Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 51 days because the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president with out holding an official press convention.
Now, she faces the largest take a look at of her candidacy to this point: a debate with former President Trump.
Underneath strain to sit down down for a substantive interview after weeks of stonewalling, Harris lastly ended her interview drought final month when she was joined by working mate Tim Walz for a pre-taped piece with CNN’s Dana Bash final Thursday in Georgia that was a far cry from a conventional press convention.
“Anyone who wants to lead the free world should be able to handle questions from the press,” conservative influencer Tim Younger informed Fox Information Digital. “If Kamala can’t handle real questions from the press, she absolutely can’t handle negotiations with foreign leaders.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris in her first sit-down interview with the media since rising to the highest of the Democratic ticket. (CNN)
In the course of the CNN interview, Harris defended a few of her famous coverage flip-flops on points like fracking and immigration, saying her “values” hadn’t modified. She was additionally pressed on whether or not she had regrets about defending President Biden’s psychological acuity after his debate, given he dropped out of the race lower than a month later. She additionally mentioned she wished to “turn the page on the last decade of what I believe has been contrary to where the spirit of our country really lies.”
Bash identified Harris had been vice chairman for three-and-a-half of these years, however Harris countered she meant transferring on from this “era,” seemingly referring to the political rise of Donald Trump that started in 2015.
Entrepreneur Shawn Meaike objected to Walz tagging alongside for the CNN interview.
“CEOs don’t go, ‘Hey, you know what? I’ll do an interview with you, but I’ve got to bring someone with me. I’m certainly not qualified to do this on my own,” Meaike informed Fox Information Digital.
“You want to be the leader of the free world… but you can’t do an interview by yourself? I think that’s insulting,” he continued. “As an American, we want answers and deserve answers.”
Harris additionally sat for 2 taped radio interviews final week, which aired Friday and Monday.
As to when she’ll truly do a proper press convention, that day could by no means come, at the very least whereas she’s nonetheless a candidate.
Conservative Radio Libre host Jorge Bonilla feels Harris ought to do a press convention however mentioned it’s virtually “irrelevant” as a result of she continues to get a cross.
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“She is highly unlikely to do a press conference because the media have enabled and encouraged her ‘plexiglass basement’ strategy, wherein she preserves the illusion of being out there while remaining wholly inaccessible to the press and therefore unaccountable,” Bonilla informed Fox Information Digital.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in CNN interview.
Meaike believes the strategy is “disrespectful” to Individuals.
“As a businessman, I couldn’t imagine if the company was just tumbling in the wrong direction. And I said, or any leader said, ‘Hey, guess what? I’m just not going to talk to anyone. I’m not going to take any questions,’” Meaike informed mentioned.
“I don’t think we see Harris in a press conference where there is anyone that’s going to ask her a question that isn’t a softball,” he added. “I think Harris will continue to avoid anything remotely confrontational.”
Trump has sought to spotlight the distinction in media availability between the 2, sitting for a number of prolonged interviews in latest weeks and likewise holding a pair of press conferences final month.
Harris acquired combined opinions for her exhibiting with Bash, the place she took the vast majority of the questions however nonetheless had Walz there for help.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks as she visits SandFly Bar-B-Q in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Picture/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Picture/Jacquelyn Martin)
“My fear is, because Bash wasn’t like, say, CBS’s Steve Kroft or NPR’s Steve Inskeep salivating at the sight of Barack Obama, the liberal media will claim this and the upcoming ABC debate are sufficient interview time for the campaign,” Houck mentioned.
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Fox Information Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
