Things That Make You Go Hmm: Kamala Harris Continues to Avoid the Media, They Continue to Be Okay With It

As RedState reported Wednesday, despite the fact that it has been eleven days since Vice President Kamala Harris effectively became the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, she hasn't given one press conference or had any media interactions where she's actually taken any questions from reporters.

She has done other things, though, things that I think most people would describe as "weird." Interestingly, that is what many on her side have taken to calling Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, even though - last I checked - it wasn't JD Vance who pretended to have a southern accent and who campaigned and laughed at a funeral while claiming a title he did not yet hold.

As further evidence of the Kamala Harris press avoidance strategy ramping up, here she is reading from a script in a notebook in front of a press gaggle. Watch how once she's done she closes up the notebook and walks away without taking a single question:

Kamala — after spending 30+ minutes in her vehicle preparing — opens her binder to read prepared remarks in front of the press.

She hasn't taken a single question since she forced Biden off the ballot. pic.twitter.com/8iRFqn8lC5
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 1, 2024

Kamala ignores questions after reading a very brief statement directly from her binder.

She hasn't taken a single question — no interviews nor press conferences — since she forced Biden off the ballot. pic.twitter.com/y3EdAXlVEA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 1, 2024

I mean imagine her advance team having to do the setup for this - on an airport runway, right before she heads off to board Air Force Two. So cringe.

In some ways, it's like Joe Biden's 2020 basement campaign strategy, except fine-tuned to make it look like she's engaged without actually being engaged with the public and press.

And not shockingly, as Kamala Harris continues to avoid the press, they continue to be okay with it, much like they were with Biden in 2020. I mean why not take a question or two? I think the answer is pretty clear, as my colleague Ward Clark explained:

"...[Harris] does have various other problems: She is a horrible speaker, she has the charisma and personal appeal of an acorn, and frankly, she's not very bright.
"The Democrat machine will hold her away from any unscripted events as long as they can - but that can't last forever. Sooner or later she will have to go off 'prompter, perhaps in a debate with Donald Trump, and then it will be Word Salad II, Return of the Killer Word Salad, and that, trust me, will be a sight to see."

Relatedly, stories have also emerged about campaign trackers at recent Kamala Harris rallies, where members of the press were trailed and in the most recent incident, they initially forbade reporters from being able to question Harris for President rally attendees outside the press pen.

This is sort of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" territory here with the press and Harris, except if Harris does wind up getting elected president, it will get much worse. The media will do Olympic-like gymnastic contortions much like they did with Barack Obama because they'll be so giddy over the "first woman president" distinction (and their role in pulling her over the finish line) that they won't give a damn about what little bit of credibility they (may or may not) have left swirling down the toilet bowl in the process.

As far as I'm concerned, this is just as good a reason as any to make sure Harris is sent packing back to California after the November elections - not just because the cackle is intolerable, but also because the Legacy Media's coverage of her is, too.