As much as I'd like to not advertise any single media source, CNN scored the sit down interview so it is what it is.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/harris-walz-trump-election-08-29-24/index.html
It's live right now, will be interesting to see what people think!
More:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/kamala-harris-tim-walz-cnntv/index.html
Listening to the CNN talking heads after:
Some douche-canoe said: "she's running on the fantasy that the inflation is corporate price gouging!"
That mother fucker thinks we are blind lmao.
Part of the inflation was covid retaliated, but 70% of it was Corporate Greed
A day after:
https://www.newsweek.com/kroger-exec-price-gouging-comment-kamala-harris-1945982
"The admission by a Kroger executive that the company hiked prices on some goods higher than needed to account for inflation has sparked a reaction on social media from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris."
I was like "Well no shit, because the eggs I was buying were still normal prices when Kroger was not..."
I bet it was their Republican panelist Scott Jennings
People act like polling actually reflects reality instead of the people who decide answering polls is a good use of their time
Polling. Politicians and pollsters often survey the public to see which issues they should prioritize.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx
The current top issues are the economy, cost of living, poor government leadership, and immigration.
I have no idea either. I'm guessing it's only an "issue" because Trump (and therefore Fox) won't stop talking about it.
That and the democrat side has completely stopped pushing back on it and instead adopted the republicans narrative thinking they'll win republican- ahem moderate voters.
Agreed. Just showing what these politicians are looking at when they prioritize issues to talk about in a short interview.
These campaigns also often send out surveys about issues to likely voters. I often get pestered with these.
Yup, but if you want to win an election you don't tell potential voters "So, yeah, I'm going to end your industry and put you all out of work. LOL. Learn to code or something..."
Exactly. Talk about the new jobs you're going to create. Do NOT tell people you are banning their present livelihood. She would be insane to tell Pennsylvania voters she was planning to significantly restrict fracking.
Better to tell potential voters "so, yea, I'm just going to pretend your drinking water isn't being poisoned by industrial fossil fuel extraction because that would hurt a private industry that's important for this other constituency. LOL drink bottled water or something"
The constituents have priorities, and for some of them, livelihood comes before long-term health complications. At the end of the day, votes tell us which of those they value more.
If only those long term health impacts were limited to the people who were deciding their livelihood was more important.
It's normal.
JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, GHWB, Clinton, GWB, and Obama all appointed to their cabinet at least one person from the opposite party.
And Harris didn't say she would appoint a Republican politician. When Obama chose Bob McDonald for Veterans Affairs, people barely noticed he was registered as a Republican. And one of Donald Trump's senior advisors was Ivanka Trump - who at the time was a registered Democrat.
And one of Donald Trump’s senior advisors was Ivanka Trump - who at the time was a registered Democrat.
I'm literally shocked you thought this was a good thing to write to support your point.
It's a comment about appointing people from the other side of the aisle. They posted an example of trump appointing a registered Democrat. There's plenty of criticism about it which is valid, but being literally shocked is a bit of a melodramatic overreaction
It's his literal daughter. She's not "on the other side of the aisle". There is absolutely no one with a smidgen of intelligence that thinks this was in some way evidencing bipartisanship or a concession to the left.
That's my point. "I will appoint a Republican" does not necessarily mean "I will reach across the aisle to the opposing politicians who are ruining America".
It could very well mean "I will appoint old friends from law school and the private sector, even if they happen to be registered Republicans." People like Bob McDonald.
I'm still confused why 'it's normal to appoint old friends from the private sector" is being tossed around as if it's a defense of the practice.
I'm with Zaktor on this one. NOBODY thinks Trump appointing his kid was comparable to this Harris promise or other historical examples. Sure, you technically made a factuql observation. But, it seems like a bad faith argument in this discourse.
Or maybe some people really believe that Ivanka Trump (hang on, I'm laughing) is a Democrat.
That’s my point. “I will appoint a Republican” does not necessarily mean “I will reach across the aisle to the opposing politicians who are ruining America”.
No, "I'm a Democrat" means that.
My guess is posing an alternative to Trump who has said the first thing he'd do is purge anyone not loyal.
Liz Cheney
Christ, imagine living through the '00s and thinking Dick's daughter should be anywhere near a position of power. Ffs, she threw her own sister under the bus for being a lesbian.
Would appoint a Republican to Attorney general, most likely. Don't want a democrat going after the "wrong crooks"
Couple of softballs at the end, asking Walz about the Gus "that's my dad!" moment and Harris about "the photograph".
Still 10 minutes left in the hour, not sure why they stopped short.
CNN has asked Trump and Vance for a sit down as well.
All in all, a mediocre performance by the interviewer, while Harris and Walz were charming and good together. I got the impression they genuinely like each other.
Get somebody who looks at you the way Harris looks at Walz for the "that's my dad!" question.
I told my partner about 10 times that I had a serious crush on Tim Walz lol…keep talking, boo…yeah…those sweet sweet kind words….
It was a puff piece. Hostile would be following up "Will you appoint a republican to your cabinet" with "Will you appoint a Palestinian". How can you ask 250,000 Muslims in Michigan to vote for you while you bomb people just like them, some of whom are their family members?
"Do you realize every time you promote border security and migrant crime, you're campaigning for republicans?"
Just neutral would be following up her agenda with practical questions:
How will you carry out your agenda? Do you plan to do it all in reconciliation? Will you tell the senate to abolish the filibuster? Executive orders? Will you increase the number of SCOTUS judges, ignore the SCOTUS's orders, or throw your hands up if they block your agenda?
CNN wants people to think they haven't been doing anything.
Bet with more even more investment they wouldn't even need the Border Deal that Trump killed.
Among the new announcements on Monday, Target committed to increase its spending in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras by $300 million this year while Columbia said it would purchase $200 million in products in the region, creating more than 6,900 jobs over five years.
Backstopping Coca-Cola and the United Fruit Company. Feel like I'm telling Sam Adams that we got a big new investment from East India Tea.
It's crazy to me that 'convincing American businesses to move some production to an underdeveloped nation' is being thrown around like it's a good thing.
I mean, the Marshall Plan was kind of a good thing. Rebuilding Japan and the half of South Korea we hadn't completely flattened a good thing.
But are we talking about developing enormous new blocks of housing, schooling, transport, and hospitalization in these countries? Or is Target just expanding the sweatshops?
Imagine the North coming in after the Civil War and building more plantations...
Oh, if they proposed something like the Marshall Plan I'd be fucking pleased.
This is just convincing US companies to take advantage of the cheap labor, as if they really needed that much convincing.
Labor is cheaper overseas. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh have people working in what amount to little more than slave camps. Latin American governments struggle harder to keep their populations in line, as evidenced by socialist uprisings in Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela.
I think we're in agreement. "Kamala leads a 4.5 gagillion dollars in private investment in central america" might as well read "American companies exploit central-American destabilization by securing their cheap labor"
It's not a policy we should be celebrating as a success.
as evidenced by socialist uprisings in Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela
What a crazy coincidence that the policy in question specifically excluded Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela lol
I was thinking about that earlier when someone mentioned they probably have never spoken to each other. Have they literally not been in the same place?
Really hammering Walz on mis-statements. "Carried weapons in war, didn't have IVF, lied about DUI..."
Yup, and everyone told the Supreme Court this would be the end result of Citizens United.
AIPAC predates Citizens United. The military-industrial complex determining American foreign policy is as old as America.
AIPAC pre-dates Citizens United, but CU allows them to influence elections to a much greater degree than they could previously.
Lol, idk why so many people think that our foreign policy is a result of defense contractor kickbacks.
I'm just imagining Washington or Lincoln being taken out to a swanky dinner being wined and dined with a musket industry lobbyist, being persuaded into war for defense kickbacks.
Like, no, America didn't genocide the natives because they benefited from taking their territory, they did it because horse breeders and gunpowder manufacturers offered Jackson a lucrative cut from defense contracts lol
Anyone who comes away from this interview thinking that Harris is running a progressive campaign has their head in the sand. Just in the first 20 minutes:
This interview could have just as easily been one for a republican candidate. The good news is that if your only concern is beating trump then this interview was fine, bordering on good. The bad news is if you care at all about the overton window shifting even further right, this looks like a leap to the right, not just a step. Harris is running on strengthening our border/military and prosecuting undocumented immigration criminally, soft-touch climate legislation, palestinian genocide denial (expected) and unconditional lethal aid to Israel. The only positive positions she's come out with thus far are are child tax credits and reproductive rights, and maybe an under-formed plan to produce more houses (but no mention of action to prevent those homes being commercially owned as investments)
She's affirmed a number of fascist concerns and positions while distancing or outright rejecting progressive/leftist interests. She's given credence to the xenophobic notion that immigrants are a national security risk, that we need to increase military spending and presence abroad, and indicated that private industry is a priority over existential concerns over climate change/pollution (being unwilling to acknowledge the problems caused by fracking because it might damage PA industry indicates (to me) that she's unwilling to take action that may threaten private interests). This is a return to Clinton-era "tough on crime" neo-liberalism. Not only do these positions actively make things worse, they also make it extremely difficult for anyone next cycle to run on reduced military spending, more aggressive climate action, international cooperation on human rights and climate, or a reduction of hostilities in foreign affairs. If you're of the opinion that climate change is accelerating toward the worst-case scenario for the planet, then any indication that there are other interests (especially interests in protecting a specific industry) that are more important than averting climate catastrophe is beyond stupid. It is the same political calculation as deregulation and presents the same obstacle to meaningful climate policy.
Doubling-down on the most aggressive and xenophobic fears while the working class continues to decline is historically what tends to precede a slide into fascism. Even if she beats trump in November, all signs point to an even more active fascist movement for the next four years.
Now is absolutely not the time to be calm or complacent.
On immigration if you look at the polling, we just straight lost. The only part that Americans still have sympathy for is DACA. Other than that, support for walls, deportation, and not accepting asylum are all up.
Because of FPTP we don't get to have presidential candidates lead the way. They follow the votes.
It's the driving force. If we get ranked choice in most states then we can start seeing some leadership on issues during campaign season instead of trying to get badly measured independent votes.
I don't want to alarm you, but 'getting ranked choice' will also face resistance from the parties, and will also involve damaging the democrat's electoral chances.
I'd argue the real problem is a lack of class consciousness and complacency from liberals, but I have a feeling you probably disagree.
No I agree that those are contributing problems. The question is how do we educate people on them. Which is why ranked choice is such a big deal. Most people pay the most attention during the campaign season. So we need to open it up. As far as difficulty, yeah it's not great but some states are already instituting RCV.
Oh, there's no question she's not a progressive... but when the alternative is Trump, Reagan and Nixon look progressive.
Hard, hard disagree on Reagan. That fuckwit screwed up damn near everything, and was responsible for the single largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in history. He gutted the EPA, he engaged in illegal arms-for-hostages trades, and generally fucked up everything he touched.
Make no mistake, we're still suffering with the effects of his presidency to this day. Not going to say he was worse than Trump, because it's hard to imagine anyone being worse than Trump, but lordy, he still wasn't good.
There was the same feeling here in fhe UK with Starmer, although he's not the leader everyone wants, he at least is driving the bus in fhe right direction.
Save your ire for a few months. No sane politician is going to spout exacting policy this close to an election. Why give your enemy so much as a single bullet?
We get her in, then we go into analyses like yours, feet to the fire. ATM, I'm going to STFU, not say a word against her until she's soundly whipped Trump, idealism comes later.
We get her in, then we go into analyses like yours, feet to the fire.
Except that will never happen. Because we saw it not happen with Biden.
I’m going to STFU, not say a word against her until she’s soundly whipped Trump, idealism comes later.
The date at which it will become acceptable to do anything other than STFU will keep getting pushed back. Later means never.
Politicians exist to get elected. How do you expect to hold their feet to the fire after you elect them? Give them four years to do a bunch of nothing then switch back to saying "now isn't the time to ask for change, we have to defeat the Toupee 2.0!"?
I'll save you some time and respond for you: "yOu MuSt WaNt ToUpEe To WiN!!1!"
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