{"id":2323322,"date":"2024-08-12T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-strategy-of-avoiding-the-press-is-working-byron-york-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T18:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T22:06:52","slug":"harris-strategy-of-avoiding-the-press-is-working-byron-york-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-strategy-of-avoiding-the-press-is-working-byron-york-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris strategy of avoiding the press is \u2018working\u2019: Byron York &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-strategy-of-avoiding-the-press-is-working-byron-york-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Byron York of the Washington Examiner discusses Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u2062strategy\u200d for the 2024 election, highlighting her avoidance of \u200cpress interviews as a tactic that \u200cappears to be beneficial at the moment. Since assuming her role as the Democratic nominee, Harris has not engaged with \u2062the media about her presidential ambitions, \u200byet she has received positive\u2064 media coverage, particularly from Time magazine. York notes that Harris&#8217;s polling numbers have improved, countering earlier negative trends\u2062 for President \u200dJoe Biden. However, he suggests that if her poll \u2064numbers begin to decline again, she may opt to conduct interviews. York also comments on Harris&#8217;s shifting stance on border issues, expressing skepticism about her ability to \u2062reshape public perception due to\u200d her\u200b close association with \u200bthe Biden administration&#8217;s policies on \u2064immigration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris strategy of avoiding the press is &lsquo;working&rsquo;: Byron York<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1728947\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Byron York<\/a> stated that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> strategy to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a> seems to be not saying anything to the press, which for the moment &ldquo;seems to be working&rdquo; in turning her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s polling numbers around.<\/p>\n<p>Since stepping in for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> as the Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2024 presidential nominee, Harris has yet to conduct any interviews with the press about her ambitions for the White House. Despite this, she received &ldquo;glowing&rdquo; coverage from <em>Time<\/em> magazine&rsquo;s cover story, with York, the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-blasted-for-airing-royal-familys-dirty-laundry-in-oprah-interview-whine-athon\/\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Blasted For Airing Royal Family\u2019s Dirty Laundry In Oprah Interview: \u2018Whine-athon\u2019\">chief political correspondent<\/a>, noting how the magazine specifically stated that Harris refused to do an interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reintroduction of Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/noW5TOgawP\">https:\/\/t.co\/noW5TOgawP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iLmQIhxOeF\">pic.twitter.com\/iLmQIhxOeF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/1822951410956218385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Her polls are going up. I mean, Joe Biden was trailing former President Trump, nationally and in the swing states, and Harris has reversed that, for the moment at least,&rdquo; York said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America Reports<\/em> on Monday. &ldquo;Polls going up, celebratory news coverage, all by not outlying any policy positions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2545308&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e5656e172a4c932a9e4a1d08ffe33fb0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>York predicted that if Harris starts to slip in the polls in the weeks to come, then she could begin doing interviews with the press. <\/p>\n<p>York added that he &ldquo;had to laugh&rdquo; at Harris&rsquo;s about-face on her focus on the border, arguing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> is &ldquo;responsible&rdquo; for the mass influx in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illegal immigration<\/a> in the country. He also doubted that Harris could effectively turn her reputation around on illegal immigration, as this topic is important to voters and she is &ldquo;so indelibly associated&rdquo; with the Biden administration&rsquo;s record on it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current polling data indicates that Harris has a lead over former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, including in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3117539\/harris-now-leads-in-three-swing-states-among-likely-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>swing states Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan<\/a>. The conduction of this data began the same day Harris announced Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) as her running mate, which potentially pushed her ahead in these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-all-political-desantis-slams-biden-for-allegedly-allowing-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-without-covid-test-while-considering-domestic-travel-restrictions\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is All Political\u2019: DeSantis Slams Biden For Allegedly Allowing Illegal Aliens Into U.S. Without COVID Test While Considering Domestic Travel Restrictions\">states due<\/a> to Walz being a Midwestern governor.<\/p>\n<p>While Harris has yet to conduct an interview as the Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2024 candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3118093\/musk-promotes-unscripted-interview-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump is set to do a live interview<\/a> with X owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a>, who will host the interview on his platform. Trump made a return to X on Monday after almost a yearlong absence from the platform.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1728947\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1728947\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron York from The Washington Examiner commented that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s approach to securing the 2024 election appears to involve avoiding press interactions, a tactic that currently seems effective in improving her party&#8217;s polling figures. Since taking over as the Democratic Party\u2019s nominee for the upcoming presidential race, Harris has not participated in any press interviews regarding her White House aspirations. Nevertheless, she received positive coverage from Time magazine\u2019s cover story, which noted her refusal to give an interview. <\/p>\n<p>York pointed out on Fox News\u2019s America Reports that Harris&#8217;s polling numbers are rising; previously, President Joe Biden was trailing former President Trump both nationally and in key swing states, but Harris has managed to reverse this trend for now. He remarked on how her increasing poll numbers and favorable media attention have come without her outlining any specific policy positions.<\/p>\n<p>He speculated that if Harris begins to see a decline in polls soon, she might start engaging with the media. York also expressed amusement at Harris&#8217;s sudden shift regarding border issues, suggesting she bears some responsibility for the surge in illegal immigration and doubted her ability to improve her image on this critical topic since it is closely tied to the Biden administration\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>Current polling shows that Harris is leading Trump even in crucial swing states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan\u2014this data collection began when she announced Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, which may have bolstered her standing due to Walz being a Midwestern governor. While Harris remains silent with no interviews as the Democratic candidate for 2024, Trump is scheduled for a live interview with X owner Elon Musk on his platform after returning to X following nearly a year away from it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2323323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-debate-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37928,4021,4604,4158,32076],"class_list":["post-2323322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-byron-york","tag-harris","tag-press","tag-strategy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-debate-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}