CNN’s Dana Bash is set to interview Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and voters could be forgiven for having high hopes that it will be too informative? Harris-Walz is arguably the most liberal ticket ever, but they are trying desperately to cover that up, so here are a wide variety of 30 questions that Bash could ask that might actually help voters make an informed choice in a couple of months.
For Harris
- Should death row inmates have the right to vote?
- Do you support the elimination of private health insurance?
- How can you claim to unite the country when you were named the most liberal senator in 2019?
- How can you secure the border when you previously stated it should not be a crime to enter the U.S. illegally?
- Do you support any limits on abortion?
- When does life begin?
- Should biological males, who identify as women, be allowed to compete in women’s sports?
- Do you still favor banning fracking?
- Would you overturn President Biden’s ban on LNG exports? If not, how can you really claim to be tough on Russia?
- What is the greater national security threat? China or climate change?
- Who will be more prevalent in a Harris Administration: environmentalists or unions with EV concerns?
- How can voters trust your national security judgement when, in 2019, you said Donald Trump was the greatest threat to U.S. national security?
- Given October 7 and everything that has happened since, was it a mistake for President Biden to take the Houthis off the terrorist organization list?
- Do you support ending the Senate filibuster?
- Do you support adding justices to the Supreme Court?
- How can voters trust you on the economy when even liberal Washington Post columnists are attacking your price control plan?
- How do you plan to tackle the national debt without serious spending reforms?
- Did President Biden overspend, causing inflation?
- Did colleges violate Title VI by not ending anti-Israel and often anti-Semitic demonstrations earlier this year?
- Is America a systemically racist country?
- Did you conceal anything about Biden’s mental or physical condition from the American people?
- How can you claim to be the pro-democracy candidate when you were essentially appointed as nominee?
- Did you really work at McDonald's? You never mentioned it until you decided to run for president?
For Walz
- How can you accuse Republicans of attacking your service when your own former National Guard superior accuses you of going around him because there was a chance he wouldn’t approve your retirement request?
- Why did you embellish your military resume to push liberal gun control priorities?
- Why did you sign a law that ended the requirement that babies who survived abortions be given life-saving medical care?
- Why did you repeal laws against coercing women to obtain abortions?
- Why did you fearmonger about Republicans banning IVF by invoking your wife when she did not use IVF?
- Why did you associate with a pro-Hamas, Hitler-sympathizing imam?
- Do you really believe China has a system where “everyone shares”?
Bash has an opportunity to force Harris and Walz to focus on substance. Asking the questions on this list will be a good test of CNN's desire to make the election about issues rather than personalities.
