Cavuto SHUTS Down Harris’ Spokesperson

On Friday, Fox News host Neil Cavuto challenged Harris-Walz senior spokesman Ian Sams after Sams claimed that former President Donald Trump avoids “tough questions” from “mainstream reporters.”

Before Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview with CNN’s Dana Bash in late August, Republicans criticized her for avoiding the press and not addressing issues related to her campaign.

On “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” Cavuto questioned Sams about Harris continuing to “avoid” the media despite positive feedback on her performance in the recent debate.

“It’s a funny question ’cause, as you just said, she literally did a media interview about an hour ago. She talked to one of the top anchors in the top station in Philadelphia. Obviously Pennsylvania is a critical battleground state decided by just 80,000 votes four years ago. You’re going to see the vice president continue to talk to the press, continue to engage with the media and do interviews, it’s part of this campaign,” Sams said. “I think that people are tuning in now that we’ve gotten through the first debate to really see what these candidates have to offer. She’s going to continue to engage with the media. I think it’s interesting ’cause President Trump, for example, I know he likes to hang out in primetime on this network and do Twitter spaces with Elon Musk, but you don’t see him very often sitting down taking tough questions from mainstream reporters like yourself.”

Despite Kamala Harris doing *VERY* few interviews, Harris Spokesman Ian Sams claims Harris is “going to continue to engage with the media and press.” pic.twitter.com/9mO3iS4SeG

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Cavuto interjected by pointing out that Trump held a press conference in California on Friday and emphasized that the former president engages with the press “a lot more” than Harris.

“He just did a press conference today. So he does embrace and go with the press and all that. And he’s open to these extemporaneous exchanges. Now many people might criticize how he goes about that, but he does it a lot more than your candidate,” Cavuto said.

“Well, she also just about 20 minutes ago stood inside of a store and took questions from the reporters who were with her. Again, this is part of a campaign, she’s going to continue to engage with the media and press,” Sams responded. “President Trump, I guess, will continue doing 45-minute-long rants at the podium with reporters sitting there wondering what he’s talking about, but we’ll continue to engage with the media and share her vision for the country and why she’s running and what her priorities will be as president.”