Harris’ positions can be easily found

The latest national polls show VP Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump. VP Harris has not sat for an interview or given a press conference since she announced her candidacy for president on July 21. The right-wing media and even a handful of left-wing media pundits are clamoring for her to answer questions about her proposed policies and previous statements on a range of issues. As of this date, her campaign website contains no policy papers (although her staff has promised to publish them shortly).

Why should she sit for an interview or give a press conference? If the polls are to be believed, her current campaign strategy is working. With early voting beginning next month (Pennsylvania starts Sept. 16), she only needs to maintain this strategy for another month.

However, she and Donald Trump have agreed to debate on Sept. 10 on ABC. If the ABC moderator (speculated to be George Stephanopoulos) follows the leads of Jake Tapper and Dana Bash in the CNN debate, the VP will have to answer some tough questions in front of a potentially huge national audience. Why would she do that? The risk would seem to outweigh any possible reward.

Curious voters and critical thinkers can see and hear her current and previous positions on illegal immigration, policing, student loan forgiveness, abortion, the climate, fracking, Gaza, the pro-Palestinian protests, Ukraine, the Afghanistan withdrawal, private health insurance, gun control, wealth redistribution, equity vs equality, taxes, inflation, Title IX, and a host of others from her time as San Francisco DA, California’s AG and senator, her 2020 presidential campaign, and as Biden’s VP. The videos are available on the Web. Since the national media stopped calling balls and strikes on political issues (if they ever did), it’s up to voters to educate themselves.

Randy Harris

Campton Hills