Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) stated during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that Vice President Kamala Harris is largely avoiding the media to prevent people from recognizing how unprepared she is and how detrimental her ideas are for the country.
Vance, who has been chosen as former President Donald Trump’s running mate for the 2024 presidential race, discussed Harris’s media interactions and Trump’s decision to debate her. He highlighted that Harris performs poorly when she is not following a script.
“She’s fine if you put her in front of the teleprompter and tell her what to say. But she actually has to answer questions based purely on her own knowledge and interest in policy. Then it becomes a bit of a disaster,” Vance said, noting that Trump thrives in those environments.
When asked why Harris, who has been designated as the Democrats’ nominee without substantial input from actual Democratic voters, is largely avoiding the media and not holding major press conferences, Vance explained that her reluctance to speak stems from the fact that the more she talks, the more evident it becomes that she is unprepared to be commander-in-chief.
“I think when she does go out and talk to people, the fact that she’s not ready to be president is obvious for all to see,” Vance said, contrasting that with his own media exposure; he noted his interviews since being tapped by Trump, including with NBC.
“I think that your responsibility as a political candidate is to go out there and seek the votes of the people that you want to lead, right? I’m asking to be your next vice president. I should be required to go out and actually persuade you that I’m going to be a good one,” Vance said, explaining that Harris has “basically pursued a strategy of hiding from the press in the hope that people don’t realize how ill prepared she is and how bad her ideas are for the country.”
That is “really, really disgraceful,” Vance continued, both on her part and that of the media, the latter of whom is covering up for her shortcomings.
“These guys for years … accuse Donald Trump of being a threat to democracy– and then to sing the praises of Kamala Harris without requiring her to sit down for an interview? It really goes to show that the media is fundamentally a propaganda arm of the DNC,” Vance said.
“We can’t let people forget that — because we need them to mistrust the media, because they’re obviously lying about her. They’re lying about President Trump. They’re lying about me, and we need people to know the truth,” he added.
