Harris has led the Democratic ticket for more than a month, and I am outraged ‒ OUTRAGED, I say ‒ that it has taken her this long to sit down with a news organization I don’t trust and provide answers I will take out of context and use against her.
CNN's Dana Bash needs to ask Kamala Harris some serious questions
Now, I have questions for this Harris person. Burning questions.
And when she sits down with CNN’s Dana Bash, I hope the first question is: “Why did you bring your vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, with you to this interview? Are you afraid to face me alone? No presidential candidate has ever done a joint interview with their VP pick, except for Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Donald Trump and JD Vance , Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton and Al Gore and … I guess the question here is, why are you so cowardly?”
Democratic presidential running mates Kamala Harris and Tim Walz applaud a marching band at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Ga., on Aug. 28, 2024, while on a campaign bus tour. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
That would be a perfectly fair question and not at all an attempt by a news organization to create a false sense of balance in a race between a normal candidate and a convicted felon who tried to overturn a free and fair election and fomented an attack on our nation’s Capitol.
Surely those questions will have Harris off balance. That’s when Bash needs to kick into rapid-fire attack mode.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump looks on during a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, 2024, outside Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Harris must answer the tough questions so I can disagree with her
“Your opponent has called you a communist, a Marxist and a socialist . Why have you not responded in kind by calling him words that you can’t define? Is that a sign of weakness?”
“The Republican presidential nominee has said America is a third-world nation , a banana republic and a joke. What do you say to voters who fear you may not have the judgment to properly hate America?”
“Madam Vice President, if that is your real name, Donald Trump did a press conference this month during which, according to NPR , he made 'at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.’ Why have you not yet done a press conference in which you make at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes? Do you not feel you’re up to the task of lying that much?”
Can a presidential candidate be taken seriously if she's not facing charges?
“We’ve been talking for nearly an hour now and I can’t help but notice you remain completely un-indicted and continue to not owe millions of dollars in fines for criminal tax fraud. Don’t you think that’s going to be a liability for you heading into this election?”
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I look forward to watching this vitally important interview. We’ve already had to wait too long for someone to hold Harris’ feet to the fire.
This darn false equivalence isn’t going to build itself, people.
Watching news about Venezuelan gangs seizing apartment buildings in CO, after Trump said Venezuela was releasing prisoners from jails and sending them to the U.S. is making Border Czar Kamala look really stupid
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The current inflation rate during the Biden-Harris administration has surpassed that of the Great Recession of 2008-09. According to a CNN poll, 39% of Americans are worried about consistently paying their bills, which is a 33% increase from the peak of Bidenflation.
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