Watch as Vice President Kamala Harris discusses the economy, immigration, the ongoing war in the Mideast, and the differences between herself and former President Trump during a 2024 election interview.
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60 Minutes host tells Kamala Harris ‘we’re dealing with the real world’ during grilling on how she will get a key policy through Congress
Kamala Harris appeared to struggle to explain her economic policies and how she will get them through Congress in an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes.
The Vice President’s full interview will air at 8pm ET Monday as part of an election special, showing her repeatedly asked about her plans for the economy.
‘My plan is about saying that when you invest in small businesses, you invest in the middle class, and you strengthen America’s economy. Small businesses are part of the backbone of America’s economy,’ she said.
But when CBS’ Bill Whitaker continued to grill her what her plan does and how she would pay for it, Harris didn’t offer any specifics, just staying she knew unnamed lawmakers agreed with her.
‘I’m going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it, pay their fair share in taxes. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. And I plan on making that fair,’ she said.
‘But we’re dealing with the real world here,’ Whitaker told her, asking her how she would get it approved by Congress.
‘You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about, because their constituents know exactly what I’m talking about. Their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses,’ Harris replies.
The Democratic presidential nominee released part of her economic plan last week. It focuses on lowering middle-class taxes, cutting food and grocery costs, and lowering prescription drug prices.
She also talks about creating an ‘opportunity economy’ for Americans to buy their first home or start a business.
Voters rate the economy as one of their top issues for the 2024 presidential election. Harris is seeking to distance herself from President Joe Biden, who receives low marks from voters on his handling of the economy.
Biden was hammered for high inflation during his tenure, which led to a spike in prices in groceries, gas and rent.
‘While real gross domestic product growth slowed in the first quarter of this year, growth rebounded to a strong 3.0% in the second quarter. All available evidence suggests policymakers may have managed to bring inflation under control without causing a recession,’ analysts wrote.
Harris sat down with 60 Minutes for a pre-election special that will air on Monday night. CBS released some early excerpts of the interview, which will also address the war in the Middle East.
The news program also asked to interview Donald Trump as part of their special. The former president agreed and then backed out, saying he felt 60 Minutes owed him an apology for some of its previous reporting on him.
Trump appeared to be referring to his last interview with program, which took place in 2020 while he was president. He walked out on correspondent Lesley Stahl.
‘They came to me and would like me to do an interview, but first I want to get an apology, because the last time I did an interview with them, if you remember, they challenged me on the computer,’ Trump said last week.
‘They said the ‘laptop from hell’ was from Russia, and I said it wasn’t from Russia. It was from Hunter, and I never got an apology, so I’m sort of waiting. I’d love to do ’60 Minutes.’ I do everything.’
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