CNN host says Harris has 'explaining to do' over her past left-wing agenda

CNN and talk show radio host Michael Smerconish said that Vice President Harris has "explaining to do" about some of the left-wing policies she championed prior to becoming the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.

The journalist appeared on "CNN This Morning" on Friday to discuss Harris’ attempt to appear moderate, noting she needs to clear up why she has changed her stance on issues since running for president in the 2020 election cycle.

Smerconish declared, "It’s a different Kamala Harris than she who ran initially as a candidate herself."

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Prior to becoming Biden’s Vice President, Harris was a proponent of very liberal policies throughout her political career. As CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell reminded the then-VP candidate in 2020, she was classified as the "most liberal" U.S. senator by government transparency website GovTrack.us, outranking even Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in supporting progressive policies.

While running for president in 2019, Harris declared there was "no question" she favored banning fracking, a stance that she recently rejected. She also promoted far-left defund the police initiatives, including promoting the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which helped bail Black Lives Matter rioters out of jail in 2020.

Asked about her past support for these causes, Smerconish said on Friday, "Well, I think she has some explaining to do. I mean there have been any number of positions on which it seems in the last couple of months that it’s a different Kamala Harris than she who ran initially as a candidate herself."

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