Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign team is facing mounting criticism for her limited media engagement, as a senior adviser attempts to downplay concerns by citing the candidate’s busy schedule.
Keisha Lance Bottoms, a senior adviser to the Harris-Walz campaign, defended the vice president’s scarcity of press interviews during a recent appearance on CNN.
When pressed about Harris’ reluctance to face media scrutiny, Bottoms insisted, “She’s a very busy person.” This explanation comes as Harris continues to dodge substantive interviews, raising questions about her ability to withstand the rigors of a presidential campaign and her willingness to be transparent with the American people, per Fox News.
During an interview with CNN, Bottoms was pressed by anchor Jake Tapper about how Harris has not regularly sat down for interviews since launching her presidential campaign.
“Why,” Tapper asked. “Why is she not doing more interviews to talk about her policies and answer some of the questions that voters have about her policies and her change on her views on some of them?’”
In response, Bottoms said the vice president has participated in several interviews.
“Well, Jake, she’s done interviews,” Bottoms replied.
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