Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sparred with CNN anchor Kate Bolduan over Vice President Kamala Harris’ policy flip-flops after a new poll found some voters perceive Harris to be less radical than her GOP opponent, former President Trump.
Bolduan presented the CNN poll which found close to 50% of likely voters in six battleground states said Trump’s views were “so extreme they pose a threat,” and about 40% of voters in each of these states said the same about Harris’ views.
“If voters don’t agree with the extreme narrative against [Harris], do you think team Trump should be shifting now?” she asked.
Ramaswamy said he “respectfully disagreed” with this take, arguing voters had not been exposed to Harris’ far-left record by the media.
“Voters have not yet been exposed, principally by the media, to what Kamala Harris’ past positions actually are,” Ramaswamy said. “I don‘t blame the voters. They‘ve been served up a new version of Kamala Harris, where she is running to the center on economic and social policies. But the reality is, if we‘re able to use Kamala Harris‘ own words against her, as I believe we should, she ran for president favoring tax on unrealized capital gains, favoring ‘abolition’ — her words — to abolish private health insurance, a ban on fracking, bans on offshore drilling. These are the kinds of policies that absolutely are not mainstream for most Americans.”
Bolduan defended Harris’ shifting positions, saying she “made clear” to CNN’s Dana Bash last week that she no longer supports a ban on private health insurance or fracking.
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