Five takeaways from Kamala Harris' first major interview as the Democratic presidential nominee
Kamala Harris gave her first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, touching on her agenda for 2025 and a series of topics that she has so far avoided.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday gave her first sit-down interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee, touching on her agenda for 2025 and a series of topics that she has so far avoided — and drawing instant criticism from Republican rival Donald Trump.
Harris presented herself as a pragmatist in the long-anticipated interview, given to CNN's Dana Bash alongside her running mate, Tim Walz. Harris sought to strike a balance between defending the Biden-Harris administration's legacy and charting her own path if she is elected president while taking questions about how some of her policy positions have changed since the last time she ran for president.
"I believe it is important to build consensus and it is important to find a common place of understanding of where we can actually solve problems," Harris said.
Here are five takeaways from the interview.
Harris has changed her position on some major issues since 2019, when she ran for president and sought to win over progressive Democratic primary voters by co-sponsoring “Medicare for All,” supporting a Green New Deal, calling for decriminalizing migration and opposing hydraulic fracturing, a method of harvesting natural gas or oil known as “fracking.”
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