It was a cringe-inducing moment.
No one expected Kamala Harris to be grilled on “The View,” comprised of cheerleaders for her candidacy.
But Whoopi Goldberg introduced her by bellowing “the next president of the United States,” it was a slap-your-forehead moment.” Seriously?
The whole session yesterday was an in-kind contribution to the Harris campaign.
KAMALA 2.0’S CHALLENGE? MAKING MORE NEWS, AND NOT JUST WITH ULTRA-FRIENDLY HOSTS
I know, they’re not straight journalists, they’re liberal commentators slash entertainers. They read their questions verbatim off blue cards. That’s precisely why she wanted to do the show.
There were some reasonable questions: How would her presidency differ from Joe Biden’s? How would she handle the border? Why wouldn’t Ron DeSantis take her calls about hurricane preparations with a Category 4 storm about to hit Florida?
And then there was Joy Behar, who went on about Trump’s lies and asked how anyone could possibly support him. That enabled the Vice President to say Trump was all about personal grievances, not the voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “The View.” (ABC)
Kamala made good use of the forum, such as dishing on how she was working out and with her kids when Joe Biden called to say he was stepping aside.
Bottom line: “The View,” an ABC program founded by Barbara Walters – it’s still in the news division – was even more embarrassing than I expected, with the ladies falling all over themselves to praise Harris and trash Trump.
Some reasonable questions were asked, but Kamala ran circles around them and deflected what she didn’t want to answer while getting her familiar talking points in.
It was a good forum for her, and for once she came prepared to make news. In a move earlier leaked to Politico, Harris made her pitch for having Medicare reimburse caring for the elderly at home instead of only in expensive institutions – the first new policy proposal she’s made in…
