(BPR) Fulfilling her promise came with more than one big catch as Vice President Kamala Harris’ first interview as nominee took the basement campaign to the next level.
“Interesting…and embarrassing.”
Hardly a moonshot, the Democratic Party’s nominee’s insistence that she would conduct an interview before the end of August was expected to be fulfilled Thursday on CNN. However, the sit-down with the network’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash was leaning beyond softball territory as it would not only be pre-taped, it would be a tag team.
CNN reported that Harris would be joined by her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for the interview slated to premiere at 9 p.m. ET and detailed, “The 37 days since her candidacy began have generated a swell of enthusiasm and momentum for Harris, including at last week’s convention in Chicago.”
“But her lack of a formal news conference or interview has generated criticism from her Republican rivals,” the report continued. “Thursday’s interview [fulfills] a vow she made earlier in August to schedule a sit-down before the end of the month.”
Kamala Harris is finally sitting down for an interview!
With Dana Bash of CNN.
And it’s a joint interview with her VP because she can’t do it by herself.
And it’s going to be pre-taped pic.twitter.com/iAe9m3vUXJ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 27, 2024
Earlier in the week, even a debate remained in question as the vice president was said to have been seeking a change to the rules that had been set in advance of the Sept. 10 matchup.
Having endeavored to rebrand from an unfavorable image of word salads, cackling and failing upward since supplanting President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, the conditional manner in which Harris agreed to engage with corporate media only further fueled criticism about her own fitness for office.
Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist, decried, “There is nothing more insulting than a journalist being considered safe enough for a Democrat interview. In this case, @danabashcnn is the big loser. Also, there should be TEN REAL INTERVIEWS A DAY — not one fake one each quarter. To state the obvious.”
There is nothing more insulting than a journalist being considered safe enough for a Democrat interview. In this case, @danabashcnn is the big loser. Also, there should be TEN REAL INTERVIEWS A DAY — not one fake one each quarter. To state the obvious. https://t.co/0TBMMrXEXm
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 27, 2024
