CNN commentators were critical of Vice President Kamala Harris’ town hall on Wednesday, saying the vice president gave “word salad” answers when she didn’t want to answer a question.

“The thing that would worry me is if she doesn’t want to answer a question,” said commentator David Axelrod. “Her habit is to go to sort of word salad town, and she did that on a few answers. One referred to Israel. Anderson asked a direct question: ‘Would you be stronger than Trump on Israel?’ And there was a seven-minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking.

Harris spoke to undecided voters in Pennsylvania on Wednesday at a town hall moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

“On certain issues like this, immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she didn’t acknowledge concerns about the government’s policies. And that is a mistake. “Sometimes you have to admit things, and she didn’t admit much,” Axelrod said.

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David Axelrod took aim at Kamala Harris’ “word salad” responses after her CNN town hall on Wednesday. (Screenshot/CNN)

CNN’s Dana Bash argued that people she spoke to don’t believe Harris sealed the deal.

“What I’m hearing from people I’ve spoken to is that if her goal was to get the deal done, they’re not sure she did that. And some people have asked if she does.” “Maybe that’s the world she lives in. And when people ask who she is, they understand that a little bit more,” she said.

Bash highlighted some questions that Harris didn’t have answers to.

“But what will she do? The question about their legislative priorities, just name one, there was no question. You know, a few more questions about your personality and your character, questions about your weaknesses or the mistakes you’ve made, there aren’t necessarily answers,” she said.

However, Bash said that having Harris stand in front of voters and speak directly to them was a “win” for the vice president.

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Jake Tapper said the vice president was more focused on her opponent than her own policies.

“She was, I think, much more focused on Donald Trump than on a lot of the specifics of what she would do as president,” he said, noting that Harris discussed some plans for small businesses.

“I think after eight years of Donald Trump, people are aware of Donald Trump’s personality, his propensity for controversy, his potential to offend and the like. And I’m wondering if you think maybe she did too much,” Tapper added.

John King suggested that Harris needed to make attacking Trump a priority and praised her for her answers in which she spoke about herself and her faith. However, he pointed out that the vice president failed to connect this with her policies.

“I think she sometimes fails to connect it more to her politics,” he said, suggesting that Harris should embody some of former President Bill Clinton’s personality. “He had a brand where he could look people in the eye and say, ‘I’m on your side. I’m fighting for the middle class, right? To put people first. That’s the connection she needs to make.”

He said the “personal part” was sometimes missing from Harris’ comments.

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Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with a supporter after her rally at Riverside Park on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Grand Rapids. (Adam Vander Kooy/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Abby Phillip suggested that Harris avoided details when pressed by some of the undecided voters in attendance.

“I think that kind of tripped her up at certain times when certain constituents were asking to look deeper into a certain policy and she didn’t want to get into it, didn’t want to get into specifics,” Phillip said. “But it’s difficult for them because I think it seems evasive to some voters… They just want to know if I make $500,000 a year, will my taxes go up or not? This is very difficult for them.”

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