‘It’s Gonna Be Taxes’: Kamala Struggled to Explain Funding for $3 Trillion Giveaway in Off-Camera CBS Footage

Then-Democrat Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris appeared stumped when asked to explain how she would pay for her economic policies aside from taxes in a portion of the unedited CBS News interview that occurred only after the cameras stopped rolling.

During the interview that aired to the public, Whitaker noted how the Nonpartisan Committee for Responsible Federal Budget estimated that Harris’ economic plan “would add $3 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.”

“How are you going to pay for that?” he asked.

Eventually, Harris responded by suggesting that “the richest among us, who can afford it” should “pay their fair share in taxes,” in order to pay for her policies.

“My perspective is everybody needs to pay their fair share,” she added, before invoking firefighters and teachers to try and justify disproportionately stealing money from people who make more. (Read more from “‘It’s Gonna Be Taxes’: Kamala Struggled to Explain Funding for $3 Trillion Giveaway in Off-Camera CBS Footage” HERE)

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