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WATCH: Kamala FINALLY Takes Question From Peter Doocy, Runs Away
A day after gliding her way to the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, Vice President Kamala Harris took a brief series of questions from the media. Predictably, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy took her to task.
Doocy managed to charm Harris with a “good to see you” as she headed through the bowels of the Chicago convention center toward an exit, causing her to smile and stop to shake hands. His question was more foreboding than substantive, a warning to Harris that Fox News isn’t going to quit until the network has a chance to speak with her. “Are you ready for your Fox News interview?” he asked. Harris laughed and shrugged her shoulders before moving on. “I’m working towards it,” she joked before hurrying off. Doocy, a common foe to administration spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, may be the very last reporter in Washington to receive a sit-down with Vice President Harris, if one occurs at all.
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Doocy, 37, has been with the network since 2009 when he joined at the general assignment desk, working his way up the ranks and taking advantage of his opportunity to cover the Biden-Harris administration through a critical lens. Many of his exchanges with KJP have gone viral, especially among conservative audiences, for catching the spokeswoman off guard or baiting her into giving deflective or nonsensical answers. He has even gotten under the skin of President Joe Biden: several weeks before he dropped out, Doocy shouted a question to the president about whether he believed polls showing most Americans have grave concerns about his age and fitness for a second term. “That’s stupid!” Biden shouted back.
Now, it’s Vice President Harris’s turn to eventually face the media and confront questions about her record and qualifications for serving as Biden’s successor. Michael Tyler, a Harris campaign spokesman, has been called out for responding vaguely about when or if she may sit down for an extended and unscripted interview with the media. Earlier this month, Tyler assured CNN’s Jim Acosta that Harris would hold one interview “by the end of the month” and pointed to her numerous campaign rallies as evidence she’s out and about. “Michael, you know that a campaign rally is not a press conference,” Acosta replied.
Before Doocy’s quip, reporters were able to collect just 70 seconds’ worth of Harris’s time in an airport hangar before aides shuffled her away. The Democrat has indeed been prolific on the campaign trail, but her remarks have been carefully scripted and delivered by teleprompters, leading observers to question whether her team is afraid of her returning to a pattern of making awkward statements without prepared remarks. In June, former Harris spokeswoman Ashley Etienne opined on CNN that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) “would pose the greatest threat” if she had to face him in a vice presidential debate. Vance was ultimately tapped by former President Donald Trump, but with Biden’s withdrawal from the race, Harris can breathe a sigh of relief as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off with him instead.
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