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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[‘We have some pre-determined questions’]
Ha. I’ll bet you do. /rolls eyes
They gave away the fraud.
How pathetic is a candidate that can’t answer questions from voters and can’t even sit down with friendly media like TIME?
CBS let her edit the 60 MINUTES questions after the fact.
Pathetic. I thought Joe was their worst candidate. Mr. 81 Million Votes. lol
She can give off-the-cuff answers, but they have nothing to do with the question.
It's NOT a 'town hall' it's a set up - a figging lie. At least Maria Shriver has enough decency to tell the truth to one of the 'marks' in the audience. "No questions - this isn't real it's a set up to make Kamala and Liz look like they're capable of answering questions without a teleprompter".
What a joke. And Liz Cheney's in her element. She's a liar - they're liars. I feel sorry for her father...
And gee, why am I not surprised to see Maria Shriver involved in this pathetic charade, lol. The intersecting of Willie Brown and Arnold.
‘We have some pre-determined questions’
Would that be, like, ... STAGED?
“And Liz Cheney’s in her element. She’s a liar - they’re liars. I feel sorry for her father...”
I’m confused. You feel sorry for LIZ CHENEY’s father? He’s a horrid, dreadful traitor immersed in the military industrial complex.
His TV ads for kaMAla are vile.
Maria Shriver and “Faceload” Harris are both very familiar with the business ends of their male overlords...
He’s like the guy in the Night Gallery episode that invites you hunting, then shoots you...”by accident”.
Lefty media will do anything to to get a fellow leftist in office.
I’ve watched several of the Trump and Vance Townhalls. I think the questions from the audience are also pre-determined. They read them from notecards. Hopefully they are at least their own questions and not supplied by the campaign. But I’m sure their questions have been vetted. And they are always about the main issues that the campaign has been pushing. Illegal immigration, inflation, housing, etc. I haven’t heard one 2nd Amendment question.
I prefer when the reporters ask their “gotcha” questions. Vance is really good at addressing the “gotcha” part, and then moving on to the real issue behind the question.
they’d STILL get a word salad answer...
Such meetings always have some pre-determined elements, regardless which party who does it. The stupidity of Harris campaign is letting the Ex Mrs Guvernor to serve as host and replied too candidly.
Either she was still sad from Ethel passing or simply too arrogant
Right. Shoots by accident.
When that incident happened, we were on a cruise. It was back when technology on ships was pretty basic, and the only “news” available was on CCTV, and it was only CNN. Just damn!! We couldn’t wait to hit land for a while and find out the real story.
DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR HIM!
As far as questions go, the audience is there as a prop to make Kamala Harris look good, not for genuine participation.
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