CNN's Jim Acosta repeatedly presses the Harris campaign about the lack of press conferences

CNN anchor Jim Acosta repeatedly pressed Harris-Walz campaign communications director Michael Tyler on Wednesday about Vice President Kamala Harris' lack of commitment to hold a news conference.

Harris has not held or participated in any press conferences interview in the last 24 days since he launched his campaign on July 21. Acosta repeatedly asked Tyler if the campaign would commit to a press conference at the end of the month during a segment on “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta.”

“Would it kill you to have a press conference?” Acosta asked. “Why hasn't he held a press conference?”

“Listen, Vice President and Governor Walz have been busy touring this country since the launch of this campaign and adding Governor Walz to the ticket. You saw the ways they crisscrossed the battleground states last week, generating rallies of thousands, 10,000 here, 15,000 there.”

CNN's Jim Acosta repeatedly pressed the Harris campaign about why Vice President Kamala Harris won't commit to a press conference pic.twitter.com/yMgeZCJ0tq

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Acosta told Tyler that a rally is not a press conference and repeated his question about why Harris hasn't held one. Tyler said Harris will commit to an interview at the end of the month and will participate in press conferences on unspecified dates.

“I don't want to dwell on it, but an interview before the end of the month, I mean, it's not much,” Acosta said. “I mean, can you commit to a press conference before the end of the month?”

“We are committed to engaging directly with the voters who will actually decide this election,” Tyler said. “And this will be completed with rallies, with sit-down interviews, with press conferences, with all the digital assets we have at our disposal. We are running a campaign that is built to communicate with the voters who will actually decide the path to the 270 electoral votes. We are confident in the plan we have in place and we will execute it.”

Harris and Biden aides he said Axios that the vice president has been hesitant to participate in public events that are not closely monitored. Harris was filled with anxiety about an invitation to DC news mogul David Bradley's home in April 2022, forcing his staff to mock the event ahead of time.

Republican candidate Donald Trump celebrated a press conference on August 8 where he pledged to participate in three debates against Harris on September 4, September 10 and September 25. Harris has pledged to debate Trump on Sept. 10 with ABC News moderators, which was originally scheduled. before President Joe Biden abandoned of the race

The vice president has not yet made a detailed proposal of her own politics plans and does not list any potential policy proposals about it campaign website. Trump's campaign The website includes a page with all his policy proposals related to the economy, foreign policy and social issues.

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