Town hall ignites fierce debate: Why must Harris be 'flawless' while Trump goes 'lawless?'

Town hall ignites fierce debate: Why must Harris be 'flawless' while Trump goes 'lawless?'

Erik De La Garza
October 24, 2024 12:14AM ET
Kamala Harris

https://www.rawstory.com/kamala-harris-2669467828/

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A town hall analysis breaking down the policies Kamala Harris was asked about Wednesday night abruptly flipped into a discussion about the inconsistencies in how the vice president and Donald Trump are being treated, with one CNN panelist declaring: “They’re not taking the same exam.”

“He gets to be lawless, she has to be flawless. That’s what's unfair. That's what's unfair tonight,” said former Obama White House official Van Jones. “They're not taking the same exam. Look, she has policies, she may not articulate them perfectly every time…but she’s fighting for actual ideas that will help real people and he’s talking about people’s penises, and so they are not taking the same exam and that’s pissing people off – it’s pissing me off.”

The moment came just after Harris wrapped up a town hall with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that was originally scheduled as a presidential debate before Trump dropped out and later refused to commit to holding his own town hall with the network.

While the issue of a double standard between the two presidential candidates emerged early on in the network’s post-debate analysis – and flared up on social media – it was former Trump adviser David Urban’s criticism of Harris’ comments involving her openness to ending the filibuster for Roe v. Wade purposes that fired up Jones.

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