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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 111 points 2 months ago

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

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago

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..."

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

I bet it was their Republican panelist Scott Jennings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Jennings

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

How is healthcare policy just not an election issue anymore?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

I mean, technically it is. Harris is status quo, Trump is burn it down.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago

He just needs another week or two to release his perfect health care plan.

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

People act like polling actually reflects reality instead of the people who decide answering polls is a good use of their time

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Why is immigration so high? Am I in the wrong region where I don't see a problem?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

That and you aren't watching Fox "News".

[-] GreenSkree@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I have no idea either. I'm guessing it's only an "issue" because Trump (and therefore Fox) won't stop talking about it.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Will not ban fracking. Consistent stand since the debate in 2020.

[-] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago
[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

That's rural Pennsylvania lol.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

She learned from Clinton's coal mining fuck up.

[-] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

Coal mining, also fucked up

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

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..."

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Three commercial breaks in and so far they're both doing very well.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Yep. So far they've been well-spoken, clear, and in a couple instances pretty funny.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Would appoint a Republican, nobody in particular in mind.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

Appoint a sitting congressperson to flip their seat lololol

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Then fire them.

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

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[-] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 18 points 2 months ago

Why would you do this? Did sorkin get to them?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

My guess is posing an alternative to Trump who has said the first thing he'd do is purge anyone not loyal.

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2022/07/trump-endorsed-plan-purge-civil-service-rogue-bureaucrats/375028/

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

Adam Kinzinger:

Am I a joke to you?

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Probably better than Raskin (as he's been really sick).

[-] Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Raskin is a Democrat.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Get somebody who looks at you the way Harris looks at Walz for the "that's my dad!" question.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

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….

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

A few questions in and the CNN interviewer seems overtly hostile.

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[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

I think a town hall would have been better than this interview.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I'm sure there's time for that? At least one?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

"Why did it take 3 1/2 years to do anything on immigration?"

LOL.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 34 points 2 months ago

CNN wants people to think they haven't been doing anything.

But she has.

And it's working.

Bet with more even more investment they wouldn't even need the Border Deal that Trump killed.

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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

yet to see the 2 on the other side show up in the same place at the same time

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Really hammering Walz on mis-statements. "Carried weapons in war, didn't have IVF, lied about DUI..."

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