Campaign Memo: Kamala Harris to Sit for Interviews After Debate DebacleWendell Husebø 12 Sep 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, who only sat for one interview since joining the presidential race, will answer questions in a couple of local and national interviews in the next few weeks, according to a campaign memo reported by the New York Times.
The announcement is a reversal in strategy and comes just two days after Harris appeared to avoid most questions during her first presidential debate. Political pundits slammed her for appearing evasive particularly on the first question on the economy, the number one issue for voters.
“Despite the economy being the number one issue facing the country, the sitting vice president generally reverted to talking points about a few of her policy proposals,” CNN’s Jake Tapper said after the debate. “Even Harris allies today are saying that she needs to talk more about what she will do for Americans if elected.”
Harris has been in power for three and a half years. Under the Biden-Harris administration, inflation soared about 20 percent across the board on average.
“When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?” ABC News debate host David Muir asked Harris.
Harris responded to Muir by avoiding the question: “So, I was raised as a middle class kid. And I am actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America.”
Harris will sit for local interviews in battleground media markets, the memo indicated, and “will participate in an interview next week with the National Association of Black Journalists,” the Times reported:
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