Vice President Kamala Harris delivered multiple vague, rambling answers in the brief snippets of what will be her first major interview since becoming the de-facto Democratic nominee, which is set to air at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday.
Harris was joined by her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, for her first interview in more than 30 days. The interview was conducted by CNN’s Dana Bash, who has made a number of pro-Biden-Harris and anti-Trump statements in the past.
Leading Trump advisor Jason Miller has reported that the pre-taped interview will be just 18 minutes long.
In an early preview of the interview released by CNN, Harris was asked how she will seek to differentiate herself from her own administration and its policies. Harris — who has yet to release a formal policy platform — has turned her back on a number of Biden-Harris Administration policies in recent weeks, including electric vehicle mandates and opposition to a border wall.
“Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you’ve made, that you’ve explained some of here, in your policy?” Bash asked.
“Dana, I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed, and I have worked on it, that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time,” Harris replied.
“We did that with the Inflation Reduction Act. We have set goals for the United States of America and by extension the globe around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as an example.”
Harris also committed to appointing “a Republican” to her cabinet, though she did not elaborate further.
The Democratic Party has embraced a number of former Republican officials in recent years, mostly from the Bush Administration. After comparing President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to Adolf Hitler for more than a decade, the party has embraced the Cheney family in recent years.
Liz Cheney served as a “Republican” representative for the partisan January 6 Committee, which was formed in defiance of House rules. Cheney was not supported by Republican voters, however, as evidenced by her crushing defeat to current U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) in the GOP primary.
