CBS is facing backlash after airing two different answers Vice President Kamala Harris gave to a “60 Minutes ” interview question.
According to Fox News, Harris was mocked by the Trump campaign and Republicans for giving a “word salad ” in response to a question CBS host Bill Whitaker asked during her “60 Minutes ” interview regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged reluctance to listen to the United States’ advice on the rising tension in the Middle East.
During Sunday ’s “Face the Nation ” segment, CBS used Harris ’ lengthy answer as part of a promotion for the full interview. In the video clip shared on Sunday, Harris said, “Well Bill, the function that we have done has resulted in a number of activities in that area by Israel that were very significant prompted by, or a result of, several things, including our campaigning for what needs to happen in the region. ”
However, when the full “60 Minutes ” interview was aired on Monday night, the 2024 Democratic nominee was recorded giving a completely different answer to the question. In Monday’s “60 Minutes ” episode, Harris said, “We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end. ”
A video assessment of the vice president ’s two different reactions from the same meeting was shared on X, previously Online, by End Wokeness.
In response to the incident, former President Donald Trump’s campaign publicly called for CBS to release the unedited version of the “60 Minutes ” interview on Tuesday.
Karoline Leavitt, hit director for the Trump campaign, released a statement, saying, “On Sunday, 60 Minutes tormented Kamala’s highly-anticipated sit-down meeting with one of her worst term sandwiches to day, which received considerable censure on social media. During the whole discussion on Monday night , the phrase salad was remarkably edited to reduce Kamala’s stupid response. ”
Lake questioned why CBS did never “air Kamala’s full term dish ” and what else the show may have decided not to weather. She argued that Americans “deserve the whole, unfiltered text from Kamala’s sit-down meeting. ”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused CBS of cutting and pasting Harris ’ “virtually incoherent ” questions in a “possibly illegal ” attempt to “make her look ‘more Presidential, ’ or a least, better. ” The previous president suggested that the discussion might get a “major Campaign Finance Violation” and that the affair was “a smear on the popularity of 60 Minutes that is not usable. ”
Trump added that the written exam was the “very concept of FAKE NEWS” and that CBS owed the American citizens an explanation. “This is an open and shut case, and must be investigated, starting now, ” Trump concluded.