Tuesday, October 8, 2024

In case you missed the interview with the word salad queen

Harris defended her record on the border and indicated that she owns a gun she once worked to ban.

Kamala Harris sat down with Bill Whitaker of "60 Minutes" this week for another largely toothless interview with a sympathetic network.

Although she was primarily served softball questions, Harris once again demonstrated why her campaign has sought to minimize her encounters with the press and public.

Inside an hour, Harris claimed to have the same kind of firearm she has tried to ban; defended her abysmal record on the border; and talked around the question of whether democracy was best served by her making a mockery of it.

Home defense for me but not for thee

"You recently surprised people when you said that you are a gun owner, and that if someone came into your house —" said Whitaker.

Harris interrupted, shaking her head and smiling: "That was not the first time I've talked about it. That's not the first time I've talked about it."

'Look, Bill, my background is in law enforcement, and, um, so there you go.'

At her well-choreographed micro-rally hosted by Oprah Winfrey in Michigan last month, Harris attempted to paint herself as a supporter of the Second Amendment with the competence to shoot a home intruder.

"I'm a gun owner, too," said Harris. "If someone breaks in my house, they're getting shot."

"Some people have been pushing a real false choice — to suggest you're either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away," Harris told Oprah. "I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, and I'm in favor of assault-weapons bans, universal background checks, red-flag laws."

After Harris' interruption, Whitaker asked, "So what kind of gun do you own, and when and why did you get it?"

Harris responded, "I have a Glock, and, um, I've had it for quite some time, and um, I mean — look, Bill, my background is in law enforcement, and, um, so there you go."

"Have you ever fired it?" Whitaker asked.

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