With the election only 28 days away, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down for an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes.” They discussed a wide range of topics including ongoing wars, the economy, and immigration, while also addressing criticisms directed at them.
In the pre-taped interview, Harris was asked to clarify her shifting positions on fracking and border security.
“I have been traveling our country, and I have been listening to folks and seeking what is possible in terms of common ground,” Harris responded. “I believe in building consensus.”
The prime-time special on CBS is part of the Harris campaign’s final push to sway independent voters. According to recent polls, Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, are tied in all seven battleground states.
In prior interviews, Harris stunned people by revealing that she owned a gun.
“I have a Glock, and I’ve had it for quite some time,” the vice president told CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker during the interview when asked what type of gun she owned. “My background is in law enforcement.”
When asked if she had ever fired it, Harris replied, “Of course, at a shooting range.”
The interview started with questions on ongoing tensions in the Middle East, particularly following Iran’s missile attacks on Israel in retaliation for Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.
The Israeli government pledged to retaliate, although it’s unclear if it will target the Iranian leadership and its nuclear program. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been seeking to avoid a full-fledged conflict in the Middle East.
When asked whether the administration has lost its sway over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Harris said: “We’re not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”
Harris was also asked about how she planned to end the war in Ukraine and what success would mean for her.
“There will be no success in ending that war without Ukraine and the U.N. Charter participating in what that success looks like,” she responded.
The vice president also stated that she would not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin bilaterally without Ukraine’s attendance.
“Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine,” she said. She criticized Trump, stating that his plan to end the war would mean “surrender.”
Harris also faced several questions regarding the funding of her economic plan, which included the expansion of the child tax credit.
Harris maintained her position that she would increase taxes on the wealthy. According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the vice president’s plan is projected to raise the debt by $3.5 trillion over the next decade.
When questioned about Congress’s lack of willingness to raise taxes and how she would achieve consensus on the matter, Harris became defensive.
“I disagree with you,” she told Whitaker, noting that there are “a lot of folks in Congress” who agree with her on taxes.
“I am a devout public servant. You know that I am also a capitalist, and I know the limitations of government,” she added.
In a separate interview with 60 Minutes, Walz was asked whether he could be trusted after falsely claiming he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
“I can. I think I can,” Walz stated. “I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word.”
During the interview, the Harris team sent out an email urging donors to support her campaign.
“The New York Times recently released polls of Georgia, Arizona, and North Carolina. Unfortunately, Trump leads in all three states,” the email said, requesting donors to contribute $25 to help meet their fundraising goals.
Trump declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” for its election special. According to the network, he changed his mind after initially agreeing to a sit-down at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last Thursday. The communications director for the Trump campaign, Steven Cheung, said on Oct. 1 that despite initial discussions, “nothing was ever scheduled or locked in.”
“Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine,” she said. She criticized Trump, stating that his plan to end the war would mean “surrender.”
Donald Trump is Not known for surrendering on anything.
But the Obiden/Harris administration has a long history of surrendering, in Afghanistan and giving our enemy ISIS 6 Billion dollars of military equipment left in Afghanistan. Surrendering to China and allowing China to float a communist China spy balloon entirely across the U.S. before shooting it down and not allowing the U.S. citizens to know what type of spy equipment was on the Chinese spy balloon. The Obiden/Harris has surrendered to the drug cartel and have allowed enough deadly fentanyl to be smuggled into the U.S. to kill every U.S. citizen twice over.
Don’t forget surrendering PARTS OF THE USA, to cartels!
Kamala the Chameleon, like most political lounge lizards has to change the color of their skin and arguments to fit her surroundings lest she be identified as a predator, found out and eaten by forces of nature created to protect us from snakes, lizards, and rapacious reptiles who feed upon ours and other species in order to survive. You would think with all her years of politicking she could actually dance the democrat two-step with charm and alacrity in side stepping and avoiding having to answer real self-condemning questions without looking like a stumble bum. Four more years and we all will be mentally, emotionally, and spiritually depleted by this word salad dressed jabberwocky talking head who makes our own brains spin in trying to follow the meaningless wandering peripatetic logic presented, and disguised as something meaningful. Had she presented herself to the public as she really is, nobody today would be shocked to hear she owns a gun, instead of the real response in believing she just added that to her resume like other mysterious popped up talents and manipulated beliefs, right before the election responding to some survey, never reality. This alone makes her dangerous indicating there is no solid ground beneath her feet, nor her beliefs. Situational morality makes for poor leadership, and followership as well.
If Russia wins does The Big Guy stop getting paid by Ukraine?
Nonsense, as in the last two elections the cheat is in, and the judges have already been picked and paid! This is all theater so the people will accept the cheating!
And I will add that the scripts for the news readers has also already been written!
You can say that again!
AND You can bet, any “Irregularities” will be IGNORED By the media too!
Nonsense, as in the last two elections the cheat is in, and the judges have already been picked and paid! This is all theater so the people will accept the cheating!
And I will add that the scripts for the news readers has also already been written! Mark my words.
the blacks will vote for this demon because she is of color.
i will say this a lot of black americans say they are christians and believers but they support the devil in politics.
abortion anti israel anti american and race baiters it is your demoncrat party!
I’ve often noticed and remarked to folks elsewhere
“Whites are demoized as being racist all over, but every time i see whites doing business, they don’t CARE THE SKIN COLOR of who they do business with. Whether that’s homeowners looking for realtors, home owners looking for contractors, or people looking for whom to vote for.
BUT WHEN IT COMES to blacks, they seem to ONLY ever want to do “business” with fellow blacks..
SO TELL ME WHO actually are the racists here!?!?
Kamala will never be able to explain how she flipped policy since she was unaware that she ever had one.