Vice President Harris’s CNN town hall performance received tough reviews from fellow Democrats who criticized her for missing the moment to sell her candidacy as polls have started to show a shift toward former President Trump in recent days.
Democrats took issue with the vice president being too evasive with her answers and overly relying on her typical stump speech and talking points while fielding a bevy questions from CNN’s Anderson Cooprt and politically diverse undecided voters in the audience.
“Even if the questions make her uncomfortable or piss her off, why can’t she answer them plainly and clearly and then pivot to the platitudes that put everyone to sleep?” one Democratic political consultant said. “Instead, it’s just all platitudes and BS … this constant evasiveness is exactly what voters hate about politicians and her inability to communicate like a human being instead of like a politician is her greatest challenge.”
“Christ already, answer a damn question” the source added.
Harris in general played it safe when it came to addressing questions about the economy, immigration and how she would lead differently than President Biden but then at times pivoted to other matters.
One issue proving to be a sticking point to Harris’s campaign is on the matter of the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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