Trump campaign claims Harris-Walz interview damages credibility

>>VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND HER RUNNING MATE GOVERNOR TIM WALLS HELD THEIR FIRST JOINT INTERVIEW ON CNN LAST NIGHT, THE FIRST TIME IN 39 DAYS, HARRIS HAS DONE AN INTERVIEW SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN ENDED HIS CAMPAIGN. WELL JOINING US NOW THIS MORNING IS THE BLACK MEDIA AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE TRUMP CAMP, JEIAH THOMAS. GOOD MORNING, JANAYAH. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE. >>HI, THANK YOU. SO ONE THING HERE IS REALLY KIND OF DODGED AND DIDN'T TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IS WHAT SHE WOULD DO ON DAY ONE. THERE WAS NEVER A CLEAR ANSWER ON THAT, BUT TO QUOTE THE NEW YORK TIMES, SHE DID HUG BIDEN'S POLICY LEGACY. SHE THOUGHT HIS ECONOMIC RECORD WAS TERRIFIC. SHE SAID SHE SHARED HIS STANCE TOWARD ISRAEL AND GAZA AS WELL AS HIS POSITION ON THE BORDER. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE INTERVIEW? >>UM, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THE INTERVIEW HELPED THEM IN ANY WAY. I THINK AT THE END OF DAY, THE INTERVIEW HURT THEM. UM, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, SHE SAYS THAT HER VALUES HAVE STAYED THE SAME, BUT THEN SHE'S GONE BACK AND FORTH ON POLICY, SO IT'S NOT REALLY LINING UP OF WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THAT SHE MEANS, AND I THINK IT JUST MAKES PROVES OUR POINT EVEN MORE THAT SHE'S UNTRUSTWORTHY AND VOTERS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE THINGS THAT SHE SAYS. ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH DANA 7% OF BLACK VOTERS CURRENTLY IDENTIFY OR LEAN AS REPUBLICAN. >>17% OF BLACK VOTERS UNDER 50 ALIGN WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. WHY, WHY IS THAT? WHY THE SHIFT? >>OH, I MEAN, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, THE GEN Z ERA, WE ARE VERY UM DISCONNECTED I WOULD SAY FROM THE JIM CROW ERA LIKE I THINK FOR A LOT OF US THAT'S LIKE A DISTANT MEMORY. SO I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE RACIAL ISSUES THAT THE LEFT TRIES TO PULL ON BLACK VOTERS ALL THE TIME. THOSE THINGS DON'T RESONATE THE SAME WAY WITH YOUNGER VOTERS, AND I THINK THAT YOUNGER VOTERS ARE ALSO MORE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND REMOVE THEIR EMOTIONS AWAY FROM THE SITUATION, UNLIKE THE GENERATIONS BEFORE. WELL, IN 2020, PRESIDENT BIDEN GOT 92% OF THE BLACK VOTE. >>BUT TRUMP CERTAINLY WAS GAINING MUCH MORE GROUND THIS TIME WHEN WHEN FACED AGAINST A BIDEN CANDIDACY. SO DOES KAMALA HARRIS HELP OR HURT THAT AND, AND EITHER WAY, HELP OR HURT. WHY? WHY IS THAT? WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >>I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES ANYTHING. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PREPARED TO BEAT ANY CANDIDATE. UM, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS IF IT WAS IF IT'S HER OR IF IT'S PRESIDENT BIDEN. I KNOW THAT THE LEFT KEEPS TRYING TO MAKE HER, YOU KNOW, GENDER AND HER RACE OF DETERMINING FACTOR IN THIS ELECTION. BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF VOTERS SEE THROUGH IT AND THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES AND THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT CRIME AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES. SPEAKING OF WHICH, SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT, THE GENDER AND THE RACE, AND SHE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE COMMENTS THAT SHE ONLY IDENTIFIED AS A >>BLACK WOMAN LATER IN LIFE FOR POLITICAL GAIN. NOW SHE SAID THIS QUOTE. SHE SAID, SAME OLD TIRE PLAYBOOK. NEXT QUESTION PLEASE. SHE WAS THEN ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING, AND SHE SAID THAT'S IT. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? >>I MEAN, I THINK SHE DID THE SAME THING SHE DID EARLIER WAS NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. UM, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S BEEN APPARENTLY OBVIOUS TO PEOPLE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SHE DID IDENTIFY AS AN INDIAN AMERICAN. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SHE HAD STARTED TO IDENTIFY AS A BLACK WOMAN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T CARE, IT DOESN'T MATTER, AND I THINK THAT VOTERS CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT SHE CAN DO AND WHAT SHE HASN'T DONE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT. MEANTIME, TRUMP'S CAMP, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, REALLY SEEING A SHIFT AMONGST YOUNG VOTERS WHO ARE STARTING A FAMILY. TELL US ABOUT THAT AND WHY YOU THINK SPECIFICALLY THAT >>THAT SHIFT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN. >>UM, I THINK THAT A LOT OF FOR ALL VOTERS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHERE WE EXPERIENCED 4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED 4 YEARS UNDER BIDEN AND KAMALA'S ADMINISTRATION. SO I THINK THAT THOSE TWO THINGS MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR VOTERS TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST BOTH, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE ECONOMY WAS A LOT BETTER. HOMES WERE MORE AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MORE CHANCES TO START BUSINESSES, AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG THING FOR A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE IN AMERICA. THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, START BUSINESSES, MAINTAIN GOOD, DECENT JOBS, AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALL THOSE THINGS. >>WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION VERY QUICKLY, WE KNOW THAT CAMPAIGNS HAVE THEIR OWN POLLING AND YOU GUYS DON'T GIVE A LOT OF CREDENCE TO ANY OF THE MEDIA POLLING CONSIDERING YOU KNOW WHAT WE SAW OBVIOUSLY IN 2016. WHAT ARE THE POLLS YOU GUYS CONDUCTING SHOWING AND AND ALSO WHICH BATTLEGROUND STATES DO YOU THINK WILL, UH WILL GO TO TRUMP? >>UM, I MEAN, I HOPE ALL OF THEM, BUT IDEALLY, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE'VE SEEN A SHIFT IN ALL OF ALL OF THE BATTLEGROUND STATES, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING THINGS THAT OTHER CANDIDATES TYPICALLY DON'T DO LIKE RECENTLY HE'S BEEN GOING TO BATTLEGROUND STATES, BUT ALSO BEFORE THAT, HE'S BEEN GOING INTO DEEP BLUE CITIES THAT REPUBLICANS TRADITIONALLY DON'T GO TO. SO I THINK THAT OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE LIMITED TO JUST THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. WE WANT TO WIN THE WHOLE COUNTRY IDEALLY. >>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THE BLACK MEDIA AFFAIRS DIREC