CNN anchor Dana Bash contended Vice President Kamala Harris gave several “evasive” answers during the interview she conducted last month, noting she repeated several questions to Harris to clarify her sudden change in position on policies.
Bash scored Harris’s first interview as a presidential candidate, during which she was joined by her 2024 running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). In reflecting on their interview and the answers the two gave, Bash argued she “tried” to delve into the “nitty-gritty” from Harris on her sudden policy shifts, but admitted that an interviewer can never force anyone to answer a question.
“Sometimes, in my experience in doing interviews, is that once you ask once, fine. Twice, fine. Three times, if you don’t get a clear answer, that’s kind of your answer,” Bash said in an interview with Mediaite.
Bash stated that Harris did provide a “really clear” answer on fracking, but that she was less clear on how she got to the position of not wanting to ban fracking. She added she was trying to find out if Harris could assure voters she would not change her views should she win the 2024 election and become president.
“A lot of liberals are like, ‘Oh, you’re asking Republican talking points,’ but that’s like a fundamental question, that if I’m a swing voter, I want to know the answer to,” Bash said. “If I’m not sure if I’m going to vote for Trump or Harris or not vote at all, that’s something that will inform my vote.”
During her first interview as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, Harris defended her sudden change on various policies, arguing her values “have not changed.” The vice president also offered to reach out to Republicans and Independents, stating she is open to nominating or appointing a member of the Republican Party to her hypothetical Cabinet.
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Harris will be able to delve into her policies and her vision for the United States when she takes the debate stage with former President Donald Trump this Tuesday. The debate will be hosted by ABC News.
This will mark the second presidential debate in the 2024 election cycle, during which President Joe Biden dropped out a little less than a month after the first debate with Trump. Similar to the previous debate, ABC News’s will feature microphones that will only be on when a candidate is talking, after which their microphone will be muted to let the opposing candidate speak.