Conservative journalist Jonah Goldberg told CNN’s Chris Wallace that Vice President Kamala Harris is “arguably Biden’s worst political decision of his presidency” on Saturday.
Goldberg joined Kara Swisher, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, and Eliana Johnson as the panel for this week’s edition of CNN’s The Chris Wallace Show on Saturday morning, during which the president’s electoral chances were a major topic.
“Recent focus groups conducted by the super PAC Republican Voters Against Trump found that swing voters don’t like Harris,” said Wallace to Goldberg. “And focus groups conducted by the Democratic National Committee also found Harris rubs some people the wrong way. So, Jonah, how big a drag is Kamala Harris on the ticket?”
Goldberg answered, “I think she’s a pretty big drag. I think she was arguably Biden’s worst political decision of his presidency to pick her in the first place.”
Goldberg continued explaining his reasons for saying so:
And, one of the special reasons that she’s a drag is, Biden’s age concerns people. They worry that he can’t fill a term. They worry that he’s not up to the job. And, so, the vice president matters more than they normally do. I generally think going into the future that Democrats really should not nominate or front people who come from decidedly all-blue states unless they’re, like, once-in-a-generation talents, like Barack Obama. Because Kamala Harris does not know how to talk to the center or to the right. She only really knows how to speak the language of the base of the party. And that’s 34% of the electorate.
Wallace gave the latest polling results showing 40% approved of Harris’s job performance, while 55% disapproved.
Swisher replied that, “it doesn’t really matter, she’s not going to be replaced,” and added:
SWISHER: And they don’t like her. There’s lots of reasons they don’t like her, and I don’t think the vice president matters as much as people think. I don’t think they think about her unless —
WALLACE: With an 82-year old president, it might matter more.
SWISHER: Yes, I get that. I get that, but, right now, I don’t think that’s the first thing they think about is her, necessarily. I just think they’ve not like her, she’s had a successful vice presidency, although I don’t know what that means at all, because I don’t think people thought or Mike Pence very well or Dan Quayle, or anybody else. And, so, it doesn’t matter because she’s not going anywhere, he’s not going to replace her. Think about that. Think about the earthquake that would cause.
Watch the clip above via CNN.
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