Vice President Kamala Harris continues to dodge questions about her political record, even after replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee for 2024.
The ABC News presidential debate could offer voters more clarity on where Harris stands on a number of issues, particularly issues she publicly supported during her failed 2020 presidential campaign.
Harris briefly discussed her change of heart during an 18-minute interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, but the interview did not offer much clarity.
Asked about her support for a fracking ban in 2019, Harris said her position on the issue had changed.
“Well, let’s be clear. My values haven’t changed,” he said, noting that he felt “we can grow and we can grow a thriving energy economy without banning fracking.”
Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to hold a press conference since replacing President Joe Biden as the nominee
Asked about her stance on illegal immigration and border control, Harris repeated a similar line of questioning.
“Dana, I think the most important and most significant aspect of my political outlook and decisions is that my values have not changed,” she said.
With that in mind, here are fourteen of the most important issues on which American voters are seeking clarity:
Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2020 vice presidential debate
- Were you the “last person in the room” with President Joe Biden as he prepared to implement his evacuation plan in Afghanistan and did you express any concerns about his strategy?
- When did you learn the truth about President Joe Biden’s physical and mental condition and at what point did you realize that he could no longer run for president? Are you confident that President Biden has the ability to serve a full term?
- You campaigned against President Donald Trump’s border wall, calling it “medieval,” “a complete waste of taxpayer money” and “un-American,” and yet you supported the Senate bill that would resume construction of physical barriers on the southern border. Do you support continuing construction of the border wall and believe the project should be finished?
- Do you still support decriminalizing border crossings?
- You have proposed a $25,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers and an expansion of the child tax credit to $6,000. What prevented you from implementing these proposals during your first term as vice president?
- Do you still support the Senate breaking the legislative filibuster to enact abortion rights and voting rights at the federal level?
- During the 2020 campaign, you promised to enact free college, affordable child care, paid family leave, and a $15-an-hour national minimum wage. Why have you and Biden failed to implement this agenda despite spending more than $4 trillion?
- He spent trillions of dollars in his first term, which only made inflation worse. What will he do to spend less taxpayer funds?
- You have supported the idea of the government providing reparations to the Black American community as compensation for slavery and Jim Crow laws. What would Harris’ version of reparations look like?
- Do you support expanding the Supreme Court? Should there be term limits for Supreme Court justices?
- Would you forgive Hunter Biden?
- Should Americans be allowed to own AR-15 and AK-47 rifles? Do you still support a mandatory gun buyback program?
- Would you consider withholding aid to Israel if they do not meet humanitarian expectations in Gaza?
- Do you still support the idea of decriminalizing prostitution or are you still concerned about the effect on sex trafficking?
- Why did the Biden-Harris administration pressure social media companies to remove content from their platforms? Would he continue that action if elected president?