Kamala Harris taken aback by CBS host asking about Trump's re-election hopes: 'Don't understand the question'

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Harris stunned by question about taking threat of a 'second Trump presidency seriously'

Vice President Harris appeared stunned by CBS' Margaret Brennan's question about whether she was taking the threat of another Trump presidency "seriously enough."

Vice President Kamala Harris appeared stunned by a question from CBS host Margaret Brennan, who wondered if she was taking the possibility of another Donald Trump presidency "seriously enough."

Harris looked taken aback, pausing before responding, "I don’t understand the question."

"You were dismissive of some of the Republican criticism of you and the president. When you look at current polling, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination is the former president, the 45th president," Brennan added on "Face The Nation."

Vice President Harris appeared stunned by CBS host Margaret Brennan's question about the threat of a Trump presidency.  (Screenshot/CBS/FaceTheNation)

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Harris insisted that she and President Biden and would win re-election, adding that there is "too much at stake." 

"The American people know it," Harris said.

Brennan also asked the vice president if she was prepared to be president as a majority of voters are concerned about Biden's age. 

"Yes, I am. If necessary. But Joe Biden is going to be fine. Let me tell you something. I work with Joe Biden every day. Under Joe Biden’s leadership, we have transformed and are in the process of transforming America’s infrastructure… I could go on and on," Harris said. 

President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Brennan also pressed Harris on abortion and about what limits the administration supports. 

"What is it that you believe? I mean, what week of pregnancy should abortion access be cut off?" she asked.

"We need to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade," Harris began. "We're not trying to do something new—"

Brennan interrupted, "Well, that was nebulous, because it was about viability, which could be anywhere between 20 to 24 weeks—"

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the conclusion of the Investing in America tour at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 14, 2023. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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"That's, that was in the Women's Health Protection Act that the White House also endorsed—," Brennan added.

Harris concluded by arguing she and Biden have been "clear" about restoring Roe v. Wade protections, saying, "that is what we want."

"Let me be very clear. From day one, the president has been clear, I have been clear. We need to put back the protections that are in Roe v. Wade into law. Since the Supreme Court took it, Congress has the power and ability to pass legislation to put those protections back in law and Joe Biden will sign that bill. So, that is what we want," she said. 

Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.

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