Vice President Harris’s first main interview since turning into the Democratic presidential nominee will air Thursday night – a extremely anticipated occasion that would show pivotal to the presidential election.
Harris’s working mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be part of her for the interview with CNN’s Dana Bash. Harris hasn’t carried out a sit-down since President Biden ended his reelection campaign final month.
The Hill’s Alex Gangitano, Tobias Burns, Rachel Frazin and Joseph Choi have provide you with five tough questions that Harris might face in the course of the dialogue.
The incumbent vp, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and represented California within the Senate, has largely stayed out of the media highlight whereas No. 2 to President Biden, so she has confronted some backlash for the deeply choreographed launch to her presidential bid.
Following her speech on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago earlier this month, Harris’s campaigning techniques have leaned on pre-planned remarks and small teams – avoiding alternatives for unscripted moments.
Harris and former President Trump are locked in a good race throughout seven battleground states, according to polling released Thursday.
The Hill/Emerson Faculty Polling survey discovered Harris edging out Trump in Georgia (49 p.c to 48 p.c), Michigan (50 p.c to 47 p.c) and Nevada (49 p.c to 48 p.c). Trump had a slight lead in Arizona (50 p.c to 47 p.c), North Carolina (49 p.c to 48 p.c) and Wisconsin (49 p.c to 48 p.c). The 2 are tied at 48 p.c in Pennsylvania. All findings fall inside the margins of error.
Trump posted on Truth Social that he disagrees with the choice to have Walz at Harris’s aspect, arguing that it will give Walz an opportunity to help with “inevitable Kamala stumbles.”
However after the Republican Nationwide Conference, Trump took part in a joint interview along with his working mate Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Fox Information.
From potential gaffes to addressing Biden, The Hill’s Niall Stanage has 5 things to watch during the interview.
In the meantime, Harris and Trump’s groups continue to hash out a final agreement for phrases of their first debate scheduled Sept. 10.