CNN host suggests Harris sitting for 'softball interview' won't curb pressure to speak to media

CNN host Kasie Hunt said Tuesday that the pressure on Vice President Harris to face tough questions from the press won't end if she sits for a "softball interview" this week, after she said she intends to schedule an interview before the end of August.

"I don‘t think that doing softball interviews is going to put this to rest," Hunt said. "But I think the decision that I‘m looking for from the Harris team is who are they choosing to sit down with? And is that going to be something where you come away feeling like she took the hard questions or if this snowball continues."

Harris has gone 37 days without giving a press conference or formal interview with the media since emerging as the Democratic nominee for president.

Democratic strategist Ameisha Cross and Republican strategist Brad Todd clashed over Harris' press avoidance during the discussion, as Cross claimed Harris had only just accepted the Democratic nomination for president.

37 DAYS: VP HARRIS REFUSES TO REVEAL POLICY POSITIONS, GIVE NEWS CONFERENCES OR INTERVIEWS

Harris officially clinched the Democratic nomination for president on August 5 via a virtual roll call. Hunt asked Cross if the Harris campaign has let discussions about Harris sitting down with the press go on for too long.

"This is a very historic campaign, a very truncated campaign, but the pressure for her was to actually get out and talk to the voters. She’s been doing that. She had to build that capacity. She also just chose her vice president as a running mate, the press was not her top priority," Cross said.

Todd argued that Harris had been preparing to be president throughout her time as vice president and said she should have been able to do an interview "on the first day."

"She doesn't want to