{"id":556572,"date":"2021-06-08T09:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556572"},"modified":"2021-06-08T09:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:50:44","slug":"i-dont-understand-the-point-youre-making-harris-deflects-when-pressed-by-nbc-on-absence-at-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-understand-the-point-youre-making-harris-deflects-when-pressed-by-nbc-on-absence-at-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Don\u2019t Understand The Point You\u2019re Making\u2019: Harris Deflects When Pressed By NBC On Absence At The Border"},"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%2Fi-dont-understand-the-point-youre-making-harris-deflects-when-pressed-by-nbc-on-absence-at-the-border%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=556572&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/harris-border-e1623158061431.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"45.076923076923\">\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly deflected questions on her absence at the border during an interview with NBC News\u2019 Lester Holt that airs in full Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/kamala-harris-mastercard-microsoft\/\">Harris<\/a> spoke with Holt about the ongoing crisis at the southern border following her trip to Guatemala. The vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/kamala-customs-and-border-protection-guatemala\/\">warned<\/a> Guatemalans during a press conference Monday that they should not come to the U.S. Her trip also includes a visit to Mexico, where she plans to continue addressing migration.<\/p>\n<p>During a portion of the interview played by NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Today Show,\u201d Holt pushed Harris on why she hasn\u2019t visited the border <span class=\"s1\">\u2014 <\/span>a fact that\u2019s been pointed out by both Republicans and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/customs-and-border-protection-department-of-homeland-security-mark-kelly-rob-portman\/\">Democrats<\/a> who have worked to highlight the surge at the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have any plans to visit the border?\u201d Holt asked, prompting Harris to throw her hands up and declare she plans to visit \u201cat some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point. You know, we are going to the border. We\u2019ve been to the border. So, this whole thing about the border <span class=\"s1\">\u2014 <\/span>we\u2019ve been to the border. We\u2019ve been to the border,\u201d Harris responded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holt interjected and pointed out that Harris herself has not been to the border. Harris deflected again, laughing as she pointed out that she also hasn\u2019t \u201cbeen to Europe.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/not-today-kamala-harris-border-visit\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0\u2018Not Today!\u2019: Kamala Harris Cracks Up When Asked If She Will Visit The Border)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I don\u2019t understand the point that you\u2019re making,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not discounting the importance of the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI care about what\u2019s happening at the border. I\u2019m in Guatemala because my focus is dealing with the root causes of migration,\u201d she added. \u201cThere may be some who think that that is not important but it is my firm belief that if we care about what\u2019s happening at the border, we better care about the root causes and address them, and so that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly deflected questions on her absence at the border during an interview with NBC News\u2019 Lester Holt that airs in full Tuesday. 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