Kamala Town Hall Attendees Barred From Asking Questions: "All Pre-Determined"

Vice President Kamala Harris held an event in Michigan on Monday that was 
billed as a “town hall” — but when attendees asked if their questions were 
going to be answered, host Maria Shriver admitted that all of the questions 
had already been pre-determined.

The Trump War Room posted a clip of Shriver’s embarrassing concession, adding 
the caption, “The host admits the audience can’t actually ask questions at 
Kamala’s fake ‘town hall’ with Loser War Hawk Liz Cheney because the 
questions are ‘pre-determined.'”

	[Siren] The host admits the audience can't actually ask questions 
	at Kamala's fake "town hall" with Loser War Hawk Liz Cheney because 
	the questions are "pre-determined" pic.twitter.com/kccAaN1D5M

	— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 21, 2024

The video showed Shriver, who is the niece of former President John F. 
Kennedy, responding to an audience member who asked whether anyone present 
would be allowed to ask a question of the Democratic presidential nominee — 
which traditionally is the point of the town hall format in the first place — 
and she told them that they would just have to rely on her to ask the 
questions that they would most want to have answered.

“You’re not, unfortunately, we have some pre-determined questions and I 
hopefully will be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your 
head, I hope so,” Shriver said.

“And this woman — Maria Shriver, no less — cosplays as a journalist at NBC 
News!” Curtis Houck, managing editor of NewsBusters, responded.

“Nothing says ‘town hall’ like predetermined questions,” another social media 
user said.

“Sooo…it was not actually a ‘town hall’ in other words,” RedState’s Brad 
Slager posted.

	Sooo…it was not actually a “town hall” in other words. 	
https://t.co/HnntcmRYn8

	— Brad Slager: A Folksy Coach & Joyful As a K-Hive! (@MartiniShark) 
	  October 22, 2024

“Who needs to think for themselves when you have Maria Shriver to think for 
you?” one asked.

“There are two principal reasons why voters object to scripted 
@KamalaHarris,” Bill Ackman explained. “(1) They want to know what she really 
thinks. With the questions given in advance, her team prepares answers that 
she simply parrots. There is no opportunity to learn who Harris really is and 
what she truly believes. (2) The president typically doesn’t receive the hard 
questions in advance and must be ready to respond at a moment’s notice to new 
situations that could determine the fate of the country. The script for 
reality is not given in advance and America needs a leader that knows what to 
do as reality unfolds rather than one who requires a teleprompter to govern.”

	There are two principal reasons why voters object to scripted 
	@KamalaHarris:

	(1) They want to know what she really thinks. With the questions 
	given in advance, her team prepares answers that she simply parrots. 
	There is no opportunity to learn who Harris really is and what she… 
	https://t.co/cByzpscSzS

	— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) October 22, 2024

A number also argued that if the questions were pre-determined, it was likely 
that Harris and her campaign team had access to them and had prepared their 
responses prior to the event. Still more noted that, after nearly 48 hours of 
Democrats and media complaining about how “scripted” former President Donald 
Trump’s visit to McDonald’s had been, it seemed a little on the nose for 
Harris to do a “town hall” without a single surprise question.

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