Vice President Kamala Harris finally answered a few questions from reporters on Thursday after the Trump-Vance campaign put a harsh spotlight on her weeks-long silence that was largely overlooked by the mainstream press.
Harris has avoided on-the-record questions from journalists since she was dispatched to insist President Biden simply had a "bad night" during his disastrous debate performance in June. Since the debate, former President Trump survived an assassination attempt, President Biden announced he would not seek re-election, Harris replaced him atop the Democratic ticket, and she selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Despite the historic news cycle and Harris emerging as the Democratic nominee without receiving a single primary vote, she had almost completely avoided on-the-record questions until Thursday.
GOP vice-presidential candidate JD Vance implored the media to do better on the issue and get Harris to answer questions Wednesday when he urged reporters to "show a little bit of self-awareness" and pushed Harris to "do the job of a presidential candidate" by speaking to them.
HARRIS MOCKED FOR TAKING LESS THAN 2 MINUTES OF QUESTIONS AFTER 18 DAYS: 'THIS IS THE BEST KAMALA COULD DO?'
Former President Trump continued to hammer the point during his lengthy Mar-a-Lago press conference on Thursday, and Harris finally took some questions when she spoke on the airport tarmac while campaigning in Michigan.
NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham feels it was Trump and Vance who successfully forced the issue when the press should have been calling it out all along.
"The press has displayed zero self-respect as Kamala Harris has avoided press conferences and interviews for weeks, which they have largely refused to discuss as a controversy, until of course, she ended the drought by taking a few softballs," Graham told Fox News Digital.
"They have treated this issue as a Republican talking point, which it was," he added. "They typically treat all perceived Republican talking points as the opposite of news."
www.foxnews.com
Harris has avoided on-the-record questions from journalists since she was dispatched to insist President Biden simply had a "bad night" during his disastrous debate performance in June. Since the debate, former President Trump survived an assassination attempt, President Biden announced he would not seek re-election, Harris replaced him atop the Democratic ticket, and she selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Despite the historic news cycle and Harris emerging as the Democratic nominee without receiving a single primary vote, she had almost completely avoided on-the-record questions until Thursday.
GOP vice-presidential candidate JD Vance implored the media to do better on the issue and get Harris to answer questions Wednesday when he urged reporters to "show a little bit of self-awareness" and pushed Harris to "do the job of a presidential candidate" by speaking to them.
HARRIS MOCKED FOR TAKING LESS THAN 2 MINUTES OF QUESTIONS AFTER 18 DAYS: 'THIS IS THE BEST KAMALA COULD DO?'
Former President Trump continued to hammer the point during his lengthy Mar-a-Lago press conference on Thursday, and Harris finally took some questions when she spoke on the airport tarmac while campaigning in Michigan.
NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham feels it was Trump and Vance who successfully forced the issue when the press should have been calling it out all along.
"The press has displayed zero self-respect as Kamala Harris has avoided press conferences and interviews for weeks, which they have largely refused to discuss as a controversy, until of course, she ended the drought by taking a few softballs," Graham told Fox News Digital.
"They have treated this issue as a Republican talking point, which it was," he added. "They typically treat all perceived Republican talking points as the opposite of news."
Mainstream press ‘displayed zero self-respect’ amid Kamala Harris press blackout, critics say
Kamala Harris finally answered questions from reporters on Thursday after the Trump-Vance campaign put a spotlight on her weeks-long silence that was largely overlooked by the press.
