Harris To Appoint Republican In Administration If Elected
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – US Vice President Kamala Harris pledged Thursday to appoint a Republican to her cabinet if she wins the presidential election, saying that would reflect her interest in hearing a variety of views.
In her first major interview since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, she said: “I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion,” according to an early excerpt of an interview that was set to air in full on U.S. network CNN.
“Inthink it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my cabinet who was a Republican.”
There is a long history of presidents appointing members of opposite parties to their cabinets. Still, observers said it is not something Biden or former president Donald Trump did over the past eight years.
Her announcement came as new polling by the Cook Political Report and the bipartisan team of BSG and GS Strategy Group said Harris was leading slightly or tied among likely voters in six of the seven battleground states polled: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
However, Harris has come under pressure due to her reluctance to hold press conferences in a highly choreographed presidential campaign.
CNN has also come under scrutiny over the way the interview was conducted, which was pre-recorded.