Spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign The Democratic nominee took offense to criticism of her lack of media availability and insisted she would do more interviews as the election neared.
“America’s Newsroom” Co-anchor Dana Perino asked Harris-Wolz campaign senior spokesman Ian Sams on Friday if it was a “risk” for Harris to “lay it all out.” [her] Chips” to face former President Trump next Tuesday when she does a few questions and answers outside of debate preparation.
“Well, I deny it,” said Sams. “She Dana sat down with Bash For a lengthy interview that aired on CNN.
“One interview in 47 days,” Perino replied.
Sams suggested that media She’s only paying attention to Harris now that she’s a presidential candidate and the 90 interviews she did this year before becoming the nominee.
“People were probably not paying attention or listening. In this campaign, she is taking questions from reporters on the campaign trail so far. People who cover it every day, she’s going to do more interviews and talk more to the press and take more questions from reporters,” he said.
“Ian, come on,” Perino said.
She rejected Sams’ claim that Harris engaged the media on the trail and claimed that simply telling the press that debate preparations were going well was not the same as answering tough questions from reporters.
“Don’t the American voters need to hear from him directly? He wants to be the Commander-in-Chief. We looked into it. And you didn’t like that either,” Perino continued.
“I hear the question. And it’s funny because it sounds like you’re acting like he’s in the witness protection program. She’s been traveling to battleground states, speaking to thousands of people in packed arenas, more packed than what President Trump is saying,” Sams said.
Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, are seated For at least 39 interviews Since the formation of the Harris-Wolz ticket, that compares to only six non-scripted interviews for the Democratic presidential ticket so far.
Harris has two newly taped interviews that will air on September 6.
Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, ended their extended interview drought last week when they spoke to CNN’s Dana Bash in Georgia on Thursday after weeks of stonewalling the media.
On August 6, Harris met with a reporter for the first time before selecting Walz, a highly publicized interview Trump and Vance gave to various news organizations during that period.
Trump and Harris will meet on September 10 at 1 p.m A debate hosted by ABC News.
Fox News’ Brian Flood and David Rutz contributed to this report.
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