Jonathan Karl, the chief White House correspondent for ABC News, has criticized Democrat vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris for attending a fundraiser with the stars of “The Avengers” rather than meet with members of the press.
On Tuesday, Harris held a virtual fundraiser with actors Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, and Zoe Saldana, all stars of Marvel's “Avengers” series of films.
“At a fundraiser tonight, @KamalaHarris played trivia and answered questions from the cast of The Avengers,” Karl tweeted on Tuesday evening. “And with that, the Democratic VP nominee has now taken more questions from cast of The Avengers than from the traveling press covering her campaign.”
NBC News reporter Deepa Shivaram tweeted last month: “A reminder that it has been 42 days since Harris was tapped as the VP pick. There are 42 days until election day. The senator has not once formally taken questions from the press.”
DePauw University professor Jeffrey McCall told Fox News in September that Harris’ and Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s reticence to speak with the press “appears to be a continuation of the overall Biden campaign strategy of running out the clock while sitting on a lead,” in many polls.
“Biden himself has had minimal exposure to press questioning and Harris is following this lead. When Harris was named to the ticket, it was assumed by many pundits that she would be front and center in front of the media ... to compensate for Biden's lower visibility,” McCall said. “That has clearly not been the case.”
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