In advance of Kamala Harris’ rare interview this week with a friendly media supporter, National Review Online editors offered suggestions for real questions the vice president should face.
*You have called for legislation imposing term limits for Supreme Court justices. The Senate Democrats’ term-limits bill would strip two of the sitting justices of the right to vote in most cases. Do you support that idea?
*In your previous campaign, you called for banning fracking and offshore drilling. Is this still your position, and if not, what have you learned that has changed your mind?
*In 2019, you said, “I strongly believe that we need to have Medicare for All” and released your own plan to move every American into a new Medicare system within ten years. Do you still support establishing a single-payer system? If not, why were you wrong then?
*You supported abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and “starting from scratch.” Would you still reorganize the government in this way, and if not, what in your experience as vice president changed?
*After special counsel Robert Hur raised questions about Joe Biden’s age in February, you said the characterization “could not be more wrong on the facts.” But Biden showed signs of his age at the presidential debate that were consistent with that report and that ultimately led him to step down from the ticket. What do you say to those Americans who now question your judgment or your candor?
*You say you are going to begin lowering prices on Day One of your administration. What would you do that the Biden-Harris administration hasn’t? And why hasn’t it done it?
*Previously, on immigration, you have said, “We are not going to treat people who are undocumented and cross the border as criminals” and “an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal.” In your current campaign, you have described yourself as somebody who is going to be tough on the border. How do you square this?
