It was clear after the CNN interview why Kamala Harris had been delaying doing an interview for so long. It was a train wreck on every level.
First it should be noted the set-up was horrible, as my colleague Bob Hoge reported. The setup made Kamala look tiny and small compared to Tim Walz. On top of it, I'd add her makeup looked bad so she didn't look good. As our friends at Townhall observed, she also looked like Walz might have been her attorney sitting on the side to help her. Maybe not the best look.
She has flip-flopped all over the place in response to the question of fracking and now wants people to believe she's always held the same position. She gave a disqualifying answer when she was asked about what she knew about Joe Biden's cognitive condition. She said she didn't have any regrets about that. That alone should is a reason not to vote for her for being dishonest with the American people over such a critical issue.
She also had this fun word salad.
Kamala: "The climate crisis is real that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time." pic.twitter.com/xjTVwcUfLZ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 29, 2024
It's urgent, guys, so it's about time. Alrighty, now. She did, however, say the quiet part out loud and admit the Inflation Reduction Act was about Green New Deal goals. Notice the leading question from Dana Bash.
Transcript of brief clip of Harris/Walz interview released by CNN: pic.twitter.com/JNHzcKZ88P
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 29, 2024
Too bad it wasn't about reducing inflation.
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Her responses were bizarre. Bash asked why she hadn't done any of the things she was saying she wanted to do now while she's in office.
Inflation was 1.4% when Kamala and Biden came into office. It went up to 9.1% with their economic policies. Kamala is now bragging about bringing inflation down to double what it was when she took office. Insane that there’s no follow up here. pic.twitter.com/y39wTWmlns
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 30, 2024
Well, first of all, we had to recover as an economy, and we have done that. I’m very proud of the work that we have done that has brought inflation down to less than three percent.
Um, inflation was at 1.4 percent when you got in. The economy was recovering from the pandemic already. You made it worse by sparking inflation. You drove it up over 9 percent. Just an incredibly deceptive response.
She acted as though she hadn't been in office for the last three-plus years.
WATCH: Kamala says she offers America "a new way forward & turn the page on the last decade of what I believe has been contrary to where the spirit of our country really lies."
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 30, 2024
Dana Bash notes that Kamala has been VP for 3.5 years.
REALITY CHECK: Dems have occupied the Oval… pic.twitter.com/n4ZP5KBRCq
Unreal, she wants to turn the page on herself and Joe Biden. How could anyone take this seriously?
But there were also a couple of other things that people noted that raised more questions.
Remember this interview was taped, which made people wonder what might have been edited out. But what did it say "live" throughout the showing of it when it was not live? That's misleading to the public who then think it's a live interview. People noticed.
Amid #Kamala’s lies and #DanaBash’s inept questioning, don’t forget that #CNN lied all night in the bottom right of the screen by calling a taped interview “live.” pic.twitter.com/057iVT2C2j
— Mark Davis (@MarkDavis) August 30, 2024
CNN lied, claiming Kamala's interview was "live" and not pre-taped the entire time. pic.twitter.com/Kn9UeWHHTi
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 30, 2024
Then people also had questions about why she appeared to be looking down. Did she have notes?
Anyone else notice that #Kamala is constantly staring down at prewritten notes during this interview?
— The Beer Legend (@thebeerlegend) August 30, 2024
She can’t even remember her own TALKING POINTS. 😂
Unbelievable! The fact that Fake News #CNN and Dana #Bash are letting her use notes is an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE! #Trump2024 pic.twitter.com/2Y0MtBOTAP
Why was Kamala Harris constantly looking down during the interview? Was she looking at notes that were cropped out by editing and zooming in? Or is she searching for the answer?
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) August 30, 2024
If that's the best she could do with notes, she is in real trouble for the debate pic.twitter.com/uP8CTXe87Z
When they did a long shot of the table there were no notes on the table but when she spoke at the above point it focused in a close-up so you couldn't see the table.
In the debate, she isn't going to have notes, editing, or her emotional support Governor, Tim Walz, so that's likely to be lit if it's this bad already.
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