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Harsh criticism was leveled at CNN’s Dana Bash after her interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris aired Thursday night, with critics slamming Bash’s “softball questions” and her attempts to provide answers for Harris within her questions. Before the interview aired, CNN hosts tried to promote the interview as if Harris would be asked tough questions; CNN host Richard Quest declared, “Vice President Harris is in the hot seat on a bus tour in Georgia. She’s sitting down with our own Dana Bash alongside her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, in what’s the first exclusive interview with the Democratic Party presidential team since the historic switch from President Biden.” CNN correspondent Eva McKend gushed, “This is a real test now, how she can do when pressed on certain issues.” But it was anything but that, as Bash asked questions such as the following, in which she offered Harris possible answers to the very questions being asked: Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you’ve made — that you explained some of here — in your policy? Is it because you have more experience now and you’ve learned more about the information? Is it because you’re running for president in a Democratic primary? Or  questions such as these: I just have to ask you both about two standout moments, aside of course from the addresses that you both gave, but standout moments that were perhaps unexpected during the convention. You mentioned one of them, governor, a moment that you shared, that the world shared with your son, Gus. You were speaking. The camera caught him so incredibly proud of you, so emotional, saying, “That’s my dad.” To Harris: The photograph that has gone viral. You were speaking. One of your grand-nieces that you were just talking about was watching you accept the nomination. You didn’t explicitly talk about gender or race in your speech. But it obviously means a lot to a lot of people. And that viral picture really says it. What does it mean to you? Bash asked Harris about her changing her position on banning fracking and Harris spoke about her “values,” saying, “My values have not changed.” Bash asked Harris, “You insisted that President Biden is extraordinarily strong. Given where we are now, do you have any regrets about what you told the American people?” “No, not at all. Not at all, “Harris answered, before continuing, “He is so smart and — and loyal to the American people. And I have spent hours upon hours with him, be it in the Oval Office or the Situation Room. He has the intelligence, the commitment, and the judgment and disposition that I think the American people rightly deserve in their president.” Yet Bash wouldn’t follow up with the obvious question: Then why did you replace him? These are softball questions and she's still finding a way to word salad them. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2024 Dana Bash's lack of follow-up to virtually any difficult question was egregious tonight. A full-scale betrayal of her supposed journalistic profession. A half-dozen easy follow-ups would have totally fried Kamala's circuits. Bash knew it, which is why she didn't do it. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2024 Not a single Q on the Emotional Support Governor’s RADICAL trans policies. — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 30, 2024 No Qs on the Emotional Support Governor abandoning his unit as they deployed to Iraq, or to his false claims of holding a rank he did not earn, over and over and over again for 20 years including to this day — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 30, 2024 The exchange on the border! The LIES she was allowed to offer, unchallenged. Breathtaking. — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 30, 2024 A competent journalist would ask any of 15 tough follow-up questions. Instead, we had the propagandist @DanaBashCNN https://t.co/OGhbpvp03v — Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 30, 2024 How was there not a single question on Ukraine, China, or the cartels — Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) August 30, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris lied on Thursday during her first interview as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee about her past remarks on her support for banning fracking. Harris made the false claim during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash when asked about her support for the multi-trillion dollar Green New Deal and her pledge in 2019 when she said: “There is no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.” When asked if she still supported banning fracking, Harris responded: “No, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020, that I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I will not ban fracking.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Bash highlighted Harris’s 2019 remarks about her unequivocal support for a ban on fracking, to which Harris responded: “In 2020 I made very clear where I stand. We are in 2024, and I have not changed that position, nor will I going forward. I kept my word, and I will keep my word.” When asked why she changed her view, Harris said to be “clear” that her “values have not changed.” However, Harris lied about what she said on the debate stage in 2020. Harris dropped out of the 2020 presidential race in late 2019 — before any of the voting in the primary started — after failing to get any traction among voters. After then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden picked her as his running mate, she appeared in one vice presidential debate against Mike Pence in October 2020. During that debate, Harris never stated that she would not ban fracking; she said that Biden would not ban fracking. “Joe Biden will not end fracking,” Harris said. “He has been very clear about that.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Several minutes later, Harris said: “Alright, so first of all, I will repeat, and the American people know, that Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact.” WATCH: 2024 Kamala on if she would ban fracking: “No and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020.” 2019 Kamala: “There’s no question that I’m in favor of banning fracking.” 2020 Kamala on the debate stage: “Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact.” pic.twitter.com/SapEoflUht — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 30, 2024

Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ office dismissed warnings of a violent gang taking over apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado, telling The New York Post that the “purported invasion is largely a feature of [Aurora City Councilwoman] Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.” Jurinsky sounded the alarm earlier this week on Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, claiming the group was taking control of apartment complexes in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. Fox News reported video footage on Thursday showing armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn. “The Governor has already let the Mayor know that the State is ready to support the local police department with assistance from state troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation if needed,” a spokeswoman for Polis told the Post. “But, according to police intelligence this purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The spokeswoman added that “it’s illegal to take over buildings in Colorado” and said that if Jurinsky has “knowledge” of such crimes taking place, Polis’ office is “ready to assist” police “in taking [the apartment buildings] back.” She then cited statistics showing that “violent crime dropped in Aurora between 2022 and 2023.” As Polis’ office downplays concerns about the alleged gang takeover of Aurora apartments, Aurora Republican Mayor Mike Coffman told Fox News on Thursday that Venezuelan gangs are controlling at least two apartment buildings in the city. “This is an organized criminal effort. Whether it’s trend, a drug war, that remains to be seen,” he said. “Somebody put them there and somebody funded it, whether it’s federal government or not, we’re trying to find out who, these gangs apparently, or attracted to where there’s a concentration of, of, Venezuelan migrants. And so, they’ve, in fact, have kind of pushed out the property management through intimidation and then, collected the rents,” the mayor added. NEW VIDEO armed group at troubled #aurora #colorado apartment complex now home to many migrants. Councilmember @DaniJurinsky says gangs have taken over the complex @KDVR @AuroraPD pic.twitter.com/J1uie8Y2M6 — Vicente Arenas (@vicentearenastv) August 28, 2024 A resident at one Aurora apartment complex also backed up Jurinsky’s claims, telling Fox News, “This is organized. They patrol the property with guns visibly, like they’re not trying to hide them. There’s no repercussion. These are ghosts.” The resident, who reportedly moved out on Wednesday due to the gang activity, added that gang members are dealing drugs in the building. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Coffman blamed federal immigration policy and Denver’s sanctuary city policies for the increased presence of migrant gangs in Aurora. “You’ve had these massive waves of migrants coming across the border that many of them crossed the border illegally, were arrested, asked for political asylum, were not adequately vetted, were released into the country, [into] the city of Aurora,” he said. “We did everything we could to, quite frankly, keep them … out of the city because it’s not our problem. This is a federal problem.”

A four-term Democrat Texas state representative who broke with her party and sided with the GOP on bills such as one banning gender-transitioning surgeries for minors and another designed to remove sexually explicit books from school libraries has announced she will join the Republican Party. Houston Democrat Shawn Thierry, who lost her seat in a May runoff, announced her decision on Friday. “As a woman, a mother, and a lawmaker, I have dedicated my life to championing the values that fortify our families and uplift our communities. After much reflection, prayer, and soul-searching, I have come to a decision that aligns with my core values and the best interests of our beloved country,” she wrote on X. “For my entire adult life, I have voted as a Democrat. I was raised in a household with my amazing parents who believed the Democratic Party was the party of the people—a beacon of justice and opportunity for all,” she recalled. “But as the years have passed, I have watched with dismay as the party I once knew has drifted far from its roots. It has become almost unrecognizable—radicalized and increasingly out of touch with the values that millions of everyday Americans hold dear. The Democratic Party has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience, support policies like promoting sex changes for children during a vulnerable stage of their lives, and dismantling Title IX protections for women in sports.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. “This is not the party I grew up with,” she continued. “I have witnessed firsthand how the so-called ‘liberal’ left now stifles thoughtful debate, silencing dissent with an iron fist—demanding blind allegiance to ideology, where one must ‘comply or be cast out.’ This is not the Democratic Party I once supported and represented.” “And so today, at such a time as thus, I am officially announcing that I am leaving the ranks and rancor of the Democratic Party elite. I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve our Union and fought to end the atrocities of slavery. In 2024, the Republican Party champions economic empowerment, by investing in Historically Black colleges and universities like the one I proudly graduated from. It’s the party of parents, believing that they have the fundamental right to determine the best educational environments for their children to learn, grow, and succeed. It is the party that fosters prosperity and entrepreneurial opportunities, enabling small business owners to not just survive, but to thrive, fulfilling the promise of the American dream. Mothers around our country from all backgrounds, races, and communities understand that it’s our sacred duty to preserve the innocence of our children, protect them from being sexualized, and sterilized. To respect universal truths, and to uphold the rights of biological women as defined by science, nature, and common sense. I am leaving the left because the left has abandoned Democrats who feel betrayed by a party that has lost its way, lost its commitment to hard working families.” “I know that by making this choice, my choice, I will face relentless attacks, criticism, and mischaracterization,” she wrote. “But I will complete my faith walk. Scripture reminds us in Job 13, ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.’ And so, I trust that God will guide me and cover me as I step into this new chapter of my life. It is time to shift our consciousness from the distractions of personalities to the substance of real policies. I will not be alone; I will be with millions of courageous women and men of good conscience, who are willing to place people over political ideology. So, I will continue to be a change maker and a champion for children. Censured, but not silenced, I will use my voice to amplify the voices of women everywhere —women who are willing to make waves across America. Together, we can nurture and protect our children by creating a safer, brighter future for them. Together, we can restore the spirit, security, and soul of America.” A thread ? 1/ of x As a woman, a mother, and a lawmaker, I have dedicated my life to championing the values that fortify our families and uplift our communities. After much reflection, prayer, and soul-searching, I have come to a decision that aligns with my core values and the… pic.twitter.com/jyBC82lLfn — Shawn Thierry (@ShawnieT146) August 30, 2024 In May of last year, Thierry explained why she favored banning minors from receiving transgender medical procedures after the Texas House advanced a bill that would prohibit the practice. She said in a statement that she voted to ban minors from receiving “GnRH-analogs, (i.e. ‘puberty blockers’), cross sex hormones, and to undergo irreversible surgeries when experiencing gender dysphoria” after speaking with constituents and “reviewing the scientific data in this country and around the globe.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “I am assured that this position is rooted in sound policy which supports the health, development, and overall well-being of minors,” she said. Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article. 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