Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she’s shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president

I understand why politicians do it, but I wish they could just be honest about the flip flopping

# Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she’s shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president

>Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered her most [expansive explanation](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/harris-walz-trump-election-08-29-24/index.html) to date on why she’s changed some of her positions on fracking and immigration, [telling CNN’s Dana Bash her values ](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/kamala-harris-cnn-interview-analysis/index.html)haven’t shifted but that her time as vice president provided new perspective on some of the country’s most pressing issues.

>[In the CNN exclusive](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/kamala-harris-cnn-interview/index.html) sit-down interview, Harris also said she would name a Republican to serve in her Cabinet if elected.

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>In all, the joint interview in Savannah with her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz – their first since becoming the Democratic presidential ticket – provided one of the clearest looks into Harris’ positions and her plans for the presidency.

>Asked to describe her day-one objectives should she win, Harris did not list any specific steps, like signing executive actions or orders.

>Instead, she reiterated her focus on strengthening the economy: “First and foremost, one of my highest priorities is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class.”

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>Harris laid out an economic policy plan earlier this month focused on bringing down costs on food, housing and childcare, in part by going harder after corporations. Her proposals included efforts to combat price gouging and ramp up construction of affordable housing.

>Her plans did not amount to a wholesale departure from policies Biden has pursued over the course of his term. But she has chosen to focus more centrally on discussing affordability as a messaging strategy rather than job creation or manufacturing gains, as Biden did.

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>Embracing her vow to act as a president for “all Americans,” Harris said in the interview she would appoint a Republican to her cabinet if elected, though said she did not have a particular name in mind. It revives a tradition over the past several decades – not embraced by Trump or Biden – of presidents naming at least one member of the opposing party to their cabinet.

>“I’ve got 68 days to go with this election, so I’m not putting the cart before the horse,” she said. “But I would, I think. I think it’s really important. I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican.”

>Harris, who rarely discusses the barrier-breaking nature of her candidacy on the campaign trail, acknowledged in the interview there were moments she felt the weight of history – including upon seeing a photograph of one of her young grandnieces staring on as she delivered her address to the last week’s convention.

>“I am running because I believe that I am the best person to do this job at this moment for all Americans, regardless of race and gender,” she said. “But I did see that photograph, and I was deeply touched by it.

!ping Rino

I’m kinda surprised her staff didn’t prepare her more for this question. “My values haven’t changed” is a good line but it’s the follow up that’s more important and she kind of just denied it/refused to engage with the question.

I think peope will will defend her answer but are interpreting it the way they want to, it really wasn’t very clear how or why her positions have changed

Okay I want Kamala to win but my God she isn’t good at interviews wow!