Posted on 10/22/2024 1:30:58 AM PDT by Libloather
Former California first lady and journalist Maria Shriver revealed that only “pre-determined questions” were allowed to be asked of Vice President Kamala Harris at a Michigan town hall event on Monday.
“Are we going to be able to ask a question?” a woman attending the Oakland County event asked Shriver ahead of Harris taking the stage with former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, according to the Daily Mail.
Shriver shut her down.
“You’re not, unfortunately, we have some pre-determined questions,” the former “Dateline” correspondent replied.
“Hopefully I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head,” Shriver added.
Video of Shriver’s response to the woman quickly went viral on social media, with several users slamming the event as a Harris campaign “production” rather than a genuine town hall – where voters are typically allowed to ask presidential candidates unscripted questions.
“That’s not a town hall. That’s called a stage production,” one X user wrote, arguing that the Democratic nominee for president is “incapable of off the cuff.”
“Some ‘town hall,’” Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume tweeted.
Another X user referred to the event, which was packed with canned lines and talking points, as a “prepped answer show.”
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