Kamala Harris has avoided interviews for more than two weeks since becoming Dem nominee

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It has been more than two weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic nominee. And during that time, she has not granted any interviews or held press conferences, setting a new precedent for candidate access to the press in an unprecedented election cycle.

Harris has had a honeymoon period of sorts. The legacy media has showered her candidacy with glowing coverage from immediate comparisons of Barack Obama's political rise to reframing her word salads as meme royalty. She has tightened polls against former President Trump. And the honeymoon will likely continue with the selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate and the upcoming DNC convention, where candidates historically receive a bump in the polls.

Perhaps most significantly, she has avoided scrutiny.

The opposite had happened to her ex-running mate, President Biden, particularly in the days leading up to his exit from the race. Following his disastrous debate performance, the legacy media began scrutinizing the White House over Biden's health, his polling took a hit and Democrats launched an intense, unprecedented pressure campaign to remove him from the top of the ticket.

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Stunningly, Biden was quicker to grant an interview during a terrible news cycle than