, and I truly do mean it &mdash; your plans are logical, make logical sense,&rdquo; Whitaker said, following up on an earlier question. &ldquo;The way Washington works is not logical. So how are you going to convince a divided Congress that what you say &mdash; your plans &mdash; are something that they should all agree to and provide to the American people when they&rsquo;ve shown no inclination to do that up to this point?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is that what you needed?&rdquo; Harris asked, seemingly referencing the over-the-shoulder shot. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bruce-willis-needed-earpiece-to-remember-lines-allegedly-fired-gun-prematurely-on-set-report\/\" title=\"Bruce Willis Needed Earpiece To Remember Lines, Allegedly Fired Gun Prematurely On Set: Report\">crew member affirmed<\/a> that it was before asking for &ldquo;30 seconds of silent space for room time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Cameras are off,&rdquo; a crew member said following the silence in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WIxA8MF5r5Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">longer version<\/a> of the video. Whitaker immediately jumped in to ask Harris for an actual answer to his question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How will you?&rdquo; Whitaker pressed, laughing. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s gonna be taxes, it&rsquo;s gonna be literally, the economists. I mean there, from each, the spectrum,&rdquo; Harris said, stumbling through her answer before Whitaker cut her off.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I hear what you&rsquo;re saying about the economists, this is true. But Congress is not the economists,&rdquo; Whitaker responded before the clip ended.<\/p>\n<p>While Harris had previously suggested taxes would be raised, her off-screen answer showed her crumbling under pressure. She had no real explanation about how anything she promised would be accomplished except through &ldquo;taxes.&rdquo; While it&rsquo;s unclear what happened after the filming stopped, surely Harris&rsquo; response was just proof that she had no real way to get her agenda through.<\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist&rsquo;s Breccan Thies <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/new-video-shows-cbs-deceptively-edited-kamala-harris-interview-during-2024-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, &ldquo;The release of the full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Transcript-Transcribed-Unedited-Interview-Footage-6-of-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transcript<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1887238049026679198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a>&nbsp;interview comes after Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/31\/us-news\/trump-sues-cbs-news-for-10b-alleging-deceptive-doctoring-of-harris-60-minutes-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a>&nbsp;CBS for &lsquo;deceptive doctoring&rsquo; of the video, which many said at the time was done essentially as a contribution to the Harris campaign.&rdquo;<strong> <\/strong>A complaint was also filed with the FCC by the right-leaning law firm, Center for American Rights.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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