Vice President Kamala Harris slammed former President Donald Trump for backing out of his interview with “60 Minutes” whereas accusing him of not having the ability to give viewers “a meaningful, thoughtful conversation.”
“Watch his rallies,” she instructed CBS’s Invoice Whitaker when requested her response to him canceling final week.
“You’re gonna hear conversations that are about himself and all of his personal grievances. And what you will not hear is anything about you, the listener. You will not hear about how he is gonna try to bring the country together, find common ground,” she mentioned. “And Bill, that is why I believe in my soul and heart the American people are ready to turn the page.”
CBS reported that Trump pulled out of his interview as a result of he didn’t need to be fact-checked. He additionally needed an apology for a way his earlier “60 Minutes” interview went with veteran CBS journalist Lesley Stahl in 2020.
That interview ended with Trump abruptly strolling off the set. Trump, amongst different issues, left after objecting to being instructed he was going to be requested some “tough questions.”
“That’s no way to talk. That’s no way to talk,” he mentioned earlier than leaving.
CBS correspondent Scott Pelley, talking forward of Whitaker’s filmed interview with Harris, argued that this system fact-checks “every story” it airs. Pelley additionally famous Trump’s previous criticism of Harris on the subject of her interviews.
“Trump has said his opponent doesn’t do interviews because she can’t handle them. He had previously declined another debate with Harris, so tonight may have been the largest audience for the candidates from now until Election Day,” he mentioned.
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Pelley additionally famous that Trump’s determination to not take part on this 12 months’s interview broke from a decadeslong custom.
Presidential candidates have sat for interviews with “60 Minutes″ since 1968, when former Vice President Richard Nixon ran in opposition to then-incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
