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| Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview was Prince Andrew-like in its awfulness | |
| 2024-10-09 | |
| [SpectatorUK] Somebody give Bill Whitaker a prize. In his 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which aired last night, the CBS correspondent did what no other journalist has successfully done since the Vice President was thrust to the top of the Democratic ticket: journalism. He asked Harris challenging questions about the matters voters care about most. He was civil, unaggressive, but professional enough to push her for clear answers. And Harris just couldn’t cope. Her performance was Prince Andrew-like in its awfulness. On immigration, for instance, Whitaker asked Harris why the Biden-Harris administration had only recently started tackling the issue, after almost four years and an unprecedented surge in illegal border crossings. Harris robotically blamed Congress and Donald Trump, ‘who wants to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem so he told his buddies in Congress “kill the bill, don’t let it move forward”.’ Whitaker was not deterred. ‘But there was an historic flood of undocumented immigrants coming across the border the first three years of your administration,’ he continued. ‘As a matter of fact, arrivals quadrupled from the last year of President Trump. Was it a mistake to loosen immigration policies as much you do did?’ That caused the Harris-bot to malfunction. ‘It’s a long standing problem,’ she warbled. ‘And solutions are at hand and from day one, literally, we have been offering solutions…’ So Whitaker interrupted: ‘What I was asking was, was it a mistake to allow that kind of flood to happen in the first place?’ ‘I think the policies that we have been promoting have been about fixing a problem not promoting a problem,’ she added. ‘But the numbers did quadruple under your watch?’ tried Whitaker, again. Harris, ruffled, returned to square one: ‘And the numbers today…because of what we have done, we have cut the flow of illegal immigration, we have cut the flow of fentanyl, but we need Congress to act.’ Oh dear. That’s Harris’s overwhelming weakness as a political candidate. She can talk in soundbites and managerial slogans about ‘solutions not problems’ but on issues of substance she can’t actually offer any solutions, which is a problem.
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| Posted by:RJ45ACP |
| #8 Her vacuous stupidity and CBS's journalistic dishonesty on full display, despite the 60 minutes removal of the actual answer! https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1843664856446316758 |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-10-09 12:59 |
| #7 Red on red. If I'd known it would be that much fun I might have watched with a nice, hot bowl of popcorn. Do they know something at CBS about how this election will go? Are they not afraid of her because they know she's going down in flames? Are they afraid of Trump because they know he's going to win? This is puzzling. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-10-09 12:52 |
| #6 I don't think that he so much as 'ambushed' her Sr. Hose, he just asked actual journalist type questions. Of course, that in itself is rather interesting. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-10-09 12:35 |
| #5 The fact that 60 Minutes ambushed her and aired the interview is the opposite of everything I have some to expect from CBS. I could see them doing this during the primaries if they had an alternative candidate. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-10-09 12:30 |
| #4 She's nothing but a cackling whore. The fact that she's even on the ballot is an embarrassment to this nation. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2024-10-09 11:54 |
| #3 Tex, she says things like 2 + 2 = 4 with the air of an oracle. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-09 11:10 |
| #2 Grom, let me translate that for you: "Ceasefire is meaningless unless they stop shooting" |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-10-09 09:01 |
| #1 Harris: Progress in ceasefire is meaningless unless a deal is reached |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-09 01:34 |