29 Days: Kamala Harris has not held a press conference since emerging as presumptive Democratic nominee
Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 29 days without holding a formal press conference or sit-down interview since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
While she has been busy on the campaign trail, spoken at various events, and given informal remarks to reporters at various points since effectively replacing President Biden on the ticket last month, she hasn’t done a formal press conference or wide-ranging interview in the four weeks that have followed.
Former President Trump held his second press conference in a week on Thursday at Bedminster, and since Aug. 6, he's answered 81 questions in pressers and interviews, including a two-hour session with supporter Elon Musk last week.
In that same period, Harris has done brief "gaggles" as well as off-the-record sessions with traveling reporters, but she still hasn't done anything formal with the press. She spoke for a few minutes at a campaign stop with reporters in Pennsylvania on Sunday, telling the media she still considered herself an "underdog" as the Democratic National Convention gets set to kick off.
The left-leaning Washington Post editorial board challenged Harris over dodging the media last week, saying of her opponent, "at least he has taken questions." The Post said she should account for her numerous policy shifts, including on fracking, border security and private health insurance. Liberal columnist Perry Bacon also called on Harris to take questions in a new piece on Sunday.
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Liberal CNN anchor Jim Acosta chided the campaign about the issue on Wednesday, asking communications director Michael Tyler, "Would it kill you guys" to do one? Tyler laughed before reiterating