Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris avoided giving an unscripted press conference about policy solutions for the thirty-fourth day on Saturday.
The media have not interviewed Harris on television since June 24, 2024, and the last time the press reportedly questioned her at a solo news conference was eight months ago — December 2, 2023.
“She has committed to one interview by Aug. 31,” Axios reported Tuesday, but that interview has not yet occurred or been scheduled.
Harris might be avoiding the media for two reasons.
First, the Harris campaign might be worried about its candidate’s likability and ability to speak off the cuff about policies without delivering a devastating gaffe.
More is here on Harris’s word salads.
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Second, the Harris campaign is stuck in a “catch-22.” Speaking about policies to fix crime, inflation, and border security would undermine the Biden-Harris administration’s claim of having solved those key issues. However, Harris must tout the administration’s policy successes to validate her record and candidacy.
More is here on Harris’s radical record.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter with Breitbart News and a former RNC War Room Analyst. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell on “X” @WendellHusebø or on Truth Social @WendellHusebo.