CNBC’s Joe Kernen cornered Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) during a Tuesday morning appearance on the network, challenging him to defend Vice President Kamala Harris‘ steadfast refusal to take the tough questions from media.
Kernen spoke to Coons — who served as an advisor to his longtime friend President Joe Biden until his abrupt exit from the 2024 presidential race — about the fact that Harris has been the Democrats’ de facto candidate for over two months and has rarely taken questions at all, much less from any outlet that might be considered adversarial.
CNBC's Joe Kernen grilled Harris surrogate Chris Coons on Harris' lack of interviews this am
Harris and Walz have participated in 7 interviews, while Trump and Vance have done over 70 interviews and press conferences@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/zkAOIOKle4
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“If she would come on, we could get answers to a lot of these things,” Kernen said, noting that he’d also like the chance to speak with former President Donald Trump.
“And I’m just wondering, as a campaign surrogate who advises the campaign, there is an effort to rope-a-dope this thing right until the election, in my view, and the other side’s done 40 or 50 interviews with JD Vance,” he continued. “I don’t think I have to take my shoes off to count on my fingers and toes how many interviews she’s done, along with Governor Walz, and that looks like a deliberate effort just not to face the hard questions.” […]
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