On Wednesday's broadcast of NewsNation's "On Balance," Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) acknowledged that debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis could have pressed 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris more and "should have challenged her on some of those questions" on fracking, mandatory gun buybacks, and taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for prisoners and those in immigration detention and stated that "I wish they would push, and it would serve her well to say, look, I've changed my position over the years, rather than ignore or deflect."