Vice President Kamala Harris After 51 days as the presumptive and now official Democratic nominee for president, he has yet to hold an official press conference.
Now, he faces the biggest test of his candidacy yet: a debate with former President Trump.
Pressed for a meaningful interview after weeks of evasiveness, Harris finally ended her interview drought last month when she was joined by fellow candidate Tim Walz for a pre-recorded appearance with CNN’s Dana Bash in Georgia last Thursday that was a far cry from a traditional press conference.
“Anyone who wants to lead the free world needs to be able to answer questions from the press,” conservative influencer Tim Young told Fox News Digital. “If Kamala can’t answer real questions from the press, she shouldn’t be negotiating with foreign leaders at all.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first interview to the media after becoming the top leader of the Democratic Party. (CNN)
During the CNN interview, Harris defends Noting the fluctuations in some of her policies on issues like fracking and immigration, she said her “values” haven’t changed. She was also asked if she regretted defending President Biden’s mental acuity after the debate, even though he had dropped out of the race less than a month later. She also said she wanted to “turn the page on the last decade, which I think has been the exact opposite of the spirit of our country.”
Bash pointed out that Harris was vice president for three and a half of those years, but Harris said she meant moving on from this “era,” likely a reference to the political rise of Donald Trump that began in 2015.
entrepreneur Shawn Meike Objections were raised to bringing Walz along for the CNN interview.
“CEOs don’t say, ‘Hey, you know what? I’ll interview you, but I’m going to have to bring somebody with me. I’m definitely not qualified to do this job alone,'” Mieke told Fox News Digital.
“You want to be the leader of the free world … but you can’t interview yourself? I think that’s disrespectful,” he added. “As Americans, we want answers and we deserve answers.”
Harris also gave two radio interviews last week, which aired on Friday and Monday.
As for when she’ll actually hold a formal press conference, that day may never come, at least as long as she’s a candidate.
Jorge Bonilla, host of the conservative Radio Libre, believes Harris should hold a press conference, but said it’s almost “irrelevant” since she’s still receiving immunity.
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“She is very unlikely to hold a press conference because the media has encouraged her ‘plexiglass basement’ strategy, in which she maintains the illusion of being present while remaining completely inaccessible to the press and therefore unaccountable,” Bonilla told Fox News Digital.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz in a CNN interview.
Meeke believes this approach is “disrespectful” to Americans.
“As a businessman, I couldn’t imagine the company going in the wrong direction. And I said, or any of the leaders said, ‘Hey, guess what? I’m not going to talk to anybody. I’m not going to take any questions,'” Meeke explained.
“I don’t think we’ll see Harris at a press conference where anybody asks her any questions that aren’t easy,” he said. “I think Harris will stay away from any kind of confrontation.”
Trump has sought to highlight the difference in media availability between the two, giving several lengthy interviews in recent weeks and holding two press conferences last month.
Harris received mixed reviews for his performance with Bash, where he answered most of the questions but Walz was still there to assist.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks while visiting Sandfly Bar-B-Q in Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
Hawk said, “My fear is that because Bash wasn’t like CBS’s Steve Kroft or NPR’s Steve Inskeep, who drooled over Barack Obama, the liberal media will claim that this and the upcoming ABC debate are ample interview time for the campaign.”
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Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
