Katie Couric pushes back on Charlamagne calling Kamala Harris 'authentic'

Katie Couric told Charlamagne tha God that she didn't judge Vice President Kamala Harris came crossed arsenic "authentic," erstwhile talking astir her policies and answering questions from the media. 

On her podcast, "Next Question," Couric asked nan celebrated "Breakfast Club" co-host if he believed nan 2024 Democratic statesmanlike campaigner was "direct" and "authentic" successful answering his questions during their caller high-profile interview.

Charlamagne referenced asking Harris astir criticisms she appeared "too scripted," and her consequence to him astir having "discipline." The power big said Harris' reply "made [him] think" astir really "we've seen specified a deficiency of subject since Donald Trump came connected nan segment that we forgot what that looks like."

"Yeah, I deliberation she was being authentically who she is, which is simply a very disciplined, seasoned seasoned politician," he told Couric.

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Couric disagreed pinch Charlamagne's appraisal of Harris, arguing that nan vice president doesn't reply questions straight and relies excessively overmuch connected talking points.

"I person to request to disagree pinch you connected that point. I deliberation that she takes a really agelong clip to get to her point, and that she does trust connected talking points excessively often. I deliberation she’s gotten overmuch amended than she utilized to, but it’s almost arsenic if she’s acrophobic to opportunity thing that will later travel backmost to haunt her," Couric said.

"She conscionable doesn't really articulate her existent argumentation position, and she isn't really straight answering nan mobility a batch of times," she continued. "That’s been my acquisition and my acquisition watching her. I conscionable wish she would say, ‘This is our plan,’ or, ‘You’re right, a batch of forbidden immigrants person travel into this state during nan Biden administration, but this is why, and this is what I want to do astir it moving forward,’ you know?" 

"I don’t find her mentation of argumentation that compelling compared to, say, personification for illustration Bill Clinton aliases Barack Obama," she added.

Katie Couric based on that Vice President Harris didn't travel crossed arsenic authentic and "seemed afraid" to springiness nonstop answers to nan media. (Getty Images)

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Charlamagne said that he could "understand" Couric's criticisms of Harris but reiterated that she was conscionable being "disciplined" successful her answers, which he claimed her 2024 force didn't person to interest about.

"I tin understand what you’re saying. I deliberation that a batch of politicians, astatine slightest disciplined ones, are frightened of saying things that whitethorn travel backmost to haunt them, but my point is successful 2024, what tin genuinely travel backmost to haunt you?" he said. "But past again, there’s only 1 Donald Trump. Nothing seems to haunt Donald Trump."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump waves astatine a run rally astatine Greensboro Coliseum connected Tuesday, Oct. 22, successful Greensboro, N.C.  (AP/Alex Brandon)

He went connected to opportunity nan media and nan authorities had created a "double standard" by treating Trump arsenic if he were a normal campaigner and not a "threat to democracy."

"This feline should've been disqualified from moving for president a long, long, agelong clip ago," he added.

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