Her appearance on ‘The View’
When Harris appeared in early October on The View, a popular daytime talk show, she struggled to answer a straightforward question about how her presidency would differ from Biden’s. Asked “would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?” Harris stumbled, replying: “There is not a thing that comes to mind, in terms of, and I have been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.” In subsequent interviews, Harris continued to struggle with articulating differences between herself and the incumbent president. That allowed Trump and other Republicans to undermine her efforts to paint herself as a change candidate at a time when most Americans said the country was heading in the wrong direction under Biden’s leadership.
Avoiding tough questions
The View interview was not the first time that Harris came under fire for her media strategy, which largely avoided unscripted interviews during the first six weeks of her campaign. That led critics to question whether the vice-president was equipped to answer tough questions. When she did participate in interviews, Harris was often criticised for giving rambling or unsatisfying answers to reporters’ questions. In her first solo interview as the Democratic candidate in early September, Harris was asked by a local television reporter in Philadelphia which specific policies she would propose to bring down the cost of living. Rather than answering the question directly, the vice-president launched into a nearl… Read more
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