{"id":2345695,"date":"2024-09-25T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blagojevich-compares-harris-hiding-to-football-coach-trying-to-run-out-the-clock-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T15:07:06","slug":"blagojevich-compares-harris-hiding-to-football-coach-trying-to-run-out-the-clock-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blagojevich-compares-harris-hiding-to-football-coach-trying-to-run-out-the-clock-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Blagojevich compares Harris \u2018hiding\u2019 to football coach trying \u2018to run out the clock\u2019 &#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\">32<\/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%2Fblagojevich-compares-harris-hiding-to-football-coach-trying-to-run-out-the-clock-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=2345695&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>Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her limited interaction with the press during her presidential\u2063 campaign, likening her \u2063strategy to a football \u200ccoach attempting to &#8220;run out the clock.&#8221; Blagojevich suggested that Harris&#8217;s avoidance of\u2063 media engagements was intentional,\u200d driven by\u200c negative internal polling \u200cthat shows she loses support when speaking directly to\u2064 voters. He argued that \u200dvoters are beginning to see through her portrayal of a \u200dmiddle-class upbringing, \u2062as \u200bher parents were both professors at a\u2064 prestigious university, and \u2064that her campaign believes the best \u200bapproach is to minimize her public\u200c visibility. Blagojevich has previously accused\u2062 Harris of complicity \u2063in\u200c misleading voters about President Biden&#8217;s fitness for reelection.  <\/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\">Blagojevich compares Harris &lsquo;hiding&rsquo; to football coach trying &lsquo;to run out the clock&rsquo;<\/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_1768667\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rod-blagojevich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rod Blagojevich<\/a> (D-IL) criticized Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> for her avoidance of the press on the campaign trail, comparing her to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>football<\/a> coach who is trying &ldquo;to run out the clock.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris is set to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-msnbc-solo-interview-stephanie-ruhle-1959118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>an interview on MSNBC Wednesday night<\/a>, marking her second one-on-one interview since becoming the Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2024 presidential candidate. 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> has largely avoided direct sit-downs with the media since joining the presidential race in July after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> bowed out of his reelection bid. Blagojevich claimed this has been intentional on Harris&rsquo;s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;m seeing, and I think we&rsquo;re all seeing, is she&rsquo;s running a campaign for president the way a football team would run a prevent defense and try to run out the clock by hiding,&rdquo; Blagojevich said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>. &ldquo;And I think the reason is her internal polls are showing that every time she goes out and tries to talk to voters, she loses ground.&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=2611994&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=134e92d57fe7ca6b89a2e5ba8af46781\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blagojevich added that he thinks Harris&rsquo;s support from voters decreases whenever she tries to talk to them, as they see she has &ldquo;little or nothing to say&rdquo; about the issues they care about. He also suggested that voters are &ldquo;catching on&rdquo; and realizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s claim of being raised in the middle class, when her parents were both &ldquo;tenure professors at the ultra-liberal college at the University of California,&rdquo; is false.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, and her inability to answer if voters are better off now than they were under former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> leadership, Blagojevich contended that the Harris campaign believes the best strategy to win &ldquo;is to just hide her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Blagojevich claimed the Democratic Party lied to voters about Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;cognitive incapacity&rdquo; to continue his reelection bid, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3119612\/blagojevich-calls-harris-co-conspirator-hiding-bidens-mental-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accused Harris of being a &ldquo;co-conspirator&rdquo;<\/a> in this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former governor was convicted on corruption charges in 2011 for attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blagojevich-calls-harris-co-conspirator-in-hiding-bidens-mental-decline-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Blagojevich calls Harris \u2018co-conspirator\u2019 in hiding Biden\u2019s mental decline - Washington Examiner\">extort campaign donations<\/a> from a children&rsquo;s hospital and for attempting to sell former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a>&rsquo;s U.S. Senate seat. Trump, who claimed in 2012 that Blagojevich&rsquo;s sentencing was &ldquo;outrageous,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1501449\/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>commuted his 14-year sentence in February 2020<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s outrageous that Blagojevich goes to jail for 14 years when killers and sex offenders are out walking the (cont) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/O1FbaiGG\">http:\/\/t.co\/O1FbaiGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/180375447572463618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2012<\/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> <\/p>\n<p>While Harris has not done many press interviews, she has offered to do a second presidential debate against Trump, which the former president has rejected. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/kaylee-mcghee-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kaylee McGhee White<\/a>, an editor for the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3164991\/harris-debate-dodge-questions-kaylee-mcghee-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>argued that Trump is right not to do another debate<\/a> and give Harris another opportunity &ldquo;to dodge the questions that she was directly asked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1768667\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1768667\"}});<\/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>Blagojevich likens Harris&#8217;s press avoidance to a coach stalling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2345696,"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\/09\/BlagojevichHarris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37995,4021,5894],"class_list":["post-2345695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blagojevich","tag-harris","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BlagojevichHarris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345695","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=2345695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}