Alex Seitz-Wald is a senior political reporter for NBC News.
Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed on her policy evolutions Thursday during in her first interview since becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, sitting alongside her running mate, Tim Walz. The highly anticipated interview, with CNN’s Dana Bash, came after pressure had been building for Harris to answer more questions from impartial journalists and fully sketch out how her vision differs from that of President Joe Biden.
“In fact, Dana, Dana, I cast the tie-breaking vote that actually increased leases for fracking as vice president. So I’m very clear about where I stand.” Still, Harris seemed defensive at times when pressed to acknowledge that she has changed positions or asked to remark on the evidence that led her to change her views.
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