Kamala Harris's Past Far-Left Positions Under Scrutiny

Vice President Kamala Harris's past far-left positions have come under fire, with some Democratic strategists calling on her to address them in her first interview as a presidential candidate.

Democratic strategist James Carville has urged Vice President Kamala Harris to explain her past far-left positions during her first interview as a presidential candidate.

Kamala Harris's Past Far-Left Positions Under Scrutiny

Carville said on Thursday's episode of his "Politics War Room" podcast that Harris "is going to have to answer for" her past statements and that she needs an "encompassing answer that takes every one of these things."

"It's just a fact of American politics that anybody that ever listens to a single thing that the identity left ever said has lived to regret it. It's just a fact, and she's said some things she's going to have to answer for," Carville said.

Kamala Harris's Past Far-Left Positions Under Scrutiny

Harris has flip-flopped on several far-left positions she took during her unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2019, including on immigration, fracking, and private health insurance.

Carville's co-host, Al Hunt, noted that Harris did not address her 2019 campaign during the Democratic National Convention.

Kamala Harris's Past Far-Left Positions Under Scrutiny

"She no longer believes some of those left-wing positions she took, she no longer believes doing away with private health insurance, minimal border control, banning fracking. She made clear that she doesn't hold those views anymore, she heartily embraced a bipartisan, tough border bill. She's for expanding the Affordable Healthcare Act rather than Medicare for all, but she needs to explain these changes," Hunt said.

He added that Harris "learned a lot" as vice president and that her policies were now more realistic, which she would have the opportunity to explain in her upcoming interview.

Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to speak with CNN's Dana Bash in their first joint interview as a ticket. Harris has not sat down for a solo interview with a reporter since emerging as the Democratic White House candidate last month.

Carville has repeatedly expressed concern about the messaging of the Democratic Party and its embrace of far-left policies. He has previously suggested that "preachy females" were to blame for the party's lack of support from males.

"A suspicion of mine is that there are too many preachy females. Don't drink beer. Don't watch football. Don't eat hamburgers. This is not good for you — the message is too feminine," Carville said. "If you listen to Democratic elites — NPR is my go-to place for that — the whole talk is about how women, and women of color, are going to decide this election. I'm like, well, 48 percent of the people that vote are males. Do you mind if they have some consideration?"

Carville also criticized the left for its influence on President Biden's border policies early in his presidency.

"Every time you listen to the left, you're screwed," Carville said during Donny Deutsch's "On Brand" podcast in June. "They came in, and they took this and that, and they wouldn't do the policy at the beginning. Then, of course, as always the case, the Western left is wrong."

Harris's upcoming interview will provide her with an opportunity to address her past far-left positions and to explain her current policy stances. It remains to be seen how she will handle these questions and whether her explanations will be satisfactory to the voters.