60 Minutes host tells Kamala during interview 'we're dealing with the real world' after unsatisfactory answer to questions about passing policy in divided Congress

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris was hit with a reality check in her interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes interview that featured anything but softball questions. The full interview will air Monday night, the Daily Mail reported. “My plan is about saying that when you invest in small businesses, you invest in the middle class, and you strengthen America's economy. Small businesses are part of the backbone of America's economy,” she said.

But journalist Bill Whitaker wasn’t satisfied with platitudes or references to supposed support in Congress and demanded some specifics about what her economic plan will cost and how she intends to pay for it. “I'm going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it, pay their fair share in taxes. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. And I plan on making that fair," she said.

“But we're dealing with the real world here,” Whitaker responded, demanding to know how Harris intends to pass her economic plan through Congress, should she be elected. “You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I'm talking about, because their constituents know exactly what I'm talking about. Their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses,” Harris replied.

Harris has spoken briefly about her economic plans that focus on price controls on food and housing, a taxpayer-funded $25,000 down payment grant for first-time home buyers and $40 billion allocated towards new housing.

The Wharton School of Business pilloried Harris policies as having “no positive impact on the economy.” The Democratic presidential nominee released part of her economic plan last week. It focuses on lowering middle-class taxes, cutting food and grocery costs, and lowering prescription drug prices.

The economy is always a top concern of voters and President Joe Biden has confirmed that Harris was an integral part of his administration. She cast the tie-breaking votes in the Senate to pass two inflationary spending bills.

CBS has also invited Former President Donald Trump to appear on 60 Minutes for a traditional pre-election interview. Trump has refused, pending an apology from the network for interviewer Leslie Stahl dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation when she spoke with Trump in 2020.