The two politicians will sit-down with CNN in Georgia for an interview that airs Thursday at 21:00 EDT (02:00 BST).
In brief, this will be the candidates’ first in-depth, recorded interview with a reporter following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race and his endorsement of Ms. Harris over five weeks ago.
• Republicans have criticized the vice president for seeming to avoid the media and for allegedly not disclosing her aspirations for the presidency to the electorate since she rose to the top of the ticket.
The Democratic nominees for US president, Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, have consented to their first joint interview. CNN in Georgia has scheduled a meeting between the two politicians for this Thursday at 21:00 EDT (02:00 BST).
Following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the contest and his endorsement of Ms. Harris as his successor more than five weeks ago, this will be the candidates’ first in-depth, on-the-record interview with a reporter.
Republicans have criticized the vice president for seeming to avoid the media and for allegedly not telling people about her aspirations for the presidency since she rose to the top of the ticket.
Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz will have their first real test as running mates during the interview, which gives them a chance to allay those concerns. Additionally, it fulfills the vice president’s promise to arrange a meeting before the end of the month.
It comes after the two made well-known addresses at the highly anticipated Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which was a sophisticatedly planned and executed party celebration. Following the interview, Ms. Harris will proceed on a bus tour of Georgia, a state that is a major battleground.
It will be one of the few chances for people around the country to learn more specifics about the policy stances of the Harris-Walz campaign before election day, which is just seventy-days away. Republicans and media outlets have become more vocal on the campaign’s lack of specific policy stances or interviews throughout Ms.
Harris’s abortive and historic presidential campaign. It has exposed her campaign to disparaging comments and taunts from her rivals. Trump claimed that Ms. Harris “can’t do an interview” because she was “barely competent” at a recent Mar-a-Lago news conference.
Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, has chastised the media and Ms. Harris for avoiding the press. He called it “shameful” that Ms. Harris had not “taken a single real question from a reporter” earlier this month. “She (Harris) is taking a basement strategy of running from reporters instead of getting in front of them and answering tough questions about her record and letting the American people know who she is.” Mr. Vance has repeatedly stated that during their several interviews and news conferences, both he and Trump were asked “hostile questions” by the media.
Vice-President Harris – who has enjoyed a campaign that has ridden high on “good vibes” thus far – has avoided some of the gaffes and blunders that the Republican ticket has suffered in front of the press, however.
That could be the point, as she had a few bad experiences with the press in her first two years as vice-president.
A poor interview in 2021 with NBC’s Lester Holt on immigration and the US southern border seemed to particularly have led to a limit of her press engagement thereafter.
It remains to be seen what effect this interview may have on Ms Harris’s campaign, as multiple national opinion polls show her leading Trump ahead of the November presidential election.
A Farleigh Dickinson University poll released last week suggest Ms Harris is beating Trump nationally by seven points, 50 percent to 43 percent.
It is a stark reversal of fortunes for Democrats, who were beginning to fall behind Republicans in multiple races when Mr Biden was the nominee.
Polls frequently indicated the president trailing his predecessor by several points as well.
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