2024 strategy: Kamala Harris' low-media approach mirrors Biden's 2020 success

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, has not taken questions from reporters in the nearly three weeks since President Biden suspended his re-election campaign – a move that may work to her advantage like it did for Biden in 2020.

"She is running a similar play to Biden in 2020 where, of course, he used COVID as an excuse to stay in his basement the entire election," Cody Sargent, spokesperson for Heritage Action for America, told Fox News Digital in an interview.

"Harris is running a Trojan horse campaign," Sargent continued. "She's distracting people with Megan Thee Stallion and rolling out a vice president commercials that don't really say anything, distracting them with this big shiny object and Trojan horse. But, then inside that horse is socialism, the most radical candidate to ever appear at the top of her presidential ticket, and she's avoiding doing any media, any real interviews, any sit down."

KAMALA HARRIS FINALLY FIELDS QUESTIONS FROM PRESS AFTER DODGING MEDIA FOR 18 DAYS SINCE BECOMING DEM NOMINEE

In 2020, during his presidential campaign, President Biden held very few press conferences. Throughout the year, he conducted around 12 to 15 press conferences or major media events, instead opting for virtual events.

"So right now it's working for her," Sargent said. "Because we, unfortunately, have a compliant press in this country that's openly pulling for her."

Harris was blasted for spending less than two minutes taking questions from reporters Thursday after being criticized for going 18 days without speaking to the media.

"Kamala refuses to do interviews because her team realizes she is unable to answer questions, much like Biden was not able to answer questions, but for different