Katie Couric pushes back on Charlamagne calling Kamala Harris 'authentic'

Katie Couric told Charlamagne tha God that she didn't judge Vice President Kamala Harris came crossed arsenic "authentic," erstwhile talking astir her policies and answering questions from the media. 

On her podcast, "Next Question," Couric asked the fashionable "Breakfast Club" co-host if helium believed the 2024 Democratic statesmanlike campaigner was "direct" and "authentic" successful answering his questions during their caller high-profile interview.

Charlamagne referenced asking Harris astir criticisms she appeared "too scripted," and her effect to him astir having "discipline." The vigor big said Harris' reply "made [him] think" astir however "we've seen specified a deficiency of subject since Donald Trump came connected the country that we forgot what that looks like."

"Yeah, I deliberation she was being authentically who she is, which is simply a precise disciplined, seasoned seasoned politician," helium told Couric.

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Couric disagreed with Charlamagne's appraisal of Harris, arguing that the vice president doesn't reply questions straight and relies excessively overmuch connected talking points.

"I person to beg to disagree with you connected that point. I deliberation that she takes a truly agelong clip to get to her point, and that she does trust connected talking points excessively often. I deliberation she’s gotten overmuch amended than she utilized to, but it’s astir arsenic if she’s acrophobic to accidental thing that volition aboriginal travel backmost to haunt her," Couric said.

"She conscionable doesn't truly articulate her existent argumentation position, and she isn't truly straight answering the question a batch of times," she continued. "That’s been my acquisition and my acquisition watching her. I conscionable privation she would say, ‘This is our plan,’ or, ‘You’re right, a batch of amerciable immigrants person travel into this state during the Biden administration, but this is why, and this is what I privation to bash astir it moving forward,’ you know?" 

"I don’t find her mentation of argumentation that compelling compared to, say, idiosyncratic similar Bill Clinton oregon Barack Obama," she added.

Katie Couric argued that Vice President Harris didn't travel crossed arsenic authentic and "seemed afraid" to springiness nonstop answers to the media. (Getty Images)

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Charlamagne said that helium could "understand" Couric's criticisms of Harris but reiterated that she was conscionable being "disciplined" successful her answers, which helium claimed her 2024 hostile didn't person to interest about.

"I tin recognize what you’re saying. I deliberation that a batch of politicians, astatine slightest disciplined ones, are frightened of saying things that whitethorn travel backmost to haunt them, but my happening is successful 2024, what tin genuinely travel backmost to haunt you?" helium said. "But past again, there’s lone 1 Donald Trump. Nothing seems to haunt Donald Trump."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump waves astatine a run rally astatine Greensboro Coliseum connected Tuesday, Oct. 22, successful Greensboro, N.C.  (AP/Alex Brandon)

He went connected to accidental the media and the authorities had created a "double standard" by treating Trump arsenic if helium were a mean campaigner and not a "threat to democracy."

"This feline should've been disqualified from moving for president a long, long, agelong clip ago," helium added.

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