As much as I’d like to not advertise any single media source, CNN scored the sit down interview so it is what it is.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/harris-walz-trump-election-08-29-24/index.html

It’s live right now, will be interesting to see what people think!

More:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/kamala-harris-tim-walz-cnntv/index.html

111 points

Listening to the CNN talking heads after:

Some douche-canoe said: “she’s running on the fantasy that the inflation is corporate price gouging!”

That mother fucker thinks we are blind lmao.

Part of the inflation was covid retaliated, but 70% of it was Corporate Greed

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A day after:

https://www.newsweek.com/kroger-exec-price-gouging-comment-kamala-harris-1945982

“The admission by a Kroger executive that the company hiked prices on some goods higher than needed to account for inflation has sparked a reaction on social media from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris.”

I was like “Well no shit, because the eggs I was buying were still normal prices when Kroger was not…”

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17 points

I bet it was their Republican panelist Scott Jennings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Jennings

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40 points

How is healthcare policy just not an election issue anymore?

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I mean, technically it is. Harris is status quo, Trump is burn it down.

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21 points

He just needs another week or two to release his perfect health care plan.

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2 points

He’ll hold a press conference on it

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3 points

Oh god it’s a repeat of 2016

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7 points

People act like polling actually reflects reality instead of the people who decide answering polls is a good use of their time

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Polling. Politicians and pollsters often survey the public to see which issues they should prioritize.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx

The current top issues are the economy, cost of living, poor government leadership, and immigration.

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8 points

Why is immigration so high? Am I in the wrong region where I don’t see a problem?

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7 points

That and you aren’t watching Fox “News”.

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6 points

I have no idea either. I’m guessing it’s only an “issue” because Trump (and therefore Fox) won’t stop talking about it.

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4 points

2 of those relate to Healthcare

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Agreed. Just showing what these politicians are looking at when they prioritize issues to talk about in a short interview.

These campaigns also often send out surveys about issues to likely voters. I often get pestered with these.

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28 points

Will not ban fracking. Consistent stand since the debate in 2020.

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22 points

That’s fucked up

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12 points

That’s rural Pennsylvania lol.

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10 points

She learned from Clinton’s coal mining fuck up.

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10 points

Coal mining, also fucked up

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27 points

Three commercial breaks in and so far they’re both doing very well.

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19 points

Yep. So far they’ve been well-spoken, clear, and in a couple instances pretty funny.

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24 points

Would appoint a Republican, nobody in particular in mind.

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23 points

Appoint a sitting congressperson to flip their seat lololol

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15 points

Then fire them.

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It’s normal.

JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, GHWB, Clinton, GWB, and Obama all appointed to their cabinet at least one person from the opposite party.

And Harris didn’t say she would appoint a Republican politician. When Obama chose Bob McDonald for Veterans Affairs, people barely noticed he was registered as a Republican. And one of Donald Trump’s senior advisors was Ivanka Trump - who at the time was a registered Democrat.

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And one of Donald Trump’s senior advisors was Ivanka Trump - who at the time was a registered Democrat.

I’m literally shocked you thought this was a good thing to write to support your point.

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It’s a comment about appointing people from the other side of the aisle. They posted an example of trump appointing a registered Democrat. There’s plenty of criticism about it which is valid, but being literally shocked is a bit of a melodramatic overreaction

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18 points

Why would you do this? Did sorkin get to them?

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My guess is posing an alternative to Trump who has said the first thing he’d do is purge anyone not loyal.

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2022/07/trump-endorsed-plan-purge-civil-service-rogue-bureaucrats/375028/

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7 points

Raskin or Liz Cheney

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14 points

Adam Kinzinger:

Am I a joke to you?

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5 points

Probably better than Raskin (as he’s been really sick).

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11 points

Raskin is a Democrat.

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Liz Cheney

Christ, imagine living through the '00s and thinking Dick’s daughter should be anywhere near a position of power. Ffs, she threw her own sister under the bus for being a lesbian.

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Would appoint a Republican to Attorney general, most likely. Don’t want a democrat going after the “wrong crooks”

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