Kamala Harris pre-taped an interview with “60 Minutes” recently, and the clips continue to trickle out. On Sunday, the first one dropped, showing Harris spinning an unintelligible word salad about foreign policy in the Middle East.
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HARRIS: The work that we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles, which include the need for humanitarian aid, the need for this war to end, the need for a deal to be done that would release the hostages, and, and, and create a ceasefire. And we’re not going to stop in terms of putting that pressure on Israel, and in the region, including Arab leaders.
Never has someone said so much while saying absolutely nothing. Harris’ ability to toss word salads has become legendary, and the next clip was no exception. When asked how she would pay for her economic agenda, which includes a multitude of new big-government programs, the vice president first dodged by repeating a long-used talking point about small businesses. It was so bad that the interviewer had a “This is a Wendy’s, mam” moment in trying to redirect her.
HARRIS: My plan is about saying that when you invest in small business, you invest in the middle class and you strengthen America’s economy. Small businesses are the backbone of America’s economy.
WHITAKER: Pardon me, Madam Vice President. The question was how are you going to pay for it?
HARRIS: Well, one of the things, I’m gonna make sure that the richest among us, who can afford it, pay their fair share of taxes. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations, and I plan on making that fair.
WHITAKER: But we are dealing with the real world here
HARRIS: But the real world includes…
WHITAKER: How are you going to get this through Congress?
HARRIS: You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about because their constituents know exactly what I’m talking about. Their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses.
Her first answer on small businesses is typical of Kamala Harris. She’s asked about how she’ll pay for all her new proposals and she instead launches into a screed about small business and dreams and aspirations and such. It’s a pre-rehearsed answer she’s delivered many times. Credit to Whitaker for stopping her and pressing the issue.
It didn’t get any better, though. From there, Harris falls back on a left-wing mainstay, which is the “fair share” trope. To be clear, the federal government could confiscate all the wealth of every billionaire in the country and it wouldn’t even pay for a full year of government spending. Given that, the idea that simply raising taxes on them will somehow solve the deficit issue is laughable. It’s so ridiculous as to be mocked mercilessly when anyone suggests it.
The only way out of the current debt crisis, if there even is one at this point, is growth and spending cuts. Harris’ economic plans promote stagnation in the name of “equity” and she’s never going to support spending cuts. Thus, she has no actual plan, which is made apparent by her talking in circles in the exchange.
It is astonishing to me that anyone is considering voting for this woman. She is the laziest, most vapid presidential nominee in history. This is a person who completely melts when her teleprompter goes out. She doesn’t study, she has no grasp of the issues, and she can’t even handle a softball interview on “60 Minutes.” I’m begging American voters to please think critically before they go to the polls in November so the rest of us don’t suffer their bad decisions.
