Watch closely. You’ll see the creeping panic behind Kamala’s eyes in her ’60 Minutes’ interview.
With just four weeks until the election, our wannabe commandala-in-chief finally sat for a big-girl interview on Monday night after dodging any real scrutiny for months.
It didn’t take long for her to realize that ‘vibes’ alone couldn’t carry her through this one.
To date, our Madame VP has been treated to the journalistic equivalent of a spa day.
In August, CNN’s Dana Bash applied a lovely mud mask to all of Harris and emotional support dog Tim Walz’s flaws. ABC News’s debate moderators, last month, helped pluck the ugly stray hairs. And weeks later, MSNBC’s Stephanie Drool cleaned Kamala up with a slobbering tongue bath.
But, apparently, ’60 Minutes’ veteran Bill Whitaker doesn’t do back rubs.
Off the bat, he took a swing at Kamala’s progressive underbelly.
‘[America supplies] Israel with billions of dollars in military aid, and yet [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu seems to be charting his own course… Does the U.S. have no sway over Prime Minister Netanyahu?’ Whitaker asked.
It was on: Kamala Versus a Real Question.
Watch closely. You’ll see the creeping panic behind Kamala’s eyes in her ’60 Minutes ‘ interview.
‘The work we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles,’ she responded.
Huh? It was one of her more cogent responses.
Whitaker pressed her on calling Trump ‘racist’, even while the former president has the unwavering – sometimes fanatical – support of millions of Americans.
How could that be, Whitaker asked. Does Harris believe that Trump voters are racists, too?
Kamala – who once also smeared Joe Biden for backing discriminatory ‘busing’ policies as a senator in the 70s – fumbled for an answer.
‘I believe the American people recognize that the true measure of the strength of a leader is not based on who you beat down, it’s based on who you lift up.’
Like how Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff allegedly beat down a woman in public and admittedly lifted the dress of the family nanny before reportedly impregnating her?
Got it.
On the economy, Whitaker challenged the Veep to explain how she’d pay for her proposals to boost the child tax credit, giveaways for first-time home buyers and big handouts to small business owners.
‘When you invest in small businesses, you invest in the middle class, and you strengthen America’s economy. Small businesses are the backbone of America’s economy,’ she blathered.
‘The work we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles,’ she responded. Huh? It was one of her more cogent responses.
With four weeks to go to the election, our wannabe commandala-in-chief finally sat for a big girl interview after dodging any real scrutiny for months.
Backbones. Right. We’ve only heard that one 748,000 times.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT?
Bill, bless his heart, persisted: ‘How are you going to get this through Congress?’
Her secret to her success is, evidently, whisper legislating.
‘When you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about,’ Harris said. ‘Cuz their constituents know exactly what I’m talking about.’
I’m a constituent, and I don’t know what the HECK she is talking about.
At this point, Kamala was looking punch-drunk – but her interlocutor was only just getting warmed up.
Whitaker: Your critics and the columnists say… the reason so many voters don’t know you is that you have changed your positions… You supported looser immigration policies, now you’re tightening them up. You were for Medicare for all, now you’re not.
The Fear flickered across Kamala’s face. And when she starts treading in deep yogurt, the truly incomprehensible claptrap begins to flow.
Harris: We are a diverse people. Geographically, regionally, in terms of where we are in our backgrounds. What the American people do want is that we have leaders who can build consensus… that has been my approach.
Is that what the ‘American people’ want? Spineless, rudderless politicians who hold no core beliefs?
The wheels were falling off the Vibes Bus but Harris kept on stumbling. Indeed, a potentially candidacy-crippling moment came when she was challenged on why she and President Jell-O Mold had stood by as a border crisis exploded.
Whitaker: There was an historic flood of undocumented immigrants coming across the border the first three years of your administration… Was it a mistake to loosen the immigration policies as much as you did?
At this point, Kamala was looking punch-drunk, but her ’60 Minutes’ interlocutor was just getting warmed up.
Kamala zigged. Bill asked again.
Whitaker: What I was asking was, was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first place?
Kamala zagged.
Whitaker: The [illegal immigration] numbers did quadruple under your watch. Should you have done that?
Harris: We need Congress to be able to act to actually fix the problem.
Ding, ding, ding. Throw in the towel. Technical Knockout.
Fewer than 28 days to the 2024 vote, Kamala Harris cannot string together a coherent answer on one of the most critical issues in the election.
Though, in her defense, at least she showed up. President Trump dared to return to the scene of his attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend, but he reportedly pulled out of a sitdown with ’60 Minutes’.
This may have been the last opportunity for the candidates to reach a national audience before voters pull the levers in November.
Trump was a no-shower. And Harris was a no-brainer.
Good luck, America.