“Actual Time” host Invoice Maher appeared shocked by MSNBC’s softball interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, taking a swipe at his latest visitor Stephanie Ruhle.
“Working to shore up [Harris’] vulnerabilities, there was quite a lot of strain on her. She would not do interviews. She would not reply [questions]- so she sat for an interview. She stated ‘Okay, I’ll reply your hardball questions.’ So she went on MSNBC,” Maher quipped throughout his opening monologue Friday evening.
“There have been not-hardball questions, however I nonetheless anticipated not them to be rubbing her toes,” the liberal host added, sparking laughs from his viewers.
MSNBC’S STEPHANIE RUHLE FAWNS OVER HARRIS, SAYS NON-ANSWERS ARE ‘OKAY’: THESE AREN’T ‘CLEAR AND DIRECT ISSUES’
Ruhle appeared on “Actual Time” simply days earlier than she landed the interview with the vp the place she defended Harris not answering powerful coverage questions.
“Kamala Harris isn’t operating for excellent. She’s operating towards Trump,” Ruhle stated to Maher. “We now have two decisions. And so there are some stuff you may not know her reply to. And in 2024, not like 2016 for lots of the American folks, we all know precisely what Trump will do, who he’s and the form of risk he’s to democracy.”
The MSNBC host repeatedly fawned over Harris following her unique interview.Â
MSNBC’S STEPHANIE RUHLE CALLS OUT HARRIS FOR DODGING HOW SHE’D RAISE TAXES: ‘SHE DOESN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION’
“What I did not hear from her was divisive language,” Ruhle advised her MSNBC colleague Nicolle Wallace. “Think about if I used to be sitting towards Donald Trump, think about the language he can be utilizing, please! And simply the truth that we had been speaking about collaborative inclusivity — I do not know. Vote for her or do not vote for her, however is not it nice to only have a constructive dialog proper now?”
Ruhle admitted that Harris did not reply a query about how she would get the funding for her bold financial agenda with out Congress, however shortly defended her by saying Trump would “balloon” the deficit “considerably larger than Vice President Harris will.”
She went on to say it is “okay” for Harris to not provide specifics about her coverage proposals and shrugged off the non-answers as her merely being a “politician.”Â
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“It is difficult, proper?” Ruhle exclaimed. “We’re a rustic of 330 million folks, our financial system is difficult. In the identical means — is the financial system good or dangerous? It completely relies upon! So tariffs, if utilized in the appropriate locations, can work. And one might watch that and say, ‘Nicely, she did not give a transparent, direct reply.’ That is okay, as a result of we’re not speaking about clear or direct points.”