Former President Donald Trump has a list of questions he wants Vice President Kamala Harris to answer when she sits for a rare TV interview with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, including whether she still supports a “Green New Deal” or concealed President Biden’s “cognitive decline.”
The 10 questions were detailed in an email blast from the Trump campaign.
They were designed to needle Ms. Harris over her lack of media appearances since leaping to the top of the Democratic ticket in July.
Mr. Trump also says Ms. Harris’ positions have changed since her presidential run in 2019.
“You have sent anonymous aides out to claim you’ve abandoned the radically liberal positions that you’ve held for decades. Do you think lying to the American people is the best strategy?” the Trump campaign says in one question.
Other questions poke at the surge in illegal immigration during the Biden-Harris administration and rising prices.
Ms. Harris will appear with Mr. Walz for the interview with Dana Bash, the CNN anchor who moderated the June debate between Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden.
Mr. Biden turned in an incoherent performance, leading to questions about the 81-year-old’s fitness and forcing him to drop out.
The Harris-Walz interview will be taped Thursday and air at 9 that night on CNN, the network said.
It will coincide with Ms. Harris’ bus tour through battleground Georgia.
The last time she gave an extended interview with a major news outlet was on June 24, before Mr. Biden dropped out and endorsed her.
“CNN announced that Kamala has mustered up the courage to sit for a *joint* interview — after 39 days of hiding out from reporters,” the Trump campaign wrote in its email. “It’s no coincidence that Kamala & Walz’s first interview is scheduled for the Thursday night before Labor Day weekend. They already hope it gets lost — and it hasn’t even aired yet.”
Ms. Harris leads Mr. Trump by over 3 points in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.
Many surveys suggest the election will be decided by a handful of swing states.
While Mr. Trump accuses Ms. Harris of hiding, the Democratic campaign ridiculed Mr. Trump over reports his staff wanted microphones muted during nonspeaking portions of the Sept. 10 debate on ABC.
“Someone should ask President Trump if he was aware his team wanted to mute him,” Harris spokesman Ian Sams wrote on X.
• Jeff Mordock contributed to this report.
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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