Granted, this isn’t nearly as bad as Trump dodging the Draft. But still, it speaks volumes that CNN’s Jim Acosta sounded like Trump yesterday when he accosted a Harris campaign spokesman:
Would it kill you guys to have a press conference? Why hasn’t she had a press conference?
News media across the spectrum have been hounding the Harris campaign with similar questions for weeks. So Acosta probably thought this spokesman appeared on friendly CNN to announce that a press conference was forthcoming. Instead, he kept dodging Acosta’s question like a couch potato playing dodgeball.
Interviews and press conferences are basic requirements of presidential candidates. And it’s malpractice that Kamala is allowing Trump to define her as just a scripted ingénue. She’d be well-advised to make press conferences and unscripted interviews regular features of her campaign ASAP.
Because the more Kamala dodges, the more the press will hound her. And with every dodge, anticipation and expectation will only grow, fueling performance anxiety that will leave her looking more like Biden when she finally meets the press…
