(Daily Caller News Foundation) — “The View” co-host Sara Haines gave Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz a chance Monday to clean up Vice President Kamala Harris’ answer on what she would do differently from the current administration.
Harris received widespread criticism after she told “The View” co-hosts that “nothing comes to mind” on what she would do differently than President Joe Biden during an Oct. 8 appearance on the program. Haines gave Walz the option to answer that question during his appearance, leading him to say that they will focus on fixing the economy and Medicare.
“Governor, voters are saying change is a critical issue this election, but our ABC poll shows only a third of Americans believe that a Harris-Walz ticket would bring that change,” Haines said. “I want to pose a similar question to you that we asked Vice President Harris, can you point to a policy decision over the last 4 years that you and the vice president would’ve handled differently from President Biden?”
“Well, I think this expansion on Medicare is something that I wish would’ve been proposed sooner,” Walz replied. “But look, they’re tackling the issues that they needed to, they came out of a pandemic that Donald Trump had left a mess for, an economy with supply chains that were broken. But I think that focusing on this economy, the two things that this vice president proposed that I hear everywhere, especially in rural America, is this question of affordability on child care and the ability of seniors to get healthcare, protecting that. So I think just in this last week, you saw a major rollout in protecting rural hospitals. This is a big issue.”
Walz further argued Harris is “her own leader” who will bring “a new way forward” if she is elected president.
Harris said Friday that she cannot be “critical” of any policies put forth by Biden when NBC News chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander asked her to name a single policy she would do differently. The vice president clarified she intends to expand Medicare, grant first-time home buyers $25,000 in down payment assistance and emphasize the importance of small businesses.
An average of 28% of Americans believe the U.S. is on the right track, setting a precedent for Democrats to lose the election in November, CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said during an Oct. 4 segment. Harris reportedly intended to create a distance between herself and Biden’s policies, particularly on the economy and inflation, in an attempt to rebrand herself as a change candidate, anonymous advisers told Axios in August.
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