Harris claims steadfast values in CNN interview

What occurred

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down yesterday for her first main tv interview since she grew to become the Democratic presidential nominee following President Joe Biden’s exit from the race on July 21. CNN’s Dana Bash interviewed Harris and her operating mate, Tim Walz, at a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. The wide-ranging 27-minute dialog was broadcast final night time.

Who mentioned what

Harris mentioned her positions on some points might have shifted since her 2019 presidential run, however “my values haven’t modified.” She pledged she “won’t ban fracking” however would appoint a Republican in her Cupboard. And she or he dismissed Donald Trump’s feedback about her racial identification, telling Bash: “Usual drained playbook. Subsequent query please.”

Harris was “methodical and risk-averse,” parrying Bash’s questions “with out inflicting herself political hurt or offering herself a big increase,” Reid Epstein mentioned at The New York Instances. Like a “prime seed within the early rounds of the U.S. Open,” Harris carried out to “survive and advance to the following spherical — on this case, her Sept. 10 debate” with Trump. On social media, Trump known as the inverview “BORING!!!”

What subsequent?

Harris advised a packed area in Savannah in a while that will probably be a “tight race to the tip,” and he or she’s the underdog. The primary mail ballots exit in two weeks.