Vice President Kamala Harris has been dodging tough interviews ever since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, and the press appears to be getting sick of it.
The vice president has participated in very few interviews since receiving the nomination, and each of them has been friendly. Even then, she could not even handle the most softball of questions. On multiple occasions, she completely bombed, which explains why her team has been hesitant to put her in front of cameras.
During a recent appearance on MSNBC, journalist Andrea Mitchell argued that Harris needs to do “more interviews and serious interviews” because she is losing support among men.
“I think they’ve got to double down on doing more interviews and serious interviews because what I’m hearing from Democratic and Republican business people and a lot of men, and she’s got such a big problem with men. I think there’s an undercount of the Trump vote. I think there is misogyny in all of this, black and white men. Big problem, but also the business world. They don’t think she is serious. They don’t think she’s a heavyweight. A lot of this is gender, but she’s got to be more specific about her economic plan.”
It appears that Team Harris understands the assignment. She will be doing more interviews over the next week, according to The New York Times. She will be participating in a series of interviews on popular television and radio platforms as the campaign heads into the final stretch before Election Day.
Harris is set to appear on “The View,” Howard Stern’s radio show, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” among others. Of course, you might already see what each of these shows have in common, right? They are all media outlets that are friendly to Democrats. The vice president is avoiding any media that might actually press her on her record or ask more challenging questions.
The article notes Harris’ recent appearances with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, one of the vice president’s most enthusiastic shills. Both Stern and Colbert have already endorsed her or President Joe Biden.
Likewise, many of those interviewing Ms. Harris this week have openly backed either her or Mr. Biden.
Mr. Colbert hosted fund-raisers for Mr. Biden in 2020 and again this year. Mr. Stern endorsed Mr. Biden in 2020 and hosted him for a warm interview in April.
Mr. Walz will appear on Tuesday on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Mr. Kimmel last month endorsed Ms. Harris for president.
Ms. Harris’s campaign had already announced that she and Mr. Walz would appear in an interview with the CBS News program “60 Minutes” that is set to air on Monday night. The campaign had also said that Ms. Harris would participate on Thursday in a Univision town-hall event in Las Vegas.
The vice president has also recorded an interview on Call Her Daddy, a popular podcast about sex, dating and relationships. The interview, which focuses on abortion rights and other women’s issues, is set to be released on Sunday evening.
Harris’ focus on non-traditional media shows that her team understands that establishment media outlets are no longer the primary sources of news for many voters.
“Her campaign, like that of former President Donald J. Trump, believes that the traditional strategy of interviews with broadcast networks and national newspapers is outdated and not worth the accompanying risks,” the report notes.
Of course, Mitchell is right. Harris was never going to be able to avoid the media forever. Polling shows that she and former President Donald Trump are nearly neck and neck, with the latest RealClearPolling average putting her only two points above her opponent.
At this point, it is too risky for Harris not to speak with the press. However, speaking only to friendly reporters is not unpredictable. This is the best way to put her best foot forward in the lead-up to the election without completely wrecking herself on camera.
Still, given Harris’ propensity for gaffes and word salads, even the most friendly of interviews might not be enough to save her.
KAMALA IN INTERVIEW
– SHOULD WE ASK HER ABOUT THIS:
WHAT ABOUT HER VICTIMS?
Caramad CONLEY WAS NOT THE ONLY INNOCENT MAN SENT TO PRISON BY KAMALA FOR NEAR 20 YEARS – and, when Caramad Conley was finally freed, Kamala Harris tried to send him back for the rest of his life.
· In 1992, Caramad Conley, then 22 years old, was arrested for a double murder committed during a drive-by shooting in April 1989. To his horror and disbelief, he was found guilty and given 12 life sentences without parole.
· In fact, there was no evidence against Conley, except the word of his friend Clifford Polk – who, unknown to him, had become a police informer in exchange for cash and having his own drug offenses overlooked. And, as the Northern California Innocence Project found when they started looking into the case in 2003, Polk’s evidence against Conley was a work of fiction.
· Polk admitted to the campaigning attorneys that he’d invented it all to keep his police handlers happy, and the cops – one of whom, Prentice Earl Sanders, went on to become the SFPD’s first Black chief – didn’t bother to check the story.
· In June 2010, Conley’s case finally made it back to court – and that December, a new judge, armed with the full story of the evidence against him, dismissed the case without prejudice.
· That should have been the end of Conley’s 18-year ordeal, but at this point, Kamala Harris entered the picture. In her last month as California District Attorney, she must have been briefed on Conley’s case and the reasons he’d been cleared. However, she ignored the court’s findings.
· Instead of being allowed to walk free, Conley was immediately re-arrested and sent back to the county jail to await a new trial – for the same crime, and without any new evidence to show he’d committed it.
· Luckily for him, in January 2011 a new DA took over and he was immediately released. But, if Kamala Harris had stayed in the job for another year, he’d have had to face the ordeal of being tried a second time for a crime he didn’t commit.
Is that the “Justice” we would expect in a President of the USA?
BAD NOUGH was a President who drafted laws to keep brutal coppers off trial – viz Rodney King?
And one who saw more Black People in jail than ever before with harsh police laws and 3 Strikes?
And who (then VP) stood by in Ferguson when BLM was founded, and he “justified” the shooter
And these two are a pair that, now, praises “Peaceful Protesters” – terrorising exactly those cities
which their party has long been ruling, with “Democrat” Mayors and Police Chiefs, and where
MOST BLACK LIVES WERE ENDED -UNDER DEMOCRAT RULE!
And that created ‘Black Lives Matter’ – THE REAL BLM!
What we see now is only a fake ‘BIDEN LOVING MOB’!
Whipped up and led for a “CORRUPT PROSECUTOR PRESIDENT”