MSNBC Pundit Who Interviewed Harris Says It’s ‘Okay’ VP Didn’t Give ‘Clear’ Answers

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle reacted to her interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, saying it was okay that the presidential candidate didn’t give a “clear” and “direct” answer because they were not talking about “clear” and “direct” issues.

The network announced Wednesday that Ruhle would be interviewing Harris after Ruhle had previously defended the presidential candidate for failing to answer for her policy flip-flops. Ruhle touched on Harris’ economic policies and tariffs but also asked her what her last “biggest gut decision” was and if she had previously worked at McDonalds — something her campaign has failed to provide evidence for. After the MSNBC host asked Harris where she fell when it came to tariffs, she pivoted to talking about Trump’s policies, an answer Ruhle later defended.

“I thought the exchanges on tariffs was interesting, particularly when you said, look, which is true, I think people think we live in this free trade era, which we do compared to previous. But there’s also lots of tariffs on lots of stuff. Presidents have unbelievable unilateral authority to apply them. I remember George W. Bush doing this on aluminum and steel. Obviously Trump did it. Joe Biden, as you noted. You basically said, ‘Look, where are you?’ And I thought her answer was interesting. ‘Basically, well, it kind of depends,'” MSNBC host Chris Hayes said.

Ruhle responded by calling the interview “normal” and explaining that though Harris’ answer wasn’t really clear, it was okay because she had explained the issue was complicated.