WATCH: Kamala Harris Fails To Answer Questions In Word Salad-Filled ABC News Interview
Vice President Kamala Harris followed up this week’s first and only presidential debate, which has hosted by ABC News, by sitting for an interview with ABC 6 Philadelphia. Much like the debate, the vice president’s answers were heavy on platitudes, though she once again failed to outline the specifics of her policy agenda.
According to an internal campaign memo obtained by the New York Times earlier this week, the Harris Campaign is scrambling to do more interviews following the debate. While Harris is pushing for another debate, former President Donald Trump has thrown cold water on the idea after expressing satisfaction with his performance.
In the more than 50 days since becoming the de-facto Democratic Party nominee for president, Harris had sat for just one, pre-taped interview with CNN before sitting down with ABC 6 Philadelphia on Friday for another brief interview.
ABC host Brian Taff began by asking Harris for specifics on her plan to create an “opportunity economy” that “benefits everybody,” something she alluded to several times throughout Tuesday’s debate but failed to elaborate on. “When we talk about bringing down prices and making life more affordable for people, what are one or two specific things you have in mind for that?”
Much like the debate, Harris failed to explain specifics of her plan in a rambling answer that was filled with platitudes.
“Well I’ll start with this. I grew up a middle-class kid. My mother raised my sister and me. She worked very hard. She was able to finally save up enough money to buy our first house when I was a teenager. I grew up in a community of hard-working people, you know, a lot of people will relate to this,” she said. “I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn, you know? And I was raised to believe and to know that all people deserve dignity and that we as Americans have a beautiful character.”
Eventually, Harris claimed that her administration will be providing large cash sums to those who wish to open small businesses. She failed to explain how the plan will be financed, however.
“So my opportunity economy plan includes giving startups a $50,000 tax deduction to start their small business. It used to be $5,000. Nobody can start a small business with $5,000. But investing in people’s innovative ideas and giving them the ability to go for it. Opportunity economy means, look, we don’t have enough housing in America,” the vice president went on to say.
Much like her plan for cash handouts to prospective small business owners, Harris failed to provide specifics on her plan to provide tax credits to “first generation homebuyers.”
