CNN anchor criticized for 'wiffleball' questions to Kamala Harris

>> OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, KAMALA AND CROOKED JOE BIDEN HAVE PRESIDED OVER AN ECONOMIC REIGN OF TERROR COMMITTING ONE FINANCIAL ATROCITY AFTER ANOTHER. AS VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA CAST DECIDING VOTE THAT CAUSED THE WORST INFLATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY. YOU ARE ALL VICTIMS OF IT. WE ALL ARE. EVERYONE IS A VICTIM OF IT. A NATION BUSTER. >> THAT WAS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAMMERING VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS OVER THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION'S TRACK RECORD ON THE ECONOMY, BUT HARRIS WAS QUICK TO DEFEND BIDENOMICS, HER FIRST SITDOWN INTERVIEW AS NOMINEE. INSTEAD BLAMING TRUMP FOR THE COUNTRY'S HIGH COSTS. >> YOU ARE AWARE THAT RIGHT NOW, MANY AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING. THERE IS A CRISIS OF AFFORDABILITY. ONE OF YOUR CAMPAIGN THEMES IS "WE ARE NOT GOING BACK." I WONDER WHAT YOU SAY TO VOTERS WHO DO WANT TO GO BACK WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY SPECIFICALLY. GROCERIES ARE LESS EXPENSIVE, HOUSING WAS MORE AFFORDABLE WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS PRESENT. >> LET'S START WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN JOE BIDEN AND I CAME IN OFFICE, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW OVER 10 MILLION JOBS LOST. PEOPLE -- LITERALLY WE WERE ALL TRACKING THE NUMBERS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE A DAY WERE DYING BECAUSE OF COVID. THE ECONOMY CRASHED. IN LARGE PART ALL THAT BECAUSE OF MISMANAGEMENT BY DONALD TRUMP. >> YOU BEEN VICE PRESIDENT FOR THREE AND HALF YEARS. THE STEPS WERE TALKING ABOUT NOW, WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE THEM ALREADY. >> FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD TO RECOVER AS AN ECONOMY. WE HAVE DONE THAT AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. >> SHE ALSO GOES ON TO BRAG ABOUT INFLATION, LESS THAN 3% IS WHAT SHE CALLED IT. IT WAS LOWER WHEN IT TOOK OFFICE THAN IT IS NOW. I WANT TO GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW SHE HANDLED VERY PREDICTABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMY. >> SHE LOOKED UNCOMFORTABLE, AND IT HAD TO BE THE MOST OF HIS QUESTION THAT SHE KNEW WAS COMING AT HER. SHE HAS TO OWN IT ALL IF SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DID THIS AND WE DID THAT. I DIDN'T SEE HER OWN OR DO ANYTHING IN THREE AND A HALF-4 YEARS. IF YOU WERE GOING TO OWN IT ALL HAVE TO OWN THE BAD STUFF WITH IT WHICH MEANS THE AFGHAN PULL OUT, THE BORDER, WELFARE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. IF YOU WERE GOING TO OWN THE GOOD STUFF, YOU HAVE TO OWN THE BAD STUFF AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESSED. EVERYBODY KNOWS A GOOD INTERVIEW IS NOT ABOUT THE FIRST QUESTION: IT'S ABOUT THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. THE FIRST WHEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GET THE WROTE RESPONSE. THIS WAS NOT A SOFTBALL. THIS WAS A WIFFLE BALL. >> SHE LISTED THE THINGS SHE HAS PUT UP A FOUR: THE $5,000 FOR NEW HOME BUYERS, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> HER TEAM CAME OUT AND SAID SHE OFFERED A NEW WAY FORWARD. WHAT EXACTLY WAS THAT? WHEN SHE TALKED ABUT AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY? DO YOU MEAN CAPITALISM? YOU HAVE NOT ADVOCATED FOR SO LONG. I FELT LIKE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO, SHE HAS NO COMMAND OVER EXPERIENCE. FOR A VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS SPENT MANY YEARS IN SERVICE, LIKE SHE LIKES TO REMIND US, SHE HAS ZERO DRUM ON EXPENSE WHATSOEVER TO REASSURE ME THAT SHE, ON A DAILY BASIS, IS IN TOTAL COMMAND OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE. YOU CONTRAST THAT WITH J.D. VANCE WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIC SPEAKER ABOUT STATISTICS AND EXPERIENCES AND LEGISLATURE. WHERE IS THAT FROM OUR VICE PRESIDENT? THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, THE BEST OF THE BEST, YET SHE STRIKES ME AS NOT ONLY NOT EVEN A FIGUREHEAD BUT NOT CAPABLE OF HOLDING OUTS OF THE POSITION SHE HAS, AND SO YOUR POINT, TO ME SHE READ IS UNPREPARED. SHE SAYS THE SAME OVER REHEARSED WINDS THAT SHE UTTERS OUT, BUT THERE WAS NO PREPARATION. ALL OF HER SENTENCES SEEMED LIKE SHE HAD HUBRIS AND IT AND IT WAS AN AFFRONT TO EVEN BE ASKED THAT. I WAS UNDERWHELMED. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF BUILD UP TO THIS, HOW SHE WOULD EMBRACE BIDENOMICS, HOW MUCH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS WHICH SHE OWN. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> IT'S NOT HER ADMINISTRATION, IT IS JOE BIDEN'S. LAST TIME WE CHECKED I THINK WE ALL WENT TO THE SAME HISTORY CLASS AND READ THE SAME CONSTITUTION PICKED IS ONLY TOOK A JOB AS A VICE PRESIDENT HAS SPECIFICALLY. ONE IS TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE SENATE AND BE THE TIEBREAKER, WHICH SHE AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT HAVE DONE AS WELL. SECOND IS YOU ARE SITTING AND WAITING IN CASE THE PRESENT -- >> SO YOU ARE MAKING THAT SHE'S NOT RESPONSIVE BEFORE? >> SHE'S NOT. >> IN ANY WAY AT ALL? THAT HOW CAN SHE TAKE CREDIT FOR THE SUCCESS? >> SHE IS PART OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. IT'S UNPRECEDENTED WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOT JUST IN THIS PARTY BUT IN THE SELECTION. JOE BIDEN WAS ON THE TICKET AND NOW SHE'S ON THE TICKET. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE UPSET WITH JOE BIDEN, AND WE WERE SEEING IT, IT WAS ESPECIALLY POST THAT DEBATE: AGE. WE HAVE SEEN THE ENTHUSIASM. -- NEARLY 80% ENTHUSIASM IN MY PARTY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN NUMBERS LIKE THAT SINCE BARACK OBAMA. HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE. IT'S BIDENOMICS AND MY PARTY SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT, AND SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THAT ADMINISTRATION. SHE IS CONTINUING IN THAT VEIN ECONOMICALLY. YOU HAVE GDP GROWTH UP, UNDER TRUMP 2.6%, UNDER BIDEN 3.5%, INFLATION JUST OVER 3% -- 6% WHEN TRUMP FIRST TOOK OFFICE IN HIS FIRST 42 DAYS. WE HAVE RECORD STOCK MARKET HIGHS. THE FEDS ARE GOING TO LOWER THE RATE. THE LIST GOES ON. SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH BIDENOMICS. THAT'S WHY SHE HAILS HIS ADMINISTRATION WHICH SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF, THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IF SHE WERE PRESENT. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE ARGUMENT THAT IT'S JUST NOT HER FAULT? SPEAK I HOPE SHE USES THE TERM BIDENOMICS AND I HOPE SHE RUNS WITH IT, BECAUSE AMERICANS DON'T LIKE BIDENOMICS. THERE IS A REASON BIDEN STOP USING BIDENOMICS AND HIS AIDES STOPPED USING BIDENOMICS. IT WASN'T WORKING. HE WAS NOT FEELING THE PLIGHT AND HARDSHIP OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SIMPLY TELLING EVERYBODY THINGS ARE OKAY WHEN THEY ARE NOT FEELING THAT THEY ARE OKAY, WAS NOT WORKING. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR KAMALA EITHER. WHAT STRIKES ME WHEN SHE IS ASKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, I THINK OF JOE BIDEN. JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. MAYBE NOT TODAY BECAUSE OF OTHER ISSUES, BUT AT ONE POINT, JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. I MIGHT NOT HAVE LIKED IT, BUT HE COULD HAVE GIVEN YOU AN ANSWER. WE DIDN'T GET MUCH OF AN ANSWER FROM KAMALA. WHAT ALSO BOTHERS ME IS IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY, HER FIRST INSTINCT WHEN SHE HAD TO PUT A POLICY FORWARD WAS ESSENTIALLY FOR PRICE-FIXING, WHICH WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA BY EVERYONE'S ACCOUNT, EVEN YOURS, LESLIE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THIS VERY NETWORK. >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T GET CLARITY ON EITHER. >> SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO STOP PRICE GOUGING BUT THEN IT'S PRICE-FIXING. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? I WISH THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FOLLOW-UP. 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