The Kamala Harris campaign strategy of press-ducking is starting to backfire as the American public wants answers, interviews and tough questions of the newly anointed Democratic presidential nominee. Popular radio/podcast host Charlamagne Tha God called out Harris on evading the press claiming that by not answering the questions of Americans, it would mean a victory for former President Trump. Since Harris became the nominee, she has given only one interview with the press while former President Trump during the same time period has given 36 and held dozens of rallies. On "The Breakfast Club," Charlamagne challenged Harris to start engaging the press to help energize her base voters because he believes the election has potential to be very "close." WATCH: “This whole election is interesting ’cause it’s going to be close come November. I like how the vice president is hitting the ground and speaking to people in these battleground states. But I do feel like I think she does need to do more outreach in the press,” he said. “‘Cause I believe it’s a lot of excitement within the party and in like that blue bubble, but she gotta excite the folks outside of that bubble because I don’t want this to be one of those elections where she wins the popular vote but loses the electoral college vote.” During Harris' single interview, she had her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz included as well which many critics have said was a terrible decision, especially since both candidates gave vague answers to questions without any detail. Even NBC News national political correspondent Steve Kornacki believed that her small advantage in the national polls will not necessarily lead to an electoral college victory since Trump is expected to exceed polling numbers because of high enthusiasm from his base.
“Take a look here at the last two elections, 2020, 2016, the polling at this point coming out of Labor Day, beginning the fall rush,” Kornacki said. “In 2016, Hillary Clinton led on average by five points. Of course, Donald Trump won in 2016. And Joe Biden had an even bigger lead on average, Labor Day 2020. Donald Trump didn’t win that election, but certainly in the electoral college, he came this close to doing so, Ana. So Trump has run from behind before, certainly.”