Perhaps the headlong rush into the media’s post-debate Enforced Joy narrative has hit a speedbump.
Yesterday, focus groups started telling Reuters, CNN, and the New York Times that Kamala Harris didn’t impress them as a serious candidate, even if she managed to out-jab Donald Trump. While pundits sang hosannas (and in some cases in conservative media, dirges) over Harris’ ability to irritate her opponent, actual voters wondered why Harris couldn’t answer questions about her policies and positions — and what she’d do differently than the last four disastrous years.
CNN’s Jake Tapper wondered the same thing, in fact. Our Salem colleague Charlie Kirk passed this clip around last night, although Tapper was a bit more ecumenical in his approach than Charlie credits:
CNN’s Jake Tapper, in a shocking moment of journalism, SLAMS Kamala for dodging multiple debate questions:
“Vice President…
