The Beltway Media Got Its Harris Interview. Can We Move on Now?
Politics
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August 30, 2024
Harris and Walz held their own during an interview driven more by media-made controversies than substance.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz sit for a joint interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.(Screen shot/ CNN)
No sooner had Vice President Kamala Harris agreed to the high-profile interview that media factotems had been demanding since she was endorsed by President Joe Biden—a sit-down with CNN’s Dana Bash alongside her running mate, Governor Tim Walz—a new nontroversy arose. Why wouldn’t Harris sit down by herself? Why did she need Walz by her side?
“First question to Harris ought to be why she couldn’t appear solo?” Mark Knoller of CBS radio tweeted huffily. Meghan McCain pretended to be a feminist. “I don’t know if democrats (sic) ful...
