MSNBC analyst Michael Steele said Friday that the “mainstream media” is not holding Republican candidate Donald Trump to the same standard when criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for her lack of interviews and press conferences. said.
Steele said on MSNBC's “The Chris Jansing Report” that Democrats and the media want to “coddle” Harris by letting her sit in on the interview, but with only a few weeks left, the vice president has no choice. He claimed he didn't have time to do so. Before the November 5th election. MSNBC analysts said Trump has not received as much criticism as his interviews with “mainstream media.”
“It's the Democratic Party, it's about being a Democrat, it's about the mainstream media being the mainstream media,” Steele said. “They want to be coddled, they want to show they're connected and they have closure. The New York Times, the Washington Post, they want a sit-in. The big networks want a sit-in. I don't think Donald Trump is holding weekly sit-ins and press conferences with the mainstream media. So let's hold her to the same standards as Donald Trump. Because they haven't given anything but a nodding and digressing rally, and the media has accepted that.”
“And yet they see it this way.” [Harris] And they say, “Why don't you give us more of what we want?” Well, as soon as she gets it from Donald Trump, she'll give it to you,” Steele said.
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Steele also urged Democrats to stop worrying about press conferences and instead focus on reaching out to voters.
Harris' campaign reportedly has a strategy of doing as few interviews and press conferences as possible as time runs out, giving her more interviews than any other presidential candidate in modern history. Axios reported that the number of responses was the lowest. reported Mid-September. The vice president and his running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have interviewed seven times as of September 19, while Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance have interviewed more than 70 times. Participated in (Related: 'They're holding him back': Influential liberal commentator says Harris campaign's underground strategy backfired during debates)
President Trump held two press conferences. conference In August, he answered questions from multiple media outlets, including opposition media outlets. She attended a hostile interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in July, but a month later they asked Harris much simpler questions.
The vice president's first interview was with CNN's Dana Bash on Aug. 29, in which she provided detailed answers about the major policy changes for the position since her time in the Senate and as a 2020 presidential candidate. could not be provided. She also participated in interviews with Oprah Winfrey and MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhl.
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