Posted on 08/08/2024 4:35:15 PM PDT by Libloather
Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 18 days without holding a formal press conference since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee as of Thursday.
"It's been 18 days and Kamala Harris is still not taking questions from the media or voters. Regardless of who you support, a terrible precedent has been set," Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., posted on X.
Harris became essentially the de facto nominee after President Biden endorsed her on July 21 when he dropped out of the race and she officially clinched the nomination last week. She has been busy on the campaign trail, spoken at various events, and given informal remarks to reporters at various points, but hasn’t done a formal press conference or wide-ranging interview in the 16 days that have followed.
She also failed to appear at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, where former President Trump made headlines last week with a heated question-and-answer session, although she could make a future appearance with the group.
Trump will be conducting a news conference on Thursday from Mar-a-Lago.
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During a Wednesday press conference in Detroit, Vance 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.
"Until she does, you guys have got to stop giving her a honeymoon and pretending that she is something she isn't," he said.
Semafor Washington Bureau Chief Benjy Sarlin believes it’s time for Harris to speak, especially since the Trump-Vance ticket has been readily available for the press.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
She cannot hold a conversation with anyone having a mental age older than six years. Which is why she CAN talk with journalists.
Harris is held hostage.
Coward QueMala
This is the democrats model going forward just let the media do her campaign for her and make canned speeches and ads. It was used already by several democrats over the last few years with great success. See John Fetterman and Katie Hobss for example. Until democrats lose one of these elections they are going to continue to hide their candidates and let the press win elections for them.
I had to laugh at ABC News at 12:00, “Breaking news Trump takes questions from reporters! Harris speaks to union members!” implying Trump is hiding in the basement and brave Kamala is wading through the unwashed.
I very much doubt she will ever hold anything like an actual “press conference.”
She may face one or two groups of reporters who agree to ask only pre-written, easy softball questions that are thinly-veiled attacks on Donald Trump.
She doesn’t NEED to hold press conferences, when the both the MSM and (Anti)Social Media is so eagerly and unanimously carrying water for her.
Sheesh, if social media is to be believed, she is now an unstoppable juggernaut, equipped with both a golden halo and the ability to walk on water, and Trump doesn’t stand a chance.
/wish it WAS sarc.
I see three possibilities:
1) She has 100 million “votes” locked in, so campaigning is unnecessary. She knows she’s already won.
2) She has been told they cannot cheat enough to win. The number would be too great. It’s all hopeless. Don’t bother to campaign. You’re going to lose.
3) She’s temporary and will be replaced at the Convention, so why make an effort? You aren’t really a candidate.
They just said she “hopes” to schedule a one on one with a TV sycophant soon and thinks that will qualify.
No, it won’t.
Standing in front of 90% supportive reporters with probably rehearsed in advance questions to show her best side, still isn’t good enough. Too risky.
“Do you resent the sexist attacks added onto the racist attacks on you by Trump and his supporters?”
“Do you ever feel almost embarrassed that millions of fans are now treating you like god?” “Some are saying to you passing Obama in enthusiastic crowds.”
Her handlers are busy setting up a fake stage, similarly to what they did with Slow Joe’s fake Oval Office studio across Pennsylvania Ave.
I love how Donald and J.D. have been pushing this point really hard. It’s good to see them go on offense. She can’t just be allowed to skate, while the media try to carry her over the finish line. She has to explain her positions and answer questions at some point. And if they are just softball questions, then Donald and J.D. can keep going after her until she is actually challenged.
It’s the Katie Hobbs and John Fetterman model. She doesn’t have to campaign at all and she knows it. Until democrats lose one of these races where they essentially hide their candidate the democrats will never ever go back to politics as usual.
I highly doubt she even shows up for one debate with Trump she’ll just sit on her lead and say why debate him?
Wanna bet! The mediapukes are helping her to avoid them. I can’t believe they’re doing the same basement strategy chit. And it seems to be working to perfection again with a help of the evil machine that’s running her campaign behind the curtain. No matter how much Trump and all of us *itch about it….she ain’t gonna do it. Why should she when she’s doing nicely in the polls by keeping her mouth shut. Trump needs to go to the black communities etc…don’t know how many times this needs to be emphasize over and over again. Get on the ball Trump team! Go to the black communities the Hispanic communities the Asian communities etc..he needs to get his butt out there and be personable with those voting blocks. The rallies are beautiful and I love them but he keeps preaching to the same choir and some of those people have gone to his rallies like 5,6,10 times. It’s time to go into the lions den in neighborhoods where liberals and the cackling hyena have destroyed their neighborhoods by importing illegal invaders who are taking the benefits from citizens who are suffering under the weight of the immigration explosion. So with that said y’all get used to her having no press conferences because her plantation masters have not given her permission to do any until the end of the month ..BS! The only thing we can do is turn out in droves in November 5. And pray a lot pray pray pray!
Fox News Radio today (Thursday afternoon) made a deliberate point of claiming “Harris and Trump both answered questions”. But did not play any of her supposed “quotes.”
Then again, Fox Radio has been spewing pro Obama-Biden-Harris talking points for 5 years now.
I don’t see how she can get out of debating Trump now, after her followers attacked a man who just bravely faced down literal bullets as being too “scared” to debate. And a lead in the popular vote doesn’t matter. Trump’s still doing much better in the polls than he did in 2016 when he won. The idea that Kamala is inevitable is just propaganda to get people to get on the “winning team.” She knows she’s still not in the winning position.
Trump better take the debates seriously and prepare for them. She must know she’s terrible off the cuff, so she will be extremely well prepared with memorized answers.
Her adoring media has not ask her a single question has not put her on the spot has not even asked what she’s going to do. They only do that with Republicans.
Trump gave them over an hour today of answering any question they wanted to ask. If the people can’t see the difference between these two parties, then it really is time to begin the dividing of the country by secession or whatever other means possible.
She’s too busy doing YouTube ads asking for $$$.
And I thought Obama was bad.
I still don’t think she’ll show up. While Trump is right in this. I do believe the democrats just won’t expose her to any area where her flaws are so visible. She is an absolutely terrible debater just see what Tulsi Gabberd did to her.
They have a model they have used since 2020 where they hide their candidates…build up leads with early voting…and let the media win the elections for them and that just isn’t going to change till the GOP actual makes them pay in one of these elections.
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