Harris’s Town Hall Moderator Admits Questions Were ‘Predetermined’

During a town hall event Monday in Michigan, moderator Maria Shriver revealed that the questions posed to Vice President Kamala Harris had been “predetermined.”

The admission occurred after an audience member asked whether they would be able to ask questions directly. In response, Shriver candidly stated that the audience was not allowed to ask since questions werepredetermined before the event. 
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“You’re not, unfortunately we have some predetermined questions. And hopefully I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head, I hope so,” Shriver said.

However, a member of the audience managed to pose questions to Harris, one of which addressed the issue of gun violence and her plans to tackle it. In her response, Harris pivoted to discuss the normalization of active shooter drills in schools.

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“For the Safer Communities act, which is the first meaningful piece of gun safety legislation in 30 years. And so it’s a good step, and it really does tell us that. We have a will within the United States Congress to work in a bipartisan land,” Harris said. “I’ll speak for myself. We had fire drills. Right. Our children are now learning how to keep themselves safe, if there’s an active shooter at their school. I did a tour last year of colleges with college aged kids. So I also did some trade schools. And I would ask the room, the auditorium would be packed, college age kids, and I’d ask them. Raise your hand if at any point between kindergarten and 12th grade you had to endure. Almost every hand went up.”