CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings said on Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to bring her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), to her first sit-down interview was yet another demonstration of her weakness as a candidate.
Jennings joined a panel discussion on the topic hosted by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who asked whether — after nearly 40 days had passed without a single interview or press conference since Harris became the Democratic Party’s de facto 2024 nominee — critics would point out the fact that she was still refusing to sit for an interview on her own.
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Weak sauce for Kamala Harris to demand an emotional support animal for her first interview. Shows an extreme lack of confidence for Thursday night event on @cnn pic.twitter.com/ZrjGF2nNLz
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) August 28, 2024
“Is the line now going to be, well, why isn’t she doing it by herself?” Cooper asked.
“Yeah, I do think people are going to bring that up,” Jennings replied, saying that while he had “great confidence” in both the network and anchor Dana Bash, he agreed it was not a great look for Harris to bring Walz along.
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“I think it’s incredibly weak — weak sauce — to show up with your running mate. The fact that they don’t have enough confidence in her to let her sit, herself, the actual top of the ticket, and do a single interview …” Jennings continued. “I think the hand-wringing and gyrations over this over the last month show a troubling lack of confidence in her political ability. Which also makes you wonder as a voter, well, what kind of president would you be if this kind of a small-time decision — can we do an interview or not? — what does that look like for your decision-making process?”
“So yes, I think Republicans are going to think it’s pretty weak to show up with, effectively, someone to take up half the time,” Jennings concluded, referring to Walz in an X post as Harris’ “emotional support animal” for the interview.
