Vice President Kamala Harris — who has sat for just one pre-taped, 18-minute interview since becoming the de-facto Democratic presidential nominee in July — intends on doing a number of local and National interviews in the coming weeks, according to a campaign memo reported on by the New York Times.
While Harris has avoided both sit-down interviews and press conferences over the last 50 days, the campaign appears to be switching up its strategy after Tuesday night’s presidential debate. While a number of outlets have declared Harris the winner through polls and focus groups, a number of outlets found pro-Trump results as well, including Reuters and the New York Times.
A majority of polls and focus groups of undecided voters and independents have also produced positive results for the former president, as both key demographics preferred Trump’s answers on key issues like the economy and illegal immigration.
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On Thursday, the New York Times reported on a Harris Campaign memo that appears to signal a change in strategy.
According to the memo, Harris intends to sit for a number of interviews with local news stations in key battleground states, as well as a number of national outlets, as the election campaign heads down the stretch. The vice president is set to be interviewed by the National Association of Black Journalists as early as next week, the memo indicated.
“While Ms. Harris’s top aides are thrilled with her debate showing and Mr. Trump’s inability to push consistent and coherent attacks, they are looking to tweak their strategy only around the edges,” the New York Times reported.
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“The next steps, close advisers say, are ramping up her visibility on the campaign trail, including retail politicking in communities, increased press appearances, and putting herself in front of as many voters as possible in battleground states. Aides believe that at its heart, the race is unchanged.”
The Harris Campaign is also pushing for a second debate with their Republican rival, though Trump has thrown cold water on the idea.
“When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I WANT A REMATCH.’ Polls clearly show that I won the Debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ Radical Left Candidate,” the former president wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday.
The former president went on to accuse Harris of dodging debates in the past, including one instance where she turned down a Fox News-hosted debate. He went on to emphasize his unwillingness to engage in any future debates with his rival, who received the Democratic Party nomination without a single primary vote.
“THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!”
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