In an intervention with CNN’s Tim Walz, Harris explained that her positions have evolved since her time as attorney general, but stressed that her “values have not changed.”
Kamala Harris offered her first interview on Thursday after she was officially chosen as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president of the United States. In it, he has a fervent defense of his changes of opinion on policies such as migration or the environmentin which he explained that his “values haven’t changed” and that the experience has given him new perspectives.
Harris and her running mate Tim Walz chose CNN for their first interview as candidates. Throughout the report, he acknowledged that he has changed some of his positions since taking over the vice presidency alongside Biden in January 2021, but he made it clear that “the most important aspect is that my values haven’t changed.”
One of the topics he was asked about is He fracking (hydraulic fracturing). The journalist reminded her that Harris supported a ban on this technique for extracting gas and oil from the subsurface in 2019, but that when she became vice president, she voted in favor of extending the contracts. The Democratic candidate responded that she will not ban it as president fracking because he believes that a “prosperous clean energy economy” can be built without a ban. “The climate crisis is real, it is an urgent matter. I am very clear about my position,” he stated.
Harris has also defended the Biden administration’s shift in the field of immigration matters by restricting access to asylum for immigrants: “We have laws that need to be enforced to deal with people who cross the border illegally,” he said, taking the opportunity to criticize his rival Donald Trump for his opposition to the bipartisan border security bill by several lawmakers, including Republicans.
On the other hand, this first interview has given her the opportunity to emphasize that on her first day as president she will implement the plan in favor of a ‘opportunity economyAnd he has assured that one of his top priorities is “supporting and strengthening the middle class.”
As for foreign policyHarris has stated that she will not change the Biden administration’s position, reaffirming that “Israel has the right to defend itself” and that position will remain.
Before the full broadcast of the interview, the Republican candidate Donald Trump has criticized both the attitude and responses of her opponent in the race for the White House, ensuring that “I don’t see her negotiating with President Xi (Jinping) of China or with (North Korea’s) Kim Jong-un.” Harris and Trump will face off in a debate on ABC on September 10.
Days ago, Harris flipped the voting intention polls and surpassed Trump. According to the average of the polls from the website FiveThirtyEight, he leads the Republican candidate by 3.4 points, to a percentage of 47.1%.
Source: EITB
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