Why Serious Questions Are So Hard for Kamala Harris

On such towering issues as inflation, foreign policy, the border, or energy, the vice president is trapped between most Americans and her militant base.

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Vice President Harris chats with the hosts of The View Tuesday. AP/Jacquelyn Martin

The reactions to Vice President Harris’s interview on “60 Minutes” have been beyond brutal. There is a sense that she failed to meet any reasonable threshold of potential presidential competence.

It’s a real problem for Ms. Harris. The “60 Minutes” interview has been critiqued much more harshly than her earlier interviews. The follow-up interviews on shows that already favor her, such as the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and “The View,” simply do not offset how badly she performs when faced with serious questions.

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