Frank Luntz Says Harris’ CNN Town Hall Answer ‘Illustrates Exactly Why’ She’s ‘In Trouble’

Pollster Frank Luntz said Thursday that one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ responses during her Wednesday CNN town hall perfectly exemplifies why her campaign is struggling.

When asked by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper whether she supports building a border wall, Harris quickly shifted to attacking former President Donald Trump instead of giving a direct answer. Luntz, on “Squawk Box,” criticized Harris’ pivot to Trump, arguing she should have stated her support for wall funding if elected in November.

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“I think that clip illustrates exactly why Harris is in trouble at this point, and it’s something that I don’t understand why the campaign does not address. They asked her specifically, ‘Where do you stand on the wall?’ And what does she do? She goes and shifts it right to Donald Trump, immediately mentions him twice within the first five seconds,” Luntz said. “She still hasn’t closed the deal. She still hasn’t said to people exactly what she would do.”

“In fact, what she should have done in the opening of that town hall is said, ‘I want to tell you what I’m going to do in the first hour, in the first day, and in the first week, and it’s going to take me five minutes. So, Anderson, you’re going to have to sit tight. Here’s what we’re going to do by 1:00 p.m.’ She didn’t do any of that,” he added. “She hasn’t told the public step-by-step what she’s about.”

CNBC Host Andrew Ross Sorkin pressed Luntz about how Harris should have responded to Cooper’s question.