CNN Anchor Pushes For Kamala To Do A Sit Down Interview: ‘Seems Like She Has The Time If She Wanted To’

CNN anchor John Berman asked a Harris campaign spokeswoman about the Democratic nominee’s schedule on Tuesday as Harris is seemingly avoiding the media.

Senior Spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod joined Berman on Tuesday morning and was pushed to answer why Harris has yet to hold a press conference or sit down for a major interview since becoming the Democrats’ presidential nominee.

“What’s on the vice president’s schedule today?” Berman asked Elrod.

“Uh, well, she’s traveling and talking to voters and getting her message out there to the American people, something she’s been doing from the very start of this campaign,” Elrod said.

“But I was asking about today,” Berman shot back. “And I don’t think she’s got any campaign events on the schedule today, does she?”

“Well, she and Governor [Tim] Walz have been traveling across the country. They hit nearly every battleground state last week,” Elrod replied. She added that Harris has a campaign event planned for Friday in North Carolina.

“The reason I was asking about today is because it seems like she has time if she wanted to do an interview with a member of the media or do a news conference, correct? There does appear to be that time if she wanted.”

The Harris campaign spokeswoman said the vice president promised last week that she would do an interview “at some point.”

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“What is important here, John, is that she is taking her message directly to the American people … and drawing large crowds,” Elrod continued. “So she’s actually having those direct conversations.”

“But not today. She could do an interview today I would think,” Berman pressed.

“Just because she doesn’t have an interview scheduled on her public schedule doesn’t mean that she’s not taking her message directly to voters,” Elrod argued.

CNN: “What’s on the vice president’s schedule today?”

Kamala Spox: She’s giving a speech on Friday.

CNN: “It seems like she has time if she wanted to do an interview with a member of the media or do a press conference.”

Kamala Spox: She will at some point! pic.twitter.com/p9OE0hTAob

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Harris spoke briefly with reporters last week before she departed Detroit and said she would schedule an interview “before the end of the month.” The vice president spent less than two minutes taking questions from the reporters waiting outside of Air Force 2.

Trump has blasted Harris for avoiding the media as he held a major press conference last week and sat down for a two-hour virtual fireside chat with X owner Elon Musk on Monday night.

“It’s pretty sad when you think that somebody that does this for a living can’t answer a question or is afraid to do an interview,” Trump told Musk during their discussion.

Harris and Trump are set to debate on September 10 on ABC. The Democratic nominee did not agree to a September 4 interview on Fox News after Trump said he had agreed to that debate along with a September 25 debate on NBC. Harris has not said if she will debate Trump again after September 10.