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Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to explain her economic policies as she was given a brutal reality check during what she likely hoped would be another softball interview.

The Democratic presidential nominee, who has avoided substantial media appearances since swallowing up the nomination from President Joe Biden, repeatedly tried to make her case in a “60 Minutes” interview by not answering a direct question about funding.

CBS’ Bill Whitaker grilled Harris on how she intended to fund her economic plan and how some of her policies would make it through Congress.

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“My plan is about saying that when you invest in small businesses, you invest in the middle class, and you strengthen America’s economy. Small businesses are part of the backbone of America’s economy,” the Democrat said in a preview clip of the interview set to air Monday night.

“Pardon me, Madame Vice President, the question was how are you going to pay for it? Whitaker interjected.

“I’m going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it, pay their fair share in taxes. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. And I plan on making that fair,” she responded before Whitaker confronted her with a dose of reality.

“But we’re dealing with the real world here,” he said as she continued speaking.

“How are you going to get this through Congress?” pressed Whitaker who seemed dumbstruck at one point with Harris’s responses.

“You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about, because their constituents know exactly what I’m talking about. Their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses,” Harris responded with a non-answer.

According to a Wall Street Journal report:

The first half of the economic policy platform she released last week consists of kitchen-table cost concerns; the proposals include lowering middle-class taxes, cutting food and grocery costs, and lowering prescription drug prices. While Biden also talked about those issues on the campaign trail, Harris has zeroed in on them as the things voters care about most.

The text of her plan makes reference to costs and prices more than twice as often as jobs. And her ideas about creating an “opportunity economy” are focused on helping more Americans buy their first home or start a business.

“I want Americans and families to be able to not just get by but be able to get ahead—to thrive,” the vice president said in a speech in Pennsylvania last week. “I want you to be able to save up for your child’s education, to take a nice vacation from time to time.”

Many have pointed out that Harris has begun to sound more like her opponent, former President Donald Trump, in her shift on the issues. Social media users blasted the vice president for once again offering no concrete answers.

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