{"id":2356805,"date":"2024-10-18T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-says-exhausted-trump-not-fit-for-office-over-canceled-interviews-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:26:55","slug":"harris-says-exhausted-trump-not-fit-for-office-over-canceled-interviews-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-says-exhausted-trump-not-fit-for-office-over-canceled-interviews-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris says \u2018exhausted\u2019 Trump not fit for office over canceled interviews &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-says-exhausted-trump-not-fit-for-office-over-canceled-interviews-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=2356805&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>During \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-reject-democratic-pressure-to-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-on-censorship\/\" title=\"House Republicans refuse to bow to Democratic pressure, stand firm on RFK Jr.&#039;s testimony on censorship.\">campaign\u200d event<\/a> in Grand Rapids,\u200b Michigan, Vice President Kamala Harris\u2064 criticized former President Donald Trump, referencing reports that he is &#8220;exhausted&#8221; from the\u200d campaign trail. She questioned his fitness for office, suggesting that if he&#8217;s too tired to participate in interviews and debates effectively,\u2062 he may not be suited for the presidency.\u2064 This statement \u2064comes as Harris, who is younger than Trump, aims to highlight \u2064concerns about his\u2062 health while he has \u200coften scrutinized President Biden\u2019s mental acuity. In response,\u2064 the \u2062Trump campaign \u2063asserted that Trump is\u2062 outpacing Harris in engagement and activity on the \u2064campaign trail. Trump also mocked \u2062Harris for skipping a charity event, emphasizing his own stamina and eagerness in the campaign.  <\/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 says &lsquo;exhausted&rsquo; Trump not fit for office over canceled interviews<\/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_1838674\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> seized on reports that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is &ldquo;exhausted&rdquo; from the campaign trail to question his ability to serve another four years in the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Trump campaign denied that Trump skipped interviews with CNBC, NBC, and the&nbsp;<em>Shade Room<\/em>, a black-owned&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>media<\/a>&nbsp;outlet, because of his taxing schedule, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/10\/18\/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis\/trump-skips-another-interview-00184327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>&nbsp;by <em>Politico<\/em> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Harris used the incident to flip the script on the 78-year-old Trump, who spent most of his campaign questioning President Joe Biden&rsquo;s mental capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is, as we have seen, only focused on himself. And now, he is ducking debates and canceling interviews,&rdquo; Harris said Friday at a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. &ldquo;And check this out &mdash; his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-team-tries-to-regroup-with-donors-in-utah-amid-campaign-woes\/\" title=\"DeSantis team seeks donor support in Utah amidst campaign troubles.\">campaign team recently<\/a> said it is because of exhaustion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, if you are exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the world,&rdquo; said Harris, who turns 60 on Sunday. &ldquo;So, for all these reasons and more, we are here because we know it is time to turn the page.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If he wins the election next month, Trump would be the oldest person in the nation&rsquo;s history to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">elected president<\/a>. But Harris, who is a generation younger than Trump, has sought to highlight his physical health in the final stretch of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, the Trump campaign said the former president is &ldquo;running laps around Kamala Harris on the campaign trail, engaging in far more interviews, hosting more events, and rallies.&rdquo; Harris has been criticized for avoiding the media, though she has begun to sit down for more interviews in the campaign&rsquo;s closing weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump criticized Harris for not attending a charity dinner in New York the night before. &ldquo;She should&rsquo;ve been last night with the Catholics,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Tell me when you&rsquo;ve seen me take even a little bit of a rest. I&rsquo;m not even tired. I&rsquo;m really exhilarated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Harris released her medical report in an attempt to goad Trump to release his own. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3187067\/trump-campaign-responds-harris-releasing-medical-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign responded<\/a> by directing reporters to two previous medical reports from Dr. Ronny Jackson, Trump&rsquo;s personal doctor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With 18 days until the election, Harris and Trump are barnstorming Michigan. Harris is also campaigning in Lansing and Oakland County later on Friday. Trump, meanwhile, will speak with voters at a roundtable in Auburn Hills.<\/p>\n<p>Harris hopes to increase turnout among union workers in the important blue-wall state, blasting Trump at her rally as &ldquo;one of the biggest losers of manufacturing jobs in American history.&rdquo; Yet polling from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/michigan\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Real Clear Politics<\/a><\/em>  shows Trump leading Harris, 48.3% to 47.4%, according to an average of surveys in the Wolverine State.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ross O&rsquo;Keefe contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1838674\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838674\"}});<\/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>Harris claims &#8216;exhausted&#8217; Trump unfit for office due to canceled interviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2356807,"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\/10\/Kamala-Harris-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43306,43305,4021,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2356805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canceled-interviews","tag-fitness-for-office","tag-harris","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Harris-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356805","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}