“If I take power, I will appoint people from the Republican Party to my cabinet.”
In a recorded interview with CNN released on the 29th (local time), Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris said that if she wins the presidential election on November 5th, she will form a unified cabinet that includes Republicans.
This is interpreted as a move aimed at the fact that Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is still having difficulty uniting anti-Trump figures within the Republican Party, such as former Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, and moderate voters. It is said that he revealed a plan for a unified cabinet in order to effectively target moderate conservatives. The New York Times (NYT) evaluated this interview, saying, “Even if he failed to attract new voters, he likely did not suffer any damage.”
● Harris “Values different views”… Targeting the middle class
In an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash in the battleground state of Savannah, Georgia, Harris outlined her vision for a unified cabinet, saying, “When making important decisions, it’s important to have people with different perspectives and experiences at the table.” This is her first media interview without a written script since taking over as a candidate after President Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy on the 21st of last month.
He did not name any Republicans who could potentially run for office. However, some have mentioned former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, former Georgia lieutenant governor Jeff Duncan, and former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who all supported Harris at the Democratic National Convention. Former President Barack Obama also appointed former Republican senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense.
Harris said she would not ban fracking, another battleground state in Pennsylvania, which is used to extract shale gas. When she ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, she said she would ban fracking because of environmental concerns, but she changed her position. When asked why she changed her position, she said, “We can expand clean energy without banning fracking. My values (which prioritize the environment) have not changed.”
He also mentioned expanding the child tax credit and providing low-cost housing as policies to strengthen the middle class on his first day in office. When asked, “Why didn’t you implement these policies during the past three and a half years you were vice president?” he responded, “We had to first recover the economy, which was damaged by candidate Trump’s poor management of the COVID-19 crisis.”
He also shared an anecdote from when President Biden withdrew his candidacy. He said, “I was making pancakes and bacon with my young nephew when I got the call to resign,” and stated that the position of Vice President in the Biden administration was an “honor.”
● Trump criticized for “not being a leader”
Trump criticized CNN’s interview with Harris, saying it was biased, and that he was doing a live interview while Harris’s was recorded. He also said that Harris did not show the appearance of a leader. He criticized Harris on social media site TruthSocial, saying, “Comrade Harris was talking nonsense with inconsistent answers. America will not allow a Marxist to become president.”
They also took issue with the fact that Harris did not do the interview alone but brought her running mate, Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, along. Trump said, “America’s biggest problem is nuclear weapons,” and that without a smart president, China and Russia, which have nuclear weapons, would overtake the United States. The argument is that Harris, who does not even do interviews alone, is having a hard time dealing with the leaders of nuclear-armed countries.
In recent opinion polls, Harris’s upward trend continues. In a poll released by Reuters on the 29th, Harris was ahead of Trump (41%) with 45% support. In polls released by USA Today and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the same day, Harris was ahead of Trump by 5 and 1% points, respectively.
Harris also has an advantage in swing states. According to a Bloomberg survey conducted that day, Harris beat Trump in six of the seven swing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada. The two candidates were tied in Arizona.
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