Kamala won’t take questions…
According to a Fox News report, it’s been 86 days since Kamala Harris became the presumptive (now official) Democratic Party nominee for president — and she still hasn’t addressed the press. Instead, the Veep has filled her schedule with softball interviews on friendly networks.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has held six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August.
From Fox News:
Harris has stepped up her interviews in recent weeks, including doing radio hits, a solo sit-down with a Philadelphia TV station, and friendly appearances with “The View,” Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern.
But as for when she’ll actually do a formal press conference as a candidate, that day may never come, at least while she’s still a candidate.
Conservative Radio Libre host Jorge Bonilla feels Harris should do a press conference but said it’s almost “irrelevant” because she continues to get a pass.
“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 told Fox News Digital.
In her interview in Philadelphia, her answer citing her middle-class upbringing when asked about specifics of her economic policy drew sharp criticism.
“You know, I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn,” she said. “And I was raised to believe and to know that all people deserve dignity, and that we as Americans have a beautiful character. You know, we have ambitions and aspirations and dreams, but not everyone necessarily has access to the resources that can help them fuel those dreams and ambitions.
“So when I talk about building an opportunity economy, it is very much with the mind of investing in the ambitions and aspirations and the incredible work ethic of the American people and creating opportunity for people, for example, to start a small business.”
Watch the clip below:
Reporter: How are you going to make life more affordable?
Kamala (extremely nervous): “I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn, you know?"
She’s literally just repeating the lines she rehearsed for the debate pic.twitter.com/GAdv6G1Vxn
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 13, 2024
More over at Fox News:
86 days: Kamala Harris has yet to do formal press conference since emerging as Democratic nominee https://t.co/xMI4B1RYHd
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 15, 2024