Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 52 days because the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president with out holding an official press convention.
She and former President Trump met on Tuesday on the ABC Information Presidential Debate.
Below 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 advised 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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US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump in the course of the second presidential debate on the Pennsylvania Conference Middle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Getty Pictures)
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 advised 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, no less than whereas she’s nonetheless a candidate.
Conservative Radio Libre host Jorge Bonilla feels Harris ought to do a press convention however stated it’s virtually “irrelevant” as a result of she continues to get a go.
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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 advised Fox Information Digital.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in CNN interview.
Meaike believes the strategy is “disrespectful” to People.
“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 advised stated.
“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 in addition holding a pair of press conferences final month.
Harris obtained combined opinions for her displaying with Bash, the place she took nearly all of the questions however nonetheless had Walz there for assist.
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 stated.
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Fox Information Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
