Kamala Harris 'Frying Bigger Fish' Before She Sits Down for an Interview
She and her election team likely preparing her to be a stronger interview
The debate — and complaint from many in the the media and public — continues about whether Vice President and Democratic nominee for President, Kamala Harris, should make herself available for interviews.
Media personality Charlemagne tha God expressed his viewpoint on the matter: What he sees happening and what needs to take place, reports Hanna Panreck at Fox News.
"She'll get to interviews after the DNC,” he recently told CNN anchor Erin Burnett. “But, you know, this week I think she got, she's got bigger fish to fry, like going out there (at the DNC) and knocking a home run speech out the park.”
Harris has told reporters that she plans to arrange an interview by the end of August, Panrek wrote.
Charlamagne does however agree that Harris "does need to do more interviews."
He explains:
"I mean, it's the bottom of the ninth inning, right,” he rhetorically asks. "Like, I feel like she should be any — and everywhere, you know — having these conversations."
While Harris’ avoidance of the press seems unconventional, this is an unconventional, figurative speaking last-minute rise to becoming the Democratic nominee for president. Harris and her team know that interviews are not a strength for the vice president. A poor one at this stage of the election cycle could prove disastrous.
Harris’ advisors are likely buying her time, building on the emotional and political momentum she has and continues to build, while they very likely are heavily coaching her to improve and successfully perform in communicating directly and clearly with the media when she does sit down with it.
It’s a calculated risk yet one deemed necessary risk management. The critical task for Harris and her team is to not lose the election. That comes before first.
That means, as a strategy, the Democrats don’t want to give their opponents — Donald Trump, Republicans and Republican-leaning media and voters — more ammunition with which to attack Harris’ weaknesses, real and perceived.
Patience, despite the criticism and pressure, could prove to be the difference if when Harris does begin doing interviews, she shows she is well coached and well prepared.
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