‘Frightening Thought’: CNBC Host, Mike Johnson Express Concern That Harris ‘Could’ Win Without Doing More Interviews

CNBC’s Joe Kernen and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday expressed concern that Vice President Kamala Harris may win the November election without facing additional interviews.

Harris has only conducted threesit-downinterviews since launching her campaign on July 21. With 48 days until the election Kernen, on “Squawk Box,” raised the possibility of Harris getting elected by merely differentiating herself from former President Donald Trump and Joe Biden rather than explaining to the American people how she would be a better president, which Johnson called a “frightening thought.”

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“There’s nothing unprecedented anymore, nothing surprising anymore. But watching the presidential election, Mr. Speaker, do you think it’s possible to take this right to Election Day and really not see Vice President Harris face questioning, just random questioning, for interviews?” Kernen asked. “Is it possible that you can do that, and it can be successful and everybody just goes, ‘Oh, yeah, well, we’re not really sure what’s gonna happen, but anything’s better than Donald Trump.’ That could happen. There may not be any other interviews between now and Election Day. And it might just be she’s not Joe Biden, she’s not Donald Trump. But she does become president.”

“It’s a frightening thought. And we have 48 days now to expose what her true record is,” Johnson responded. “Kamala Harris is engaging in a campaign of fantasy over facts. She wants people to believe that she’s some sort of moderate policy wonk and everyone who’s watched her career knows that is not true … Look at the litany of promises that she’s made. She wants government giveaways for everything. It would completely tank the U.S. economy. She’s not a serious policy person. She’s saying whatever she thinks needs to be said right now to be elected. It is an act,” Johnson said.