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Vice President Kamala Harris has spent the 35-plus days since being anointed as the Democratic Party\u2019s nominee by President Joe Biden by avoiding a sit-down media interview or a formal press conference, and she\u2019s been roundly criticized for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, however, the VP\u2019s campaign announced she had agreed to be interviewed by CNN\u2019s Dana Bash, but that arrangement quickly drew even more criticism after it was discovered that she would be bringing her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, along with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings criticized Harris for bringing Walz, arguing that this move highlights her perceived weakness as a candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennings participated in a panel discussion on CNN with anchor Anderson Cooper, who raised the question of whether, after nearly 40 days without a single interview or press conference since Harris became the Democratic Party\u2019s de facto 2024 nominee, critics would highlight her ongoing refusal to appear for an interview solo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs the line now going to be, well, why isn\u2019t she doing it by herself?\u201d Cooper asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, I do think people are going to bring that up,\u201d Jennings replied, saying that while he had \u201cgreat confidence\u201d in both the network and anchor Dana Bash, he agreed it was not a great look for Harris to bring Walz along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s incredibly weak \u2014 weak sauce \u2014 to show up with your running mate. The fact that they don\u2019t have enough confidence in her to let her sit, herself, the actual top of the ticket, and do a single interview \u2026\u201d Jennings continued. \u201cI think the hand-wringing and gyrations over this over the last month show a troubling lack of confidence in her political ability. Which also makes you wonder as a voter, well, what kind of president would you be if this kind of a small-time decision \u2014 can we do an interview or not? \u2014 what does that look like for your decision-making process?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo yes, I think Republicans are going to think it\u2019s pretty weak to show up with, effectively, someone to take up half the time,\u201d Jennings concluded, referring to Walz in an X post<\/a> as Harris\u2019 \u201cemotional support animal\u201d for the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told<\/a> \u201cFox & Friends\u201d host Ainsley Earhardt this week that \u201csexists and misogynists\u201d within the Democratic campaign are \u201cnot allowing\u201d Vice President Kamala Harris from traveling or speaking \u201calone\u201d with the media because they \u201cdon\u2019t trust\u201d her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway appeared on the show Tuesday, and Earhardt played a clip of Trump accusing Harris of \u201cflip-flopping\u201d on the Biden administration\u2019s economic policies and then suggesting that voters \u201cdon\u2019t really know what her policies are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway, a political analyst who served in then-President Donald Trump\u2019s White House as his senior counsel, called on Democrats to \u201cfree Kamala already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo question that they don\u2019t trust Kamala Harris enough to speak regularly. This is amazing to me,\u201d Conway continued<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s something exciting about a woman and sexists and misogynists in her campaign are not allowing her to travel alone or to speak on her own extemporaneously to members of the media. Have a town hall; don\u2019t be afraid to take questions. They can make it as friendly as the pep rally that was the Democratic Convention if they want to. But free Kamala already. Let her out. Let us hear from her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After ripping Harris for refusing to publicly discuss all of her policy objectives, Conway went after the VP\u2019s tax policy positions, labeling them \u201ctruly frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd, Ainsley, it\u2019s, you know, let\u2019s get past the laughs and gaffes and get serious here. When she does tell us what her vision is, when she does promise these policies, that\u2019s when she gets truly frightening: 65 percent estate death tax \u2013 that\u2019s going to disseminate family businesses up and down this country, 44 percent on capital gains,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then the unrealized gains being taxed? Donald Trump is preparing for every single day by doing things like he did yesterday, facing the cameras, showing everybody the real people impact at the border, of the groceries and gas prices,\u201d she said, adding he\u2019s \u201cout there\u201d in swing states \u201cfacing the music\u201d every day.<\/p>\n

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