Washington, D.C.– House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined The Howie Carr Show to discuss Kamala Harris finally agreeing to an interview following weeks of refusing to publicly address the American people on her failed policy record and how higher education can combat antisemitism as students return to campus.
Listen to the full interview here.
View highlights from the interview below.
On Kamala Harris Being The Most Far Left Radical Candidate In History:
“Democrats anointed Kamala Harris. Not a single Democrat primary vote was cast across this country, so they swapped out Joe Biden because Joe Biden’s polls were continuing to bottom out in an act of true desperation. There’s nothing more undemocratic than anointing someone without allowing people the right to vote. So, you know, this is the Democrat Party who attacks Republicans as attacking democracy. It is an attack on democracy for Democrats to do that. With Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, you know, she was known as the least effective, a failed vice president. And now, the mainstream media is propping her up trying to wipe away her entire, catastrophic legislative history as well as her tenure as vice president. It’s important that voters know the truth that she is Joe Biden’s open border czar. She owns this border catastrophe. And on the issue of inflation and the economy, which is a major concern no matter where you are in the country, Kamala Harris was the deciding vote for Joe Biden’s Inflation Expansion Act. So the two top issues–the border and inflation–she owns the failure of the Biden-Harris Administration. What’s more is, she was the most Liberal senator in the United States Senate, so this is no moderate. This is a Far Left radical, Liberal from San Francisco who, frankly, would make Pelosi look moderate. Kamala Harris has also supported defunding the police which is not where the American people are on that issue. They strongly support our law enforcement. There’s a lot of discussions of these key issues, and the media is trying to wipe away her history and record on each of those important issues.”
On Kamala Harris’ Failure to Address the American People:
“Well, first of all, let's think about the fact, Aaron, that she hasn't done an interview for weeks. She's the Democrat nominee for President of the United States on the ballot in less than 70 days, and she has not sat for a major interview or any interview for that matter. That is unheard of. When you run for Congress–I was 29 years old when I ran for Congress–you sit and you do a one on one interview. You answer tough questions about your policy positions, why you're running. She has not done that running for President of the United States. It's absurd. And frankly, as a woman, the fact that she's doing this first major interview with Tim Walz, rather than doing it alone, I find that offensive. The American people deserve to hear from her directly, answering questions from the media. And we all know that the Kamala Harris campaign, since the media was begging to have any type of opportunity, it’s going to be an opportunity for the mainstream media to prop her up rather than asking tough questions. I hope they ask tough questions, but I don't anticipate that from the way this interview was set up. But I will be tuning in. But again, the fact of the matter that she has not, still today, she will not sit alone for an interview. That's absurd, and it's an affront to the American people.”
On The Questions Kamala Harris Should be Asked During First Interview:
“The border. I would ask her about: Why, under her watch as the open border czar, when millions of illegals have poured into this country? I would ask her about that. Number two, I would ask her: She says she was the last person in the room when Joe Biden made the decision for the catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal, which this past summer it’s been three years, and of course that led to the deaths of 13 servicemen and women. And she has refused to meet with or communicate with those 13 Gold Star families to answer their questions and provide transparency. Number three, the inflation crisis. Why did she vote for the Inflation Expansion Act? She cast that deciding vote. I would also ask her about her changing position on fracking. This is a candidate who opposed fracking, who supports a ban on fracking. And for the American people, broadly but particularly voters in Pennsylvania, where hundreds of thousands of jobs are dependent upon energy independence and important policies that were effective under President Trump. She needs to be held accountable for that too. I would also ask her about her position and her record supporting defunding the police which has been catastrophic for all communities, not just urban communities, but suburban and rural communities as well.”
On Combating Antisemitism In Higher Education:
“Colleges should never have allowed what happened on campuses last year to ever have occurred. You had Jewish students who were physically assaulted, who were verbally harassed, who could not go to classes. You had universities cancel classes, turn over their public spaces to the pro-Hamas mob. You had universities who allowed pro-terrorist, pro-Hamas professors to stay tenured at those universities, and you had universities continue to take foreign funds from foreign states that are supportive of the destruction of the State of Israel. It is unacceptable. And what's interesting and concerning among many aspects of those university presidents, two of which are former, is that you put up regular Americans, hardworking American workers, and you ask them the same question, ‘Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate the university's code of conduct?’ Without hesitation, the American people know how to answer that question. It is offensive, and it shows the moral rot, and frankly, academic and intellectual rot of our higher ed institutions that they each said verbatim, ‘It depends on the context.’ So what do the schools have to do this year? Number one, they need to comply with all Title VI requirements to protect Jewish students and Jewish faculty members. Number two, they cannot allow pro-Hamas terrorists to take over public spaces. They need to enforce their own rules. You saw, whether it was at Harvard, Cornell, or you go down the list, Columbia, they did not enforce their own rules. They need to make sure they take disciplinary action immediately, and they need to root out the rot of these offices of DEI, which are inherently antisemitic on their own. In the case of Harvard, you had hundreds of Jewish students reach out to the office of DEI, and the office of DEI did not even respond. That itself is antisemitic. And then you need to broadly look at the fact that there is something very wrong in higher education when 95 percent of the faculty are radical, Far Left, and there are fewer and fewer conservatives on the faculty, on the boards, or presidents certainly of these universities. So there needs to be a lot more focus on ideological diversity to make sure that it's reflective of our values, of who we are as Americans, rather than this very, very radical pro-Hamas Left which is now the growing wing of today's Democrat Party.”
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