{"id":2336590,"date":"2024-09-04T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-is-the-machine-candidate-running-a-celebrity-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T16:33:08","slug":"harris-is-the-machine-candidate-running-a-celebrity-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-is-the-machine-candidate-running-a-celebrity-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Is The Machine Candidate Running A Celebrity Campaign"},"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\">18<\/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-is-the-machine-candidate-running-a-celebrity-campaign%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=2336590&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>Vice President\u2062 Kamala Harris has not conducted any \u2063press conferences or challenging\u200b interviews since becoming the\u2063 effective nominee\u200c for\u200d the \u2064Democrats, focusing instead on \u200ca low-key campaign aimed\u200d at maintaining popularity rather than addressing substantive \u2062policy questions. As she prepares for her \u2064first presidential debate against \u200dDonald Trump, there are\u200b calls from her campaign to keep \u200bmicrophones\u2062 &#8220;hot&#8221; during the event, which raises concerns about her ability to\u2062 manage contentious interactions. Various reports\u200b suggest that she is attempting to\u2064 limit her \u2064public engagements and\u200d avoid tough\u2062 scrutiny from the \u200bmedia, as evidenced by\u2063 a recent interview that featured soft questions. Furthermore, Harris&#8217;s \u200dpositions on issues such as immigration,\u200c fracking, and gun \u200bcontrol have shifted\u200d significantly \u2063since her last presidential run, leaving voters with unanswered questions about her current stance. With early voting starting soon, she faces criticism for not being transparent and engaging directly with\u2062 the public about her \u200devolving policy views.  <\/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<div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s been 45 days since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democrats&rsquo; effective nominee to maintain the White House, and she hasn&rsquo;t held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-trump-was-a-nazi-for-detaining-migrant-children-what-does-that-make-biden\/\" title=\"If Trump Was A \u2018Nazi\u2019 For Detaining Migrant Children, What Does That Make Biden?\">single press conference<\/a> or given a single interview to a reporter willing to challenger her on the issues.<\/p>\n<p>But answering serious questions about her policy reversals isn&rsquo;t the point of a celebrity-style campaign. Harris is competing in a popularity contest as the machine candidate installed to claim the White House, and that requires shielding her from the press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[LISTEN:[LISTEN:<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDRLST\/status\/1831043651868532898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kamala Harris: The Machine Candidate<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With barely two months to go before Election Day, Harris has evaded substantive questions about a sudden whiplash of platform reversals on everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/4795337-kamala-harris-fracking-ban-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fracking <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigration<\/a>. With her first and likely only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-enters-race-for-the-white-house-fec-filing-shows\/\" title=\"Tim Scott joins White House race, according to FEC filing.\">presidential debate scheduled<\/a> next week in <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/presidential-debate-held-national-constitution-center-philadelphia-abc\/story?id=112900463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a>, Harris even tried to get out of <em>that <\/em>after she refused requests to expand the calendar for the three traditional forums held by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-polls-show-hobbled-biden-limping-into-sotu-trailing-trump-in-rematch\/\" title=\"Nolte: Polls Show Hobbled Biden Limping Into SOTU, Trailing Trump in Rematch\">major party candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/26\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-debate-abc-microphones-00176294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to Politico last week, Harris demanded host network ABC change the rules of the debate to keep the microphones &ldquo;hot at all times&rdquo; throughout the discussion after CNN&rsquo;s June debate muted them once a candidate had finished speaking.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates&rsquo; mics should be live throughout the full broadcast,&rdquo; Brian Fallon, a spokesman for the Harris campaign told the magazine. &ldquo;Our understanding is that Trump&rsquo;s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don&rsquo;t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>But if the Harris campaign were truly eager to prove she can &ldquo;act presidential for 90 minutes,&rdquo; then the vice president would be wise to hold a 90-minute press conference instead of pretending to talk on the phone to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-goes-to-new-lengths-to-ensure-she-literally-cant-hear-questions-from-reporters\/\" title=\"Watch: Kamala Harris Goes to New Lengths to Ensure She Literally Can&#039;t Hear Questions from Reporters\">avoid reporters&#038;rsquo<\/a>; questions.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala Harris wears headphones to avoid answering questions from reporters, then holds her phone up to her ear pretending to be on it while her headphone is still in <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLdvvQZiPG\">pic.twitter.com\/fLdvvQZiPG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul A. Szypula &#127482;&#127480; (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1830945237209882785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The muted microphones in June, meanwhile, were President Joe Biden&rsquo;s request, and are now at odds with the vice president, who made a point in her 2020 debate with Vice President Mike Pence to say &ldquo;I&rsquo;m speaking&rdquo; even when she wasn&rsquo;t interrupted. Muted microphones threaten to undermine her likely plan to capture the same viral moment in a debate with Trump.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Let me be clear,  this here is the ONLY reason Kamala Harris wants the mics to be unmuted in her debate with Donald Trump <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Speaking&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IqL6AbXf4D\">pic.twitter.com\/IqL6AbXf4D<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Alec Lace (@AlecLace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecLace\/status\/1829942409847062635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;With debate less than a week away, Kamala Harris is still refusing to accept muted microphone rule,&rdquo; the Washington Examiner&rsquo;s Byron York reported Tuesday. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>While Trump has requested two more additional debates this fall, Harris has capped any debate calendar at <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4829658-kamala-harris-donald-trump-debates-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two<\/a> while dragging her feet to even participate in one. Whether she commits to more interviews remains an open question.<\/p>\n<p>Though the first ballots will be cast in Pennsylvania when early voting starts on Sept. 16, Harris continues to evade any questions from the press beyond a sit-down interview with CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash, which didn&rsquo;t even last an hour. While Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio sparred with the moderator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-nightmare-debate-brought-in-48-million-viewers-25-million-fewer-than-2020s-first-matchup-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s nightmare debate brought in 48 million viewers \u2014 25 million fewer than 2020\u2019s first matchup - Washington Examiner\">network&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s flagship Sunday program, &ldquo;State of the Union,&rdquo; Bash gave Harris a primetime interview with softball questions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/29\/politics\/harris-walz-interview-read-transcript\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how it felt<\/a> when Biden dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Geoffrey Ingersoll, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Caller, shared a video on X to contrast Bash&rsquo;s coddling of Harris with the CNN host&rsquo;s treatment of Vance.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an incredible video showing just how combative and dismissive Bash was with Vance, 1:1, versus how effusive and easy she was with Kamala\/Walz, 2:1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8AJ977DqT\">pic.twitter.com\/I8AJ977DqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GPIngersoll\/status\/1829588832947499137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Voters are now preparing to fill out their ballots without any real answers about why Harris&rsquo; positions have evolved so wildly since her last run for president. She ardently supported a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/harris-invents-2020-fracking-position-to-hide-her-actual-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fracking ban<\/a> before she opposed one. She endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-does-about-face-several-far-left-policies-distances-herself-from-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mandatory gun buyback programs<\/a> before her current campaign said otherwise. &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/19\/medicare-for-all-harris-progressives-2024-elections-00174447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicare for All,<\/a>&rdquo; meanwhile, is now absent as a platform pledge after it was a centerpiece of her campaign from 2019. And in August, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported <\/a>the Harris campaign now supports funding for the border wall she called &ldquo;un-American.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Here is what Harris wrote in her 2019 memoir, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Truths-We-Hold-American-Journey\/dp\/0525560718\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5j2Lr-qnTHo-oUuStRe-dpTBrOqWwDRRlbDmRrOPHki9zJjepB6KkN6_3KIhnoF6P-4FhNL1qVSjk8aHLDOrvzHpWZHjaWo2ZqzuaTsiVKc4NMhPCjXYBsSQQtjRqLc1dK3LvR95tceLU6hgZy9z3QHrudsu_w4YhbYavGmMgmPl2TCBODB3-iNS0h85DxUDpOQd-ZPh-7CilVZyrntKDZ8FyFuhBRT5MyxexDFwR_s._oU6TkhD457Q3VNsxomhQSF2e0-RvdgoOhxBIFnFPzs&amp;qid=1725459391&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Truths We Hold<\/a><\/em>, where she said the project:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A useless wall on the southern border would be nothing more than a symbol, a monument standing in opposition to not just everything I value, but to the fundamental values upon which this country was built. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The truth is, Harris is a career political opportunist who sees no opportunity courting a press that&rsquo;s already friendly. Machine politics aren&rsquo;t about persuading undecided voters anyway. It&rsquo;s about turning out the vote. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been 45 days since Vice President Kamala Harris effectively became the Democratic nominee for the presidency, yet she has not conducted any press conferences or interviews with reporters who might question her on various issues. However, addressing tough questions about her policy changes is not the focus of her celebrity-like campaign. Instead, Harris is participating in a popularity contest as the chosen candidate to secure the White House, which necessitates keeping her away from media scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>With less than two months until Election Day, Harris has dodged significant inquiries regarding abrupt shifts in her platform on topics such as fracking and immigration. As she prepares for what may be her only presidential debate next week in Philadelphia, she even attempted to avoid it after declining requests to extend the schedule for traditional debates among major party candidates.<\/p>\n<p>According to Politico last week, Harris requested that ABC change debate rules to keep microphones &#8220;hot at all times&#8221; during discussions\u2014this follows CNN&#8217;s decision in June to mute them once a candidate finished speaking. Brian Fallon, a spokesperson for Harris&#8217;s campaign, stated that they have informed ABC and other networks hosting potential October debates that both candidates&#8217; microphones should remain live throughout. He suggested that Trump&#8217;s team prefers muted microphones because they doubt their candidate can maintain a presidential demeanor for 90 minutes without assistance.<\/p>\n<p>If the Harris campaign genuinely wanted to demonstrate that she could &#8220;act presidential for 90 minutes,&#8221; it would be more effective for her to hold an actual 90-minute press conference rather than feigning phone conversations while avoiding reporters&#8217; questions.<\/p>\n<p>The muted microphone rule was initially requested by President Joe Biden and now contradicts Vice President Harris\u2019s previous stance during her 2020 debate with Mike Pence when she insisted on being heard even without interruptions. The muted mics could undermine her strategy of creating memorable moments during debates with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Byron York from the Washington Examiner earlier this week, despite Trump requesting two additional debates this fall, Harris has limited herself to just two while hesitating even on participating in one. It remains uncertain whether she will agree to more interviews.<\/p>\n<p>With early voting set to begin in Pennsylvania on September 16th and ballots soon being cast, voters are left without clear explanations regarding why there have been drastic changes in Harris\u2019s positions since her last presidential run. She previously supported banning fracking but now opposes such measures; endorsed mandatory gun buyback programs before reversing course; removed &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221; from her platform after it was central during her 2019 campaign; and recently backed funding for a border wall which she had previously labeled \u201cun-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, here\u2019s what she wrote about it in her memoir from 2019: \u201cA useless wall on the southern border would be nothing more than a symbol&#8230; standing against everything I value.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Kamala Harris appears as a political opportunist who sees no benefit engaging with an already sympathetic press corps. Machine politics focus less on persuading undecided voters and more on mobilizing those who are already committed.<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Justice serves as The Federalist&#8217;s western correspondent and authors Social Justice Redux\u2014a conservative newsletter focused on culture and wellness topics\u2014and he has contributed pieces across various platforms including The Washington Examiner and Fox News. He graduated from George Washington University with degrees in political science and journalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2336591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32431,40077,4021,40076,32504],"class_list":["post-2336590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-2024-election","tag-celebrity-campaign","tag-harris","tag-machine-candidate","tag-political-strategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336590","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}