Maria Shriver Admits That Kamala’s Town Hall Questions Were ‘Pre-Determined’
Maria Shriver stirred up social media after a video surfaced of her response to a woman asking to pose a question to Vice President Kamala Harris at a town hall event in Michigan on Monday.
The woman asked the former California first lady and journalist if the audience could ask Harris questions before she and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) took the stage.
“You’re not, unfortunately, we have some pre-determined questions,” Shriver replied, according to the Daily Mail.
“And hopefully I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head, I hope so.”
Shriver’s response caused a social media firestorm, with many X users criticizing the event, calling it “fake” and “staged.”
Town halls are usually known for being unscripted and an opportunity for voters to get personal with the candidates.
“This desire to control the narrative is officially surreal,” wrote journalist Trish Regan.
“The facade of an ‘honest’ town hall was destroyed when self-described journalist Maria Shriver told the audience spontaneous questions were not allowed for Kamala Harris,” wrote radio host Bo Snerdley. “The questions ‘pre-determined’ one must assume by the campaign staff. Frightened of real people asking real questions. And she wants to be the president?”
“Imagine her talking to Xi or Putin when she can’t talk to Americans without a predetermination? Shyster!” one X user wrote.
“Talk about a fraud,” another user wrote. “I thought a ‘town hall’ was a place for citizens to ask their questions. This town hall was a carefully scripted event because Kamala is a coward that needs the answers before hand!”
Another user pointed out the hypocrisy of liberals who called out former President Donald Trump for pretending to work at McDonald’s, as TTOA reported.
“They are crying that Trump isn’t a genuine McDonald’s employee, while hosting a ‘town hall’ where NOBODY is ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS,” the user wrote. “Maria Shriver will ask questions that she thinks are inside your head – but she didn’t need to actually ask you and Kamala Harris didn’t need to actually listen to you… but Trump is faking it.”
During the event, Harris only took three questions from audience members, all of whom read their questions from their phones. The questions were about gun violence, Ukraine and what Harris would say to “traditionally conservative” members of the community.
This was not the first time Harris had been criticized for hosting scripted events. Earlier this month, Harris was blasted on social media when it was discovered that she had been reading from a teleprompter during her “unscripted” town hall for undecided Latino voters.
At the same event, an audience member was caught mouthing Harris’ response to a question word for word.
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