The CNN-Harris Interview Wasn’t Actually An Interview, But a Debate Dress Rehearsal

Jorge Bonilla
August 30th, 2024 12:36 AM

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The American people were promised, by CNN, an interview of Vice President Kamala Harris -- the first since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee. But the public received no such interview, hype notwithstanding. Instead, voters were treated to a melánge of talking-point set pieces, the kind one normally sees at a debate. In essence, this was little more than a debate dress rehearsal.

Such is the coddling given by the media to Harris that a routine post-rollout interview is hyped as “a watershed moment” by Regime propagandist Dana Bash. We were all forewarned.

The “watershed” interview kicks off with the Day One question, and a Harris response devoid of anything specific until Bash prodded with the gentlest of follow-ups:

What followed is an example of the talking point set pieces one normally sees at a debate- a question about voters who want to return to a pre-pandemic economy, and Harris’s response blaming the pandemic for the current economy:

Another mild followup led to this dodge on Bidenomics:

Shortly thereafter, Walz gets asked about his misrepresentations of his military service. In listening to Walz’s response blaming bad grammar for his assertion that he carried “weapons of war” while “in war”, one is reminded of Celia Cruz and her classic “my English is not very good looking”. Walz never does provide a response on stolen valor, pivoting instead to abortion:

Moving on to the portion of the program addressing Joe Biden, Harris expresses no regret of defending Biden’s ability to serve. Bash’s followup on incumbency enables another set piece you can expect to see at the debate- Harris throwing off her incumbency and positioning herself as a challenger running against the Trump Era:

We arrive at the portion of the program wherein food is discussed, with Bash serving as straight person to Harris-Walz’s corny bit on white guys and spicy food::

The interview closes out with “joy”. Mercifully.

Harris-Walz emerge from this debate rehearsal unscathed, unburdened from the prospect of having to face persistent follow-up questions and never having to worry about getting cut off mid-answer or getting “fact-checked in real time”, as is often the case with Republicans sitting down with Regime Media. 

To call this an interview is an egregious insult to interviews everywhere. The Regime should be pleased, given that its new figurehead emerged largely unscathed. But voters are probably coming away from this with more questions than answers.

 

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