Harris called out for dodging question on how she'll pay for campaign promises

WASHINGTON (TND) — Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for her first solo major TV network interview on Wednesday since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. During the interview, MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle asked Harris how the government would pay for her ambitious campaign promises.

"If you can’t raise corporate taxes or if GOP takes control of the Senate, where do you get the money to do that? Do you still go forward with those plans and borrow?" questioned Ruhle.

Harris paused before answering, responding, "Well, but we’re going to have to raise corporate taxes."

Ruhle pointed out later Harris had dodged her question.

"Here’s what’s a little tricky, she doesn’t answer the question around if the GOP is controlling the Senate, if she can’t raise corporate taxes where is she going to get the money from? The issue is if we’re just going to borrow again then what we’re doing is we’re just never addressing the deficit," said Ruhle.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is touting tariffs as part of his economic solution.

"If you don’t make your product here then you will have to pay a tariff when you send your product into the United States and we will take in hundreds of billions of dollars into our treasury," Trump said during a Wednesday speech in North Carolina.

On Monday, Trump threatened John Deere for plans to move some of their manufacturing to Mexico.

I’m just notifying John Deere right now, if you do that then I am putting a 200% tariff on everything you want to sell into the United States."

In a scathing op-ed the Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote, “Hard to believe, but Donald Trump is giving U.S companies a reason to think Kamala Harris might be better for their business.”

Trump’s former commerce secretary told CNBC earlier this month that Trump's tariff threats are all talk that would likely never turn into action.

“Donald Trump speaks in metaphors. He talks in giant tariffs, which he did in the first administration as well, what he really means is I'm going to be very tough on the foreign companies. I'm going to be very tough on their subsidized exports you shouldn't take it all that literally because he likes to use slogans as do all politicians that convey a message," said Wilbur Ross.

The latest economy polling by NBC News shows voters see Donald Trump as the better candidate when it comes to dealing with the economy, inflation and cost of living.