I don’t know what to expect, but a one-on-two interview of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz by CNN anchor Dana Bash seems more than a bit odd.
CNN’s Dana Bash to Interview Harris and Walz on Thursday
The New York Times reports CNN’s Dana Bash to Interview Harris and Walz on Thursday
Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to her first major interview since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president five weeks ago.
Ms. Harris will appear on CNN alongside her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, for a joint interview on Thursday in Georgia. Dana Bash, the CNN anchor who co-moderated the debate in June between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, will conduct the interview.
CNN plans to tape the joint appearance on Thursday afternoon and air it that evening at 9 Eastern time.
The question of where and when Ms. Harris would sit for an extensive discussion with the mainstream media has started to loom over her candidacy. She has shown little enthusiasm for speaking with reporters in unscripted settings, outside of a handful of impromptu sessions on the campaign trail that left little opportunity for sustained questioning about her policy plans.
Ms. Bash, 53, the anchor of “Inside Politics” on CNN, started at the network as a producer shortly after graduating from college; she has been a stalwart of the channel’s campaign coverage since 2000. Ms. Bash and Mr. Tapper received praise for their efforts at the June debate, where they played a muted role as the candidates clashed onstage.
Harris needs to explain her price gouging plans, tariff plans, EV plans, and her flip-flops on fracking, Medicare for all, and the Green New Deal.
In 2019 Harris told voters “there’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.” How about we start there given Pennsylvania is the second largest US exporter or natural gas.
I will withhold judgement on the cream puffiness of the interview depending on questions and how much time is devoted to Walz who should ne be in this interview at all.