CNN panel critical of Kamala Harris' town hall performance: 'Word salad city'

CNN commentators were captious of Vice President Kamala Harris' municipality hallway connected Wednesday, suggesting nan vice president gave "word salad" answers erstwhile she didn't want to reply a question. 

"The point that would interest maine is erstwhile she doesn’t want to reply a question," commentator David Axelrod said. "Her wont is to benignant of spell to connection crockery city, and she did that connected a mates of answers. One was connected Israel. Anderson asked a nonstop question, ‘Would you beryllium stronger connected Israel than Trump?’ And location was a seven-minute answer, but nary of it related to nan mobility he was asking."

Harris said to undecided voters astatine a municipality hallway connected Wednesday successful Pennsylvania, which was moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper.

"On definite questions for illustration that, connected immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she would admit nary concerns astir immoderate of nan administration’s policies. And that’s a mistake. Sometimes you person to concede things and she didn‘t concede much," Axelrod said.

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David Axelrod took purpose astatine Kamala Harris' "word salad" answers connected Wednesday pursuing her CNN municipality hall. (Screenshot/CNN)

CNN's Dana Bash based on that group she's spoken to don't deliberation Harris sealed nan deal. 

"What I‘m proceeding from group who I person been talking to, and that is that if her extremity was to adjacent nan deal, they‘re not judge she did that. And, you know, immoderate group person asked, is she being held to a different standard? Maybe. But that‘s possibly nan world that she‘s surviving in. And connected nan mobility of who she is, group are knowing that a small spot more," she said.

Bash highlighted a fewer questions wherever Harris didn't person answers. 

"But what she will do? The mobility astir her legislative priorities, sanction one, location wasn‘t one. You know, immoderate much of her characteristic and her benignant of characteristic questions astir your weaknesses aliases what mistakes did you make, not needfully nan answers there," she said.

However, Bash said that Harris being successful beforehand of voters and talking to them straight was a "win" for nan vice president. 

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Jake Tapper said nan vice president focused much connected her force than her ain policies. 

"She focused a batch much connected Donald Trump, I deliberation it’s adjacent to say, than she did connected galore specifics successful position of what she would do arsenic president," he said, noting Harris discusses immoderate plans regarding mini businesses.

 "I deliberation aft 8 years of Donald Trump, group are alert of Donald Trump’s persona, his proclivity for controversy, his imaginable to offend and nan like. And I wonderment if you deliberation possibly she did excessively much," Tapper added.

John King suggested that Harris did request to make attacking Trump a privilege and praised her for her answers wherever she talked astir herself and her faith. However, he suggested that nan VP fell short successful trying to link it to her policies. 

"Where I deliberation she fails sometimes is to link it much to her policies," he said, suggesting Harris should embody immoderate of erstwhile President Bill Clinton's persona. "He had a marque wherever he could look group successful nan oculus and say, ‘I‘m connected your side. I‘m fighting for nan mediate class,' right? Putting group first. That’s nan relationship she has to make."

He said that nan "personal part" was sometimes missing from Harris' remarks.

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Vice President Kamala Harris shakes a supporter's manus aft her rally astatine Riverside Park connected Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, successful Grand Rapids. (Adam Vander Kooy / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Abby Phillip suggested Harris avoided specifics erstwhile pressed by immoderate of nan undecided voters present.

"The point I deliberation that benignant of sewage her tripped up astatine definite times was erstwhile definite voters were asking to drill down, actually, connected immoderate policy, and she didn‘t want to spell there, didn‘t want to get into immoderate specifics," Phillip said. "But it’s reliable for her because I deliberation that that comes crossed arsenic evasive to immoderate voters … They conscionable want to cognize are my taxes going to spell up if I make $500,000 a twelvemonth aliases not? It‘s very tricky for her."

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