Former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is the current commerce secretary for the Biden administration and a surrogate for the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.
She appeared on CNBC on Monday to answer questions about what to expect in the presidential debate between Harris and Trump. When she was pressed on Kamala’s lack of policy details and press access, she excused it away, citing Harris’s schedule.
The Daily Caller reported:
Biden-Harris Cabinet Secretary Claims ‘Punishing Schedule’ Makes It Impossible For Kamala To Answer QuestionsSecretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo attempted to explain Monday why Vice President Kamala Harris has done limited interviews, citing the vice president’s busy schedule.Aside from an Aug. 29 interview with CNN host Dana Bash alongside Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, Harris has not granted a sit-down interview or press conference since President Joe Biden announced he was ending his reelection bid July 21. Raimondo attempted to deflect “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen’s questions about Harris’ not interacting with reporters by claiming that Harris is “talking to Americans.”“This is a presidential election like no other. She only has a few weeks to do everything, and she’s spending her time talking to Americans,” Raimondo told Kernen. “She has a punishing schedule out and about, everywhere, being with the people who she wants to elect her. But I guess, look, tomorrow night it will be on display, it’ll be a robust debate. I guess from where I see it, and were I still in my old role as a governor, or prior to that I ran a business, I see in her somebody who has a vision, who’s been really clear about her desire to help businesses and small businesses. You know, she — she talks about being pro-business, pro-worker at the same time.”
See the clip below:
Watch more of Raimondo’s appearance below, it’s really something. She hypes Kamala Harris as someone who is going to be great for businesses while taxing the rich. She then maligns Trump’s economic policies, even though Trump’s first term was excellent for the economy before Covid hit.
The whole ‘tax the billionaires’ thing that Raimondo repeatedly mentions is right out of the Bernie Sanders playbook. Is this now officially part of the Democratic party platform?
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