Vice President Kamala Harris had a disastrous interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash and former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich believes it could end her campaign.
He spoke with Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria” guest host Cheryl Casone the day after the interview and predicted that Harris would “lose the election” because of it.
“I thought President Trump was being very unfair in that comment. In fact, I think he should invite Kamala Harris to have Governor Walz with her at the presidential debate as sort of a comfort blanket. You know, that way Walz could be allowed to stand next to her, he couldn’t say anything, but she would feel so much more comfortable having him there. My real reaction was, first, that she told us how really, truly liberal she is,” the former Speaker said.
“Walz basically told us he’s a total liar. He could not even admit to Dana Bash that he had lied about serving in combat. If you watched that segment, he dives off into a total bunch of baloney and he cannot say, ‘Yes, what I said was wrong.’ I think that’s typical of what Walz is like as a person. In the case of Harris, the big message out of last night is she claims she was really aggressive as the attorney general in California, taking on the various international gangs. Well, how come there’s a Venezuelan gang terrorizing Aurora, Colorado?” he said.
“How come, under her watch as the czar for the border, we now have eight or nine million illegal immigrants, we have gangs from El Salvador, gangs from Mexico, gangs from Venezuela? You know, it doesn’t ring true. And I think, in that sense, last night showed us that Kamala Harris is going to lose the election,” he said.
And he was not the only one to castigate the vice president for her interview.
On Tuesday, CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings criticized Harris for bringing Walz, arguing that this move highlights her perceived weakness as a candidate.
Jennings participated in a panel discussion on CNN with anchor Anderson Cooper, who raised the question of whether, after nearly 40 days without a single interview or press conference since Harris became the Democratic Party’s de facto 2024 nominee, critics would highlight her ongoing refusal to appear for an interview solo.
“Is the line now going to be, well, why isn’t she doing it by herself?” Cooper asked.
“Yeah, I do think people are going to bring that up,” Jennings replied, saying that while he had “great confidence” in both the network and anchor Dana Bash, he agreed it was not a great look for Harris to bring Walz along.
“I think it’s incredibly weak — weak sauce — to show up with your running mate. The fact that they don’t have enough confidence in her to let her sit, herself, the actual top of the ticket, and do a single interview …” Jennings continued. “I think the hand-wringing and gyrations over this over the last month show a troubling lack of confidence in her political ability. Which also makes you wonder as a voter, well, what kind of president would you be if this kind of a small-time decision — can we do an interview or not? — what does that look like for your decision-making process?”
“So yes, I think Republicans are going to think it’s pretty weak to show up with, effectively, someone to take up half the time,” Jennings concluded, referring to Walz in an X post as Harris’ “emotional support animal” for the interview.
