In America, we'd like to think that we have a news media but, in fact, what we have is captured corporate propagandists passing themselves off to the public as news media. Anyone needing proof of this need look no further than ABC News Chief White Correspondent Mary Bruce’s interview, if we are to call it that, with Vice President Kamala Harris.
But before getting to the interview, which led off ABC World News Tonight, one must first endure another one of David Muir’s long-winded introductions- which have increasingly become the verbal equivalent of a bridge toll. In this case, Muir’s intro is a vehicle with which to promote an outright lie meant to prolong the ongoing grievance narrative over the “garbage” joke at the Madison Square Garden rally:
Proving why there is zero trust in the Regime Media, ABC presidential debate moderator and @ABCWorldNews anchor @DavidMuir jumps from giving fake fact checks to attributing fake quotes to @TonyHinchcliffe. pic.twitter.com/JlYJH4qUxq
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 31, 2024
DAVID MUIR: And after days of backlash over that comedian at the Madison Square Garden rally calling Puerto Rico a “floating pile of garbage.”
Shortly thereafter, Muir tosses to Mary Bruce for her one-on-one, which basically featured five questions. To wit:
- Reaction to Joe Biden’s “garbage” remark?
- Does she need secret Republicans in order to win?
- What is her top legislative priority?
- What is the plan if Trump declares early victory?
- “What do you think about when you envision the history you may make?”
Par for the course questions for the Reporter Formerly Known as Biden’s Chief Apple Polisher. But let’s be clear: none of the questions were geared so as to force Harris to answer anything or expound on policy. These were the friendliest of questions in the friendliest format (at a Harris rally), intended to create for viewers the illusion of a candidate who is comfortable answering questions from the media: even if this is not actually the case.
I know this to be true because Bruce allowed Harris to skate by with a changed response to the policy priority question. Here is what Harris told Bruce when asked the question:
MARY BRUCE: You mentioned that to-do list. You’ve made clear, you're going to be armed with that list if you get into The Oval Office.
KAMALA HARRIS: Yes.
BRUCE: But you haven't made clear what is at the very top of that list.
HARRIS: Oh, but I have made it clear. My highest priority is to bring down prices and bring down costs. It's one of the biggest issues that is affecting the American people. I've been traveling the country. They know the price of groceries is still too high. I know it's still too high. Bringing down the cost of housing, bringing down taxes for middle class families so they can not just get by but get ahead. Those are my highest priorities.
Bruce didn’t even stop to catch a breath before moving on to the election question. Had she done some research, perhaps, she would have discovered that Harris gave another response to CBS’s Norah O’Donnell when asked the same question:
Kamala Harris finally (and predictably) articulates to Norah O'Donnell what her first legislative priority would be, if elected: ABORTION. Given her refusal to name any restrictions on abortion, Harris likely seeks to pass some form of the "Women's Health Protection Act". pic.twitter.com/X7lfenS4WN
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 27, 2024
Harris told CBS that enacting unrestricted abortion was her top legislative priority. So, which is it? With the election less than a week away, the Regime Media thought better of having that stand as Harris’s final response.
What other narratives will the media try to reset in these next 5 days? Only time will tell.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024:
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
10/30/24
6:32 PM
DAVID MUIR: Good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a Wednesday night. We begin tonight with the race for The White House, just six days from tonight, Election Day, we'll be on the air right here with our Election Night coverage. We hope you'll be right here with us. Tonight, more than 57 million Americans already casting their ballots. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump holding dueling rallies in North Carolina and Wisconsin. And tonight, Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania. Vice President Harris and her message of unity in these final days but tonight, Harris forced to respond to what president Biden said last night about Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden. Our Mary Bruce one-on-one with the vice President. What she said about Biden's comments. And tonight, right here, Vice President Harris and her promise to Republicans and independents, and Mary asking her what her number one priority will be if elected. Tonight, Harris on what's at the top of her list. And after days of backlash over that comedian at the Madison Square Garden rally calling Puerto Rico a “floating pile of garbage.” Tonight, Trump seizing on Biden’s words. But Trump getting a warning of his own from Republican Nikki Haley. We have it all covered tonight with Mary Bruce leading us off from Raleigh, North Carolina, her one-on-one with Vice President Harris.
MARY BRUCE: Tonight, in the must-win battleground of Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris promising to unite the nation if she's elected.
KAMALA HARRIS: We know we have an opportunity in this election to turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other. That is who he is but Pennsylvania, that is not who we are.
(AT THE ELLIPSE) Good evening, America!
BRUCE: It is her closing message. And last night, with 75,000 people there to hear her speak on the Ellipse where Donald Trump gave his speech on January 6th, Harris instead reaching out to independents, and Republicans, too.
HARRIS: Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I´ll give them a seat at the table.
BRUCE: But as Harris was speaking, President Biden sparking controversy with his reaction to the speaker at Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden who denigrated Latinos and Puerto Rico.
TONY HINCHCLIFFE: I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah, I think it's called Puerto Rico.
BRUCE: Biden lashing out.
JOE BIDEN: Well, let me tell you something, I don't -- I don't know the -- the Puerto Rican that- that I know, or Puerto Rico where I’m fr- in my home state of Delaware, they're good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters, his -- his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American.
BRUCE: Tonight, The White House insisting the president wasn't calling Trump supporters garbage. But his words creating a headache for Harris. And I asked her about that today, when we were given a one-on-one with Harris in the key battleground of North Carolina, with less than a week until Election Day.
What did you think when you heard president Biden make those comments?
HARRIS: First of all, I think that the president has explained what he meant, but I said it earlier. I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for, and I've made that clear throughout my career, including my speech last night before I think this all happened. Which is- I intend to be a president for all Americans, and- including those who may not vote for me in this election. I take very seriously my obligation and my oath to concern myself first with the needs of the American people and put them before whatever might be my selfish issues.
BRUCE: Now, we know this election is going to be extremely close. Liz Cheney is out there campaigning for you. She's urging Republicans to vote for you. She says they don't have to tell anybody. Do you need Republicans to do that in order to win?
HARRIS: Here's how I think about it. I- I really want to bring our country together. We've had about a decade of this Trump Era that has been all about -- you know, there's so much about it that's been about dividing people and having Americans point their fingers at each other, and I think people are exhausted by it. And it's not empowering. And we're going to all have our differences. We're a democracy. That's what we love about being American. You know, we have those differences, and we have those debates at the Thanksgiving table. It's our nature, but not to the point that we're turning our backs on each other and calling each other “the enemy within” because we disagree.
BRUCE: Harris says Trump would bring an enemies list to The White House. She would bring a to-do list.
You mentioned that to-do list. You’ve made clear, you're going to be armed with that list if you get into The Oval Office.
HARRIS: Yes.
BRUCE: But you haven't made clear what is at the very top of that list.
HARRIS: Oh, but I have made it clear. My highest priority is to bring down prices and bring down costs. It's one of the biggest issues that is affecting the American people. I've been traveling the country. They know the price of groceries is still too high. I know it's still too high. Bringing down the cost of housing, bringing down taxes for middle class families so they can not just get by but get ahead. Those are my highest priorities.
BRUCE: You know, in 2020 we saw Donald Trump come out and prematurely claim victory on Election Night. I know you've got a whole team of lawyers standing at the ready.
HARRIS: Yes.
BRUCE: But what is your plan? What are you going to do if he does that again?
HARRIS: Well, we are, sadly, ready if he does. And if- if we know that he is actually manipulating the press, and attempting to manipulate the consensus of the American people based on fiction instead of fact. We're prepared to respond.
BRUCE: You are promising to bring people together, even people you disagree with, you say will have a seat at the table. How do you convince Trump supporters of that, though, when you're calling their candidate a would-be dictator, a petty tyrant?
HARRIS: I am talking to everyone as an American, regardless of who they voted for in the last election.
BRUCE: And one last question. I know you have said that this is a campaign about substance, not identity, but I'm sure it's crossed your mind. What do you think about when you envision the history that you may make?
HARRIS: I'm fully aware of my gender and race. Let’s start there. And I- and I know that it will be very significant, in terms of the glass that will be broken. But I do not expect that anyone is going to vote for me because of my gender or race. It has to be because I earn their vote with a plan to make their life better.
BRUCE: Harris is now taking this closing message and her pitch for unity on the road, hitting multiple battleground states a day after events a day after events today in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Tomorrow, she heads out west to Arizona and Nevada. David, tonight Harris telling me she isn't taking anything for granted. David.
MUIR: Mary Bruce, leading us one on one with the Vice President today. Mary, thank you.
