@@vacamood How about a businessman that turned billions of dollars into millions. Trump would actually have been far wealthier if he just kept it in the bank/stock market instead of all his failed grift businessess. The man can turn dollars into pennies and you people would still clap...
Not at all. Vox really understated how left wing she is. Harris was the second-most liberal member of the Senate when she served from 2017 to 2021 (source: DW-NOMINATE). Everything from trillion dollar climate change bills to price caps/rent control. Being a prosecutor does not negate all of that.
Again, I’m going to say that you people do not understand you’re dealing with an educated and highly experienced prosecutor. the decision to not answer a question has a reason behind it that for her is hugely valid and she uses her experience.
@@twittertwice she may not necessarily be informed in the matters of politics though, because her law background requires meticulous research towards an answer, but if put on the spot… maybe she’ll deflect if she doesn’t have the answers. Which she may not always have…
@@twittertwice yeah man, like how she kept her mouth shut when Tulsi Gabbard said she locked up and kept 15,000 black men in prison on weed charges. Real smart, there was nothing she could've said.
Easy to say, but implementing it is something different entirely. Unfortunately , from her ACTIONS, Kamala doesn't seems to implement that principal very much..
"She usually checks the vibe of how people are feeling first before she gives her opinion" I mean... that's a good thing as a politician who's supposed to be representative of the people, no?
I think that the quote is supposed to contrast from a Bernie type. Someone who was ahead of the curve and had the conviction to stand by their beliefs even if it wasn’t popular or representative of the people (at the time).
Until a certain point, if you vote for someone, you vote for them because of the opinions they already have, not the ones they will make/feel out during their mandate.
@@JackRivera-sn7xh ...so let me clarify: you're saying that checking with your constituents & team members that you represent before you make a statement or decision = all you care about is power???
I know very little about her, but I can definitely appreciate a politician who takes the time to learn about an issue before taking a position. If we had more people like that, I don’t think our nation would be so polarized…
But she wasn’t just learning before taking a position. She was refusing to take a position because she knew it would be unpopular. She wouldn’t say what her position on marijuana legalization was because she knew she couldn’t say she supported it, but also didn’t want to say she was opposed.
she's just an establishment politician; hated by the normal working man but inexplicably loved and supported by the media and corporations. Basically, she'll just tow the neo-Liberal party line just like the others. You already know her beliefs and policies even without knowing anything about her because they're not her beliefs and policies, they're the beliefs and policies of the establishment and the corporations, media, military and other organisations that work together to form the establishment. When are people going to realise that it doesn't matter which party or politician is in charge, what actually matters is the establishment AKA "the system". she's identical to every other establishment-chosen Western politician, so no doubt she'll do the bidding of the "Wurld Ekonomic Four-um" (I had to misspell it to avoid censorship) just like every other Western politican. We need politicians who are of the people, not politicians who are of the establishment.
Anyone serious needs to see Tulsi Gabbards dismanteling of Kamala. She is an installed candidate who kept prisoners in jail for her personal benefit. No one voted for her. Its either Trump or Kennedy unless you want more endless wars and gaslighting.
You don't necessarily need to know her policies! What one needs to know of our President is that individual has common respect, decency, empathy, integrity and honor for the most highest position in our nation! One that actually cares to be well informed on the issue that affects ALL Americans, not just one party of ideals! One who can work to bring our nation together and not divide us apart! A President that will think before they speak and think of everyone and not themselves or the elite rich that fund and shape their views and one that does not try to overthrow our institutions of law but rather respects and honors them!
@@damienschoop9826this has nothing to do with presidency and tbh nothing u said has anything to do with office what we need is better prices better defense more security and more police you are delusional none of what u said will protect u when the 💣 come
@@damienschoop9826I’m just saying your happy with how things are If so you must come from money because everybody I know is bleeding rn no one can afford anything and if u live in California or New York you’d see just how bad times are right now why hasn’t Kamala and Joe fixed it yet because they can’t they don’t know how you call that competent to run this country
Her hesitancy in a stance some stances shows she thinks before she speaks. And she does not speak on things she doesnt know… speaks volumes compared to Trump’s lies and empty promises built in fear planting
That is such a favorable and imbalanced interpretation of her actions. You realize chameleon would be a better descriptor? She keeps her finger in the wind to determine her politics, meaning she is a political operative and cannot be trusted to hold firm when put to the test. A leader is one who LEADS. A president should be a leader and a visionary and principled. A chameleon would be none of these things. A chameleon "leads from behind" by hiding until the coast is clear and then opportunistically emerges.
These people commenting this have to be doublespeak bots… she doesn’t believe in anything except power. Her belief solely depends on what the majority thinks, or what she thinks they may think.
Yeah, they want the consolidation of wealth, power, resources. They want to take rights away from those with families and "give" them to people who sterilize themselves. They DONT want it to go back to the way it was NOR do they want to make American great. America is just another banana republic to milked like tax chattel as far as they're concerned.
I’d like to see the same “fair”assessment of trump. All of these points were positive. She has no foreign policy stances which in my opinion is the most important thing at the moment.
It’s a bunch of women telling us this woman is a good choice? This “journalism” is promoting a woman asking men hard questions without saying she’s being sexist? Whenever a man asks a woman tough questions the men are accused of being sexist, but when the tables turn it’s now okay?
@@thenub6304 all the assessments of trump have been fair. i don't think he's done anything positive other than tough on china. other than that his negative coverage is entirely justified
The fact that the “we’re not going back” phrase literally a fire under her campaign is because this is what people feel passionately about out. The best part of this is that that phrase came out completely natural.
When people say "we're not going back", they mean they're not going back to her failed policies & having her back in office. The Harris-Biden has failed miserably.
Probably did some media training behind the scenes. If she gets elected she'll need to be a master of politics and a master of handling the traditional media as well as social media. We've seen what happens to a president who is none of those things thanks to Biden.
@@vacamood trying to shoehorn this argument into several unrelated comments only shows how desperate you are. surely you have more than one argument... right?
If you guys think a 13-minute video is enough to explain a candidate to you, this is part of the problem. Please take the time to listen to the full speeches and discourses of both candidates, whether you like them or not, use your brain and form your own opinion on whether you should vote for them or not. It's really that simple, don't let the media control your thoughts, instead form your own.
But even if you really look at a fair assessment between the two you would choose Trump because he had more achievements despite his short and brutal experience than Kamala who can't even control the border.
The fact that men don't have the ability to carry a child for nine months doesn't mean they can't have an option on whether or not a human being that has done nothing wrong should live
@@EzzyFramesit isn’t a human being yet nor does the opinion of a man get to dictate the choice of keeping it for them. All people are asking for is a choice on the matter.
@@EzzyFramesJust because women don't have penises doesn't mean they aren't entitled to their opinion that the government can forcibly circumcise every man to protect innocent others from cancer!
How about you go to Congress dot Gov and look at bills she sponsored and co-sponsored in the past as a Senator? How about you watch her stump speeches that she has been doing for the past 3 weeks? Why do you have to be spoon-fed everything? Do some research. Read. Watch. Learn. Stop asking for everyone to cater to you. You know how to look things up. Get busy.
no tax on tips baby! she also gonna be tough on borders and attack inflation on day 1, drill baby drill! its gonna be great. TRUMP YOU'RE FIRED! ...wait a minute..
Does it make you "feel" better to remember a glory moment. That was a learning moment for both of them but apparently only one of them learned and evolved. The other is irrelevant.
@@devanman7920 Your answer should have been: (Yes, remembering that moment makes me "feel" better. I don't like Kamala and hate that things are looking positive for her. ) Also D, If I was ignoring anything, I would not be here! What I'm actually doing here is the opposite of ignoring. Its a win, win though. You feel good regarding a debate in 2019. I feel good that the former prosecutor, senator, Attorney General, Vp may become Prez. You keep holding onto that debate like a coping blanket. Peace ✌
I did look it up. I also saw that Tulsi Gabbard's views on abortion, climate, gun control, have evolved. After quitting the Democratic party in 2022, she gave up her radical views and seems to be drifting into the Rump orbit.
@@devanman7920 So basically, look at my echo chamber example that has a title which makes it obvious who the video creator favours… and don’t search fair debate titled videos with her in it? And people wonder why a large chunk of US citizens are easily manipulated, yet delusional that they aren’t? 😂🤦♂️
I think Kamala’s career, regardless of opinions on her policy or as a person, has been so interesting. Watching how the way she presents her positions over time, and the differences in how she’s been seen as a tough, effective senator to clumsy, memey VP to a sudden beacon of hope for the Democratic Party has been so unusual
I never saw her as a tough or effective Senator. She was a soapboxing grandstanding Senator who did not possess the additional element of eloquence to win hearts and minds.
@@LoveForBluebirds we all have our own opinions but it was a rather popular perception that she was effective in her questioning as a senator, and was more well received there than in her word soup streak as VP
@@maximuscraig8222 Ok comparison serves as a useful tool here. Rate her ability to speak in comparison to Obama. Obama was 100. Harris is like a 25. Compare her ability to articulate policy positions in comparison to Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders during media interviews. Sanders and Warren are excellent. Harris is yet again like a 10 out of 100 because she DOES NOT know how to speak properly to convey or persuade. She is not only a chameleon of a politician, she is a bad politician because she cannot even persuade with words even as a flip flopper.
competent civil servant? she wanted to defund the police and allowed or atleast participated in the illegal entrance of millions of illegal migrants into america, does that scream competent civil service?
Are you blind? Kamala Harris paints and preaches about HER OWN picture. She has more than proved she is capable of being the President of the United States. You sound jealous. Didn't anyone ever inform you that jealousy is petty and shallow? Because it is and you are
No, you kinda *like her* or whatever agenda you feel she aligns with that you also align with. If someone you *disliked* did that it would instead be a point of attack.
LOL okay so when is she going to solve the border crisis??? We need someone to get on these issues and not just 'feel' them out. What qualities do you even want as a president if you consider kamala?
What a joke. 3 months ago she was being hidden because of her incompetence. Now we're supposed to believe she's this great person capable of running the United States of America?!? Nah. Democrats like me are waking up to the lies.
Wait didn't illegal immigration from those three Latin American countries go down by like half? El Salvador, Honduras, and ...I forget the third one. She got billions invested in there when she was sent to work on the root cause of migration.
She wasn't sent to work on the root cause of migration. Biden literally said she was in charge of leading the efforts to stop all immigration from the Southern border. She redefined it that way because she's a liar.
@@mykebrand2674she didn’t fail. The GOP Senator Langford have a tougher immigration bill . President Biden and VP Harris give a lot of concessions on this bill and Trump killed. Senator Langford was told his career will be destroyed. I will invite you to read the bill.
Yes, the majority of immigrants are from Venezuelan and Cubans .The right wing continues with the 60 years of embargo economic policies, proved to be a failure only given more power to the regimes and the right wing.🇺🇸
@@jeongbun2386wasn’t it creepy Joe? and now it’s weird trump lol so original. I’m surprised no one’s calling her pig since hating/defunding cops is a thing for some democrats.
why? because you want a radical socialist, the most radical ticket VP and President in US history? and the least popular vice president who was chosen to be the next president by NOBODY. that is not hopeless, that is shameful and disgraceful
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="404">6:44</a> “who here would abolish their private health insurance in favour of a government-run plan?”. We have such a thing here in the UK. We don’t have to pay for healthcare. It’s free and we are so grateful for it
Maybe UK is not the best example for it, since your system is not in a great shape in the recent years (as far as I know)... But there is a lots of great examples about it across Europe.
Same here in Canada. I'm from the UK, and I've lived in the US. I have family there. Our system -as with the NHS - is under serious strain. But that's because of deliberate underfunding and neglect by successive governments. Though I think it's been particularly pernicious over 14 years of Tory rule in the UK. Conservatives everywhere seek to starve and break any and all social programs. The benefits of a healthy, well educated society is not their priority. They are motivated strictly by self interest and prefer a system that subjugates most people for the benefit of the few, as long as they are part of the few. And the most important thing from their perspective is to consolidate their positions so as to ensure that remains the case.
She’s literally saying anything to get votes. She’s not going to do anything like that. She just claimed to be all in favor of fracking and offshore drilling in her recent interview 😂
No reference to what her metrics actually were to measure “smart on crime” California’s crime, homelessness, and enablement of disorderly and destabilizing conduct is outrageous and societally destructive. Her ambiguity on issues seems like an attempt to be absolved of accountability.
Check the interview she did in 2010 with Google. Idk her stats after being elected as AG, but they can be easily googled. Have you lived in California?
“Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine.”
@@jooo8673so is her assessment of the passage of time and its importance. At least I can take comfort in the fact that my 6 year old will be able to understand her speeches.
I agree with most people on here, this was a fair assessment of vice president Harris. I also think that it is totally okay that her views on certain issues are not set in stone and she does consider what other people say or think, i'd rather have a politician who is open to ideas and isnt so closed off.
Any piece that ends with a wholly positive conclusion, like this does, isn't "fair." It is a finger on the scale. The grayer areas, light criticisms at best, discussed earlier in the piece, are included only to give weight to that final messaging.
Of course, any politician with a brain in their head is likely to change policy positions given the changes that are going on in the world. That’s not a flip-flop necessarily, most often it’s because situations just changes and options have changed. I don’t need somebody who said in stone when the ground is eroding beneath them. I need someone who sees a situation and addresses that situation for what it is at the moment and is capable of changing that assessment when the situation changes.
@@twittertwice Doing 180's and ALSO not following through to begin with... Say what? Harris is not that; she's what's known in politics as a paper bag.
I have a friend who is a DA and while she does prosecute criminals, many under the age of 18, she also works hard to advocate for them to make sure they are brought to restorative justice. She was shot while working at her parents restaruant during a robbery, which motivated her to do this work. Talk about loving thy enemy. There are good people out there doing good work. They are far from perfect but who is? This piece reminded me of her.
As a foreigner I cannot grasp why people are elected for a spot like district attorney. It sounds wrong to me that people must campaign and run for that function (or even for judge). The executive and legislative branches are supposed to be accessible via elections, but judicial functions? District attorney, prosecutor? Madness
I agree with you. In Dutch we have a concept we've termed the "rechtstaat" which is considered to be a sort of fundamental state of being for our society possibly best compared with the phrase "a nation of laws" if it must be translated into English. Essentially it means the state is itself bound by law and legal rights and justice are not (supposed to be) subject to political whims and arbitrary despotism. It's why our courts and judges are not politically appointed and even the public prosecutors are nominally independent from politics and government. I could sort of understand the appeal of elected public prosecutors in the sense that the people might be deciding what they feel is important to pursue or if they want to show trust in the competence of the prosecutor. But elected judges seems absurd, especially when they campaign on ideology and values. Generally the law should be their only measure. That being said, I live in one of the many countries that has a codified legal code, and the USA has a hybrid system heavily leaning towards common law which places defining what justice is almost completely with the judge.
I guess that's why people think California is weird. Californians have more say in things than in some other states. Can even put Propositions on the ballot with enough signatures.
American politics feel like high school politics to me - the louder, the most visible, the richer ones have the best chances, not the most qualified ones.
I have confidence in her but I hope she has learned from her mistakes. She must make it crystal clear what she stands for and be carefull in using language that everyone can understand.
I wish she'd talk about policies instead of platitudes. The language thing is simple to do. She obstinates her questions on purpose as a way to not answer policy questions.
How could you possibly have confidence in her? She is currently VP and failing miserably at it. She has no platform or policies. Her whole campaign is don't vote Trump.
@@aaronjustice2566 I'm mainly hearing about Trump about him dissing Kamala about her racial background. I really don't think dissing people should be questioned for campaigns.
Yeah and let’s bring out megan the stallion to twerk on stage because that’s what we think about our black voters! News flash, She’s failing miserably at what she can “hopefully” do.
Holding Brett Kavanaugh’s feet to the fire about women’s rights to their bodies made me want to cry. It should not be this hard to have jurisdiction over MY body.
Tulsi said enough for me. i started skipping school at 14. I was boy with a single mom. If the gov had locked her up for that I would have been much worse
Why would you elect someone that refuses to do an interview? Aug 3 she said "i will have my team set this up before the end of the month". Aug 27 still no interview no policy nothing, crickets.....
I’ve always felt these things about Kamala but never knew how to really put it into proper words. But yes she has a deep conviction but yet has nothing to be convicting for. That’s why it surprised me with how many people are demanding to know what her policies are. She’s just gonna be a continuation of Biden with some minor changes. She’s not very inventive but give her a cause she can rationally get behind and she brings that prosecutor energy. That’s why the campaign has had such momentum right now. In her mind this is primarily “beat Donald Trump” and it’s proving successful for the time being.
I agree, and this why I really like Walz as her VP as he does have those qualities she lacks. Always gotta remember we're not just voting for the one person, we're also voting for the team of individuals around that person. She can be uninventive but if the team around her is progressive and she's willing to steer in that direction that's a net positive IMO
When you look into it, that was her least favorable accomplishments. She jailed innocent men and withheld evidence that proved their innocents. I don't know how you could be proud of that.
Appreciate Vox news for showing Boths the good side and bad sides of Kamala. Many new sites only talk good about the person who they favor (cough cough Fox News & CNN) but never the bads.
I’m not sure how they could give you a bad side of Kamala Harris, who is extremely well prepared to become president of the United. I likely think they told you what they didn’t like about her. It doesn’t mean it’s a bad side of her, it just means that whoever wrote it or who is every speaking about it disagrees with her..
When she stops to think before she actually speaks it speaks volumes to me. She's very well-spoken and ensures that she doesn't knowingly spread any misinformation. I believe her campaigns and speeches are extremely well executed and much better as they don't fall apart nearly as much as Donald Trump's when you actually research the talking points. Kamala 2024!
Kamala Harris is a prosecutor and a former AG of California. they always stop to think. I think it was your perception of her as a lethal opponent to Trump that made you think that she was not well prepared.. She is always well prepared.. ask any of her staff who show up unprepared and they will tell you that is a critical issue with her.
Kamala Harris has been very hardworking and successful in elected positions, I don't think she would have been elected in the first place if voters did not see someone they could support and in re-elections showing people felt she was doing a good job. I am very glad to have Kamala Harris and Gov. Walz as the Democrats candidates for president and VP, I think they are a winning team.
@@prestonallen9586I also had hard time reading this, so i just asked AI(GPT-4) to refine it with proper punctuation. The answer was "Kamala Harris has been very hardworking and successful in elected positions. I don't think she would have been elected in the first place if voters did not see someone they could support. Her re-elections show that people felt she was doing a good job. I am very glad to have Kamala Harris and Gov. Walz as the Democrats' candidates for president and VP. I think they are a winning team."
A lot of the stuff about she's going to check out the temperature before she stakes out a position is stuff you could say about many politicians. Joe Biden, Barack Obama, many others.
She just has a few vague, trite ideas like lowering the prices at the grocery store and building more homes. Nothing about the job side of the economy, increasing wages, improving the job market, etc. Just vagueness after vagueness.
As a Filipino who was active during the 2019-2020 presidential campaign (I supported Andrew Yang and his UBI policy), I can see how Kamala Harris has really matured as a politician. Rooting for her and Tim Walz! :)
We’re not going back ! Not going back to what? You mean: Low interest rates Low gas prices Lower food costs No major wars Lower housing prices Less crime Secure border
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="175">2:55</a> And they saying she’s not black.😂 Love this hairdo. Makes me think of the “Different World” episodes.
Hella black people for non violent drug crimes. In California of all places. 1,600 convictions. Harsher sentences. Then wants to say that she was progressive. She played the game, and played it well. Now she needs to own up to that.
There’s nothing wrong with changing your mind. If policy makers changed their mind based on the body of evidence and public opinion more often, our country would be better for it. I hope our generation becomes the generation that finally does away with the narrative that changing your mind is “flip flopping”, and that flip flopping is bad thing. Flip flopping based on where the body evidence currently sits is a good thing. I wish every politician flip flopped more often. If they did, government policy wouldn’t be so far behind public opinion on basically every issue. Policy lags behind shifting public opinion and leads to issues where there is a large consensus being completely irrelevant to government policy on those issues for like two decades before policy actually changes to meet the consensus of experts and the consensus of the public.
I am so tired of hearing how bad the other guy is rather than how good you are going to be for the US. Quit telling us how bad your competition is and tell us what you are going to do to fix the situation and problems we are in right now. As for Harris she has had almost 4 years to fix the things that Trump didn’t get to rather than make things worse that were already good.
Always a happy surprise to see a balanced take on issues. Every idea has a good and bad side. Hearing good journalism point out both of them gives me some hope for a healthy discourse in America.
@@IisaPro I asked you a question about a statement you made, and your response is to say I'm living in the matrix? You said something that didn't make sense, ask you about it, and you respond by saying another thing that doesn't make sense?
When Hillary was running, if you told me they would have a meaner and dumber woman running against him, I would have bet the house that it couldn't happen, but here you go!
The funny part is the only thing I remember when she was DA in SF was the drug lab scandal. No smartphones back then. I barely used the internet in my off time. I probably read the local paper more by paper than online.
Why would you elect her to fix the current problems when she has been in office for the past 3 years and created these problems? Even if you argue that her policies didnt cause them, why has she not fixed them?
I'm from the camp that the unbearably long campaign season sifts out the innovators and right now we have one. Crime and poverty are a symptom of a country and society that has de-valued human life and the apathy towards it only perpetuates it. We owe to Americans before us and after us a stake in the success of this country. This society can be conducted with Dignity. Also, If you're promoted to a position you typically dont do exactly what your predecessor did. Biden and Harris are very different people.