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Harris Aides Asking Reporters For Advice On Who To Finally Have Big Interview With: REPORT

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ aides are asking reporters for advice on who should score the first sit-down interview with the presidential candidate, according to Politico Playbook.

Now more than 30 days into her campaign, Harris previously told Playbook that she planned to get a sit-down interview scheduled “by the end of the month.” As the pressure for Harris to finally appear before the press builds, aides are asking reporters for their opinions while news outlets make their best pitch on why they should get the interview, Politico Playbook reported.

Harris disagrees with the idea that at this point in the campaign cycle she needs to do a “big showy interview,” two people told Politico. Aides are reportedly weighing how to use Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate, on the campaign trail, though there is concern he would not “have a full command of where Harris is on every issue,” Politico reported.

Supporters of the Latinos for Harris-Walz campaign attend a party to watch US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivering her acceptance speech in Los Angeles on August 22, 2024, the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Harris formally accepted the party's nomination for president at the DNC which ran from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of the Latinos for Harris-Walz campaign attend a party to watch US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivering her acceptance speech in Los Angeles on August 22, 2024, the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Part of the issue could be attributed to the fact that the vice president has not released a policy platform. The Harris campaign website only features bios of both the vice president and Walz but fails to list any policy priorities. The Trump campaign features the Republican National Committee’s platform as its own, on its website.

Harris did unveil an economic policy during a rally Aug. 16. The vice president also previously told supporters she was for “no tax on tips,” a prominent campaign message first donned by the Trump campaign.

While Harris fails to roll out her priorities, her aides have reversed previous comments she made during her 2020 campaign for president. (RELATED: It Did Not Take Long For Harris’ Campaign To Start Backtracking On Her Left-Wing Positions)

Harris previously endorsed a ban on fracking, mandatory federal gun buybacks and the abolition of private health insurance during her 2020 run. The vice president’s campaign is now claiming that Harris supports a ban on assault weapons without requiring owners to sell them to the federal government, doesn’t want to ban fracking and no longer wants a single-payer health care system according to The New York Times.

While Harris’ campaign pushes to keep her on script and away from formal interview settings, the Trump campaign previously told the Daily Caller it was working to get the vice president off script. Campaign officials told the Caller that Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance would be used to help draw contrast to Harris’ media avoidance. (RELATED: ‘Dam Is Going To Break’: Trump Insiders Forecast Counterattack Against Kamala’s Basement Campaign)

“To highlight that, Senator Vance and President Trump are showing up where Kamala Harris is not,” a campaign spokesperson, granted anonymity to preview strategy, told the Caller. The spokesperson pointed out that Trump attended the National Association of Black Journalists conference when Harris did not. Trump has also appeared with non-traditional media personalities, including streamer Adin Ross and Elon Musk.

“Senator Vance is doing the same by going to the same places that Kamala Harris is going but refusing to take questions. Anyone can show up in a state and read off of a script, off a teleprompter, and then leave 20 minutes later. That’s exactly what Joe Biden was doing, and it didn’t work for him. We’re not going to let it work,” the spokesperson continued.

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