Abby Phillip: Harris Was a ‘Little Surprised’ by Question About Doing Things Differently from Biden

PHILLIP: “Let’s get right to what America is talking about: which candidate can make your life better? Well, Kamala Harris is in the middle of a media tour, and today she got a question that speaks to what’s on your mind, the direction of the country and what it’s headed for, and how it might look different if she had led the country through the last four years and not Joe Biden. Well, her answers singled out that she was a little surprised by the question. Just listen.”

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HOSTIN: “Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?”
Harris: “There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of — and I’ve been a part of — of most of the decisions that have had impact. (...) Listen, I plan on having a Republican in my cabinet. (Applause) You asked me what’s the difference between Joe Biden and me. Well, that will be one of the differences. I’m going to have a Republican in my cabinet because I don’t — I don’t feel burdened by letting pride get in the way of a good idea.”
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PHILLIP: “All right, we’re here at the table. It is surprising that she didn’t have an answer canned and ready to go for that question, which is kind of at the core of what voters are asking themselves: Who is really the candidate who’s going to get them change here?”
Allison: “Yeah, Scott, you’re like —
JENNINGS: “No, I’m all for you. I’m all for you.”
(Laughter)
Allison: “You can’t wait.”
JENNINGS: “No, you go ahead.”
PHILLIP: “I actually was feeling the energy in Scott about it.”