Gaffe Alert: Nets Skip Baffled Kamala Harris Confused By Electric Car

Given Kamala Harris’s extremely low approval ratings (28 percent), the networks seem to think making the Vice President invisible is the best kind of damage control. The same thing happened on Tuesday morning, as ABC and CBS omitted video footage of Harris trying to understand how electric cars work. 

At a charging facility in Maryland, the VP couldn’t figure out how it all worked: “There’s no sound or fume…. So how do I know it’s working?  So how do I find that out?” Older readers might remember how the media pounced on Dan Quayle for being out of touch or when they falsely said that George H.W. Bush didn’t know what a supermarket scanner was. 

But when Harris looked clueless on Monday, ABC’s World News Tonight, Good Morning AmericaAs well as the CBS Evening News, CBS MorningsAnd NBC’s Nightly News and TodayIt was skipped by all. 

PBS uploaded video to the network’s Twitter page that conservatives mocked. But did Monday’s NewsHourMention the gaffe No. Judy Woodruff has just mentioned other details. 

In this country, in 2012 the Biden administration suggested building 500,000 charging points nationwide to support electric cars. The $5 billion provided by the infrastructure law will allow states to begin construction in 2015. At a Maryland charging station, Vice President Harris presented the strategy. 

Back in October, Harris nodded along as a George Mason University student ranted about Israel’s “genocide,” praising the individual’s “truth.” The networks and MSNBC avoided it. So when you notice no news related to the Vice President, assume it’s because journalists are avoiding her gaffes, failures and smears against others.  

The silence broadcast on ABC was sponsored Xfinity. On CBS, Progressive Insurance and Volkswagen sponsor the program. 

The transcript for the PBS version of this program is available below. Click “expand” to read more. 

PBS NewsHour
12/14/2021
7:19

JUDYWOODRUFF: The Biden administration had proposed building nationwide 500,000 charging points for electric cars. Next year states will begin construction using $5 billion from the new infrastructure law. At a Maryland charging station, Vice President Harris presented the strategy. Jennifer Granholm (energy secretary) joined in. 

JENNIFER GRANOLM (Secretary for the Energy): It is crucial that we get charging stations in all areas of the country, especially in the rural areas. We also need them in the poorer parts of the country where electric cars are not yet widely used. They must be available everywhere. 

WOODRUFF – President Biden set the goal to make half of new cars and trucks electric by 2030.