It’s less noticed and discussed than Kamala Harris’s refusal to do sit-down on-camera interviews or press conferences, but her running mate, Tim Walz, hasn’t done a single one either. (No, an on-camera chat with Harris about “white guy tacos” does not count. The San Francisco Chronicle labeled that an “interview,” even though the two candidates were talking to each other.)
Think about it: Harris has been the de facto nominee for almost a month, and Walz has been Harris’s running mate for nearly two weeks now. Neither one has done a single interview or press conference — no sit-down with 60 Minutes, no meeting with a newspaper editorial board, no Sunday shows. No interviews with local network television affiliates in swing states. Not even an on-the-record chat with Walz’s hometown papers or radio stations.
Remember, it’s not just the Democratic ticket that refuses to do a sit-down interview or hold a press conference; it’s the current vice president and the current governor of Minnesota. They have day jobs, and answering questions about those duties is part of their job.
J. D. Vance has been doing Sunday shows left and right. Trump’s done the NABJ conference, a long and wide-ranging interview with Elon Musk, and a New York City drive-time radio show, and he held a press conference. The difference between them and their opponents couldn’t be any more stark. And it’s long past time that the mainstream media started giving Harris and Walz a lot more grief about their shameless effort to avoid questioning between now and Election Day.