The vice president spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash alongside Tim Walz for the Democratic ticket’s first interview of their 2024 campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been largely praised by experts for her CNN interview, focusing on policy while not harming the momentum she has enjoyed so far in her 2024 campaign.
On Thursday, Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, appeared for their first major television interview of the 2024 Democratic ticket’s campaign in a pre-recorded conversation with CNN host Dana Bash.
The interview came as Harris faced repeated criticism from Republican figures for not granting an interview or having held a news conference since President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed her in the 2024 race. Harris and Walz have seen waves of support and enthusiasm for their White House bid, with polls showing that the vice president is improving on Biden’s numbers and leading Donald Trump.
Among some of the key moments from the CNN interview was Harris suggesting that her “values have not changed” when asked why she no longer supports banning fracking or that the border should be decriminalized, which she said during her 2020 election run.
Harris also laid out her economic proposals, stating her day one policy will be implementing her “opportunity economy” strategy to help lower the cost of everyday goods and extending the child tax credit to $6,000 for families for the first year of their child’s life.
Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican heritage, was reluctant to respond to Trump’s attacks against her, telling Bash that the former president’s suggestions that she “happened to turn Black” in recent years for political gain was the “same old, tired playbook”, adding: “Next question, please.
