Harris town hall only accepted 'predetermined' questions, moderator Maria Shriver admits

Journalist Maria Shriver admitted during a municipality hallway lawsuit for Vice President Kamala Harris successful Michigan that lone questions that had been "predetermined" would beryllium allowed to beryllium asked.

When asked by a subordinate of the assemblage during the Monday lawsuit if voters would beryllium capable to inquire questions to the statesmanlike campaigner directly, Shriver admitted that those successful attendance would person to settee for her asking questions that "might beryllium successful your head."

"You’re not, unfortunately. We person immoderate predetermined questions, and hopefully, I’ll beryllium capable to inquire immoderate of the questions that mightiness beryllium successful your head. I anticipation so," Shriver told the audience.

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Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine a run lawsuit astatine Divine Faith Ministries International connected Oct. 20, 2024 successful Jonesboro, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

The Michigan event besides featured a long-time adversary of erstwhile President Donald Trump, erstwhile Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who has deed the way for the vice president successful hopes of winning implicit Republican moderates who are inactive skeptical of the erstwhile president.

The erstwhile Republican lawmaker joined Harris for a three-state battleground circuit Monday, according to The Associated Press, telling voters successful Wisconsin that the vice president was the campaigner radical from some parties could trust.

"We mightiness not hold connected each issue," she said astatine an lawsuit adjacent Milwaukee. "But she is idiosyncratic you tin trust."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, center, sits with erstwhile U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for a municipality hallway with Maria Shriver, left, astatine the Royal Oak Music Theatre connected Oct. 21, 2024 successful Royal Oak, Michigan. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

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Nevertheless, immoderate critics piled connected Harris for holding a municipality hall, which typically features a much unfastened question and reply session, with mostly predetermined questions.

"They’re not adjacent hiding it anymore," Trump run spokesman Steven Cheung wrote successful a societal media station on with a video of the exchange.

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, fields questions during a municipality hallway benignant run lawsuit with erstwhile U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) connected Oct. 21, 2024 successful Brookfield, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Harris has faced accusations of avoiding interviews and questions passim the campaign, though the Democratic campaigner has looked to enactment those issues to furniture during a drawstring of high-profile media appearances, including interviews with Fox News and CBS’ "60 Minutes" and appearances connected fashionable vigor shows and podcasts specified arsenic "The Breakfast Club" and "Call Her Daddy."

The Harris run did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment.

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