Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo tried to elucidate Monday why Vice President Kamala Harris has achieved restricted interviews, citing the vp’s busy schedule.
Other than an Aug. 29 interview with CNN host Dana Bash alongside Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, Harris has not granted a sit-down interview or press convention since President Joe Biden announced he was ending his reelection bid July 21. Raimondo tried to deflect “Squawk Field” co-host Joe Kernen’s questions on Harris’ not interacting with reporters by claiming that Harris is “speaking to Individuals.” (RELATED: ‘A Conversation About Flip-Flopping’: Harris Faulkner Grills Dem Guest Over Kamala Backing Away From Plastic Straw Ban)
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“This can be a presidential election like no different. She solely has just a few weeks to do every thing, and he or she’s spending her time speaking to Individuals,” Raimondo advised Kernen. “She has a punishing schedule out and about, all over the place, being with the individuals who she desires to elect her. However I suppose, look, tomorrow evening it is going to be on show, it’ll be a sturdy debate. I suppose from the place I see it, and have been I nonetheless in my outdated position as a governor, or previous to that I ran a enterprise, I see in her any person who has a imaginative and prescient, who’s been actually clear about her need to assist companies and small companies. You realize, she — she talks about being pro-business, pro-worker on the identical time.”
The CNN interview lasted for about a half hour, throughout which Harris didn’t clarify why her aides have flip-flopped her stances on a number of points since her 2020 presidential run.
“I simply see in Donald Trump any person who governs with nice unpredictability. He wakes up someday, he’s indignant at some sector, and he’ll lash out on them. I additionally, frankly, assume that his tariff proposal is downright scary and destabilizing,” Raimondo claimed. “So America can’t afford that, proper? Companies can’t afford it, households can’t afford it, and I feel it’s crystal clear who can be higher on the financial system.”
A New York Instances/Siena School poll launched Sunday discovered that 55% of possible voters imagine Trump is healthier suited to deal with the financial system, whereas 42% stated the identical of Harris.
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