Vice President Harris' 2024 presidential campaign chair said the idea that she avoided interviews during the campaign “I'm completely bullish.”
“Looking back, I think we should have communicated our strategy more early on about the podcast and who we are.” [trying to] But the time it took to reach people was limited. [we were trying to] we arrived and we were [trying to] Go to them,” Harris campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon said on “Pod Save America” on Tuesday.
“But countering the narrative that we didn't do anything or were afraid to be interviewed is totally bullshit,” she continued.
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After Harris emerged as the top Democratic candidate, pressure increased to agree to an interview. After becoming the party's nominee, she and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, gave their first major interview in late August to CNN's Dana Bash.
“Real people heard somehow that we wouldn't be interviewed, which was not true and went against all kinds of standards that were set.” [President-elect Trump] I think that was a problem,” O'Malley Dillon said during an appearance on “Pod Save America.”
During the campaign, the vice president's campaign conducted targeted interviews aimed at reaching specific audiences. She has done local media interviews as well as radio interviews and podcasts. Harris also participated in the podcasts “Call Her Daddy” and “All The Smoke.”
Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election upset Democrats, who also lost the House and Senate this year. Debate continues within the party over the causes of this year's poll struggles, with some centrists saying it has moved too far to the left and liberals saying it has not moved left enough. .
The Hill has reached out to Trump's transition team for comment.
