Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 54 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 stress 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 operating 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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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump throughout the debate on the Nationwide Structure Middle in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Getty Photographs)
Harris additionally sat for 2 taped radio interviews final week, which aired Friday and Monday.
As to when she’ll really do a proper press convention, that day could by no means come, a minimum of 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 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 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 current weeks and likewise holding a pair of press conferences final month.
Harris obtained combined evaluations for her displaying with Bash, the place she took the vast majority of the questions however however had Walz there for assist.
Vice President Kamala Harris visits SandFly Bar-B-Q in Savannah, Georgia, Aug. 28, 2024. (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.
