Mark Cuban defends Harris' flip-flopping positions: 'I've changed a lot of my positions'

"Shark Tank" big and run surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris, Mark Cuban, appeared to motion disconnected nan Democratic nominee changing respective positions betwixt her first and 2nd tally for president.

"What did you deliberation of Harris erstwhile she was moving for president nan first clip astir successful 2019?" ABC big Jon Karl asked Cuban Sunday greeting connected "This Week."

"I wasn’t paying attention," Cuban answered.

"You weren’t paying attention?" Karl followed. "You cognize nan position she took. She was Medicare for All, Green New Deal—"

Harris surrogate Mark Cuban was asked astir Vice President Harris' changing argumentation positions connected ABC Sunday. (ABC screenshot)

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"But she was representing nan authorities of California," Cuban remarked. "The People’s Republic of California, right? When you person far-left state, you know, you’re going to do what those — your citizens want. When you’re representing nan United States of America, it’s a overmuch broader and—"

"She took those positions erstwhile she was starting to tally for president nan first time," Karl pointed out.

"I get that, but here’s wherever we are now. That was not a very long-lived run, and I deliberation she learned nan difficult measurement that definite things —" Cuban responded.

Karl asked, "Do you deliberation she believed that, aliases was she doing it to run?"

"I deliberation she believed it for sure, but she has to speak for herself connected those things. What I for illustration astir her is she continuously says she’s open-minded, and she’s proved it," Cuban said. 

Businessman and tv characteristic Mark Cuban addresses a rally for Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris October 17, 2024 successful La Crosse, Wisconsin.  (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)

He added, "I’ve changed a batch of my positions successful nan past 5 years. Donald Trump has changed his. I deliberation a batch of reasonable group person changed theirs, and to, you know, to opportunity this was your position for Medicare for All, this was your position connected immoderate it whitethorn be, and to beryllium shocked that personification changed their mind, it’s a bigger daze that someone’s shocked."

Cuban acknowledged Harris has had trouble successful explaining her positions and why she has changed her mind connected immoderate issues like nan border.

"There’s 2 elements there. She’s only been moving for 13 weeks, and erstwhile she started to run, erstwhile she replaced Joe Biden, she had a shortage successful awareness, you know. Even Donald Trump would say, ‘I don’t moreover cognize who Harris is. Do you guys cognize who Harris is?’ And she had antagonistic favorables, and truthful she had to spend, what is it, nan past 13 weeks, conscionable letting group get to cognize her and getting to spot she is vibrant, she is smart, she is open-minded," Cuban said.

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He continued, "When you are trying to triumph that battle, you’re not going to reply each nan specifications of every, you know, person nan opportunity to reply each nan specifics, and nan impervious is successful nan pudding. She went from, arsenic I said, negatives and, you know, being correct wherever Joe Biden is and successful 13 weeks location successful a dormant heat, and it’s a toss-up."

Cuban made akin comments erstwhile he appeared connected "The Brian Kilmeade Show" Friday.

Cuban seemed to work together Harris could do a amended occupation of explaining why she has changed positions. (AP/Matt Rourke)

"But erstwhile you’re representing nan People’s Republic of California, that’s a full different occupation than being nan President of nan United States and representing each Americans. And she’s decidedly evolved successful her positions," Cuban said.

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