Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris has given an update on her interview plans amid a wave criticism from Republicans who claim that she is refusing to take questions from reporters.
Harris, who took her place atop the Democratic ticket after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her on July 21, told reporters following a campaign stop in Detroit on Thursday that she was hoping to take part in a major interview “before the end of the month.”
“I’ve talked to my team, I want to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month,” Harris said in response to a question about when she would “sit down for [her] first interview since becoming the nominee.”
Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, are scheduled to headline the Democratic National Convention in Chicago from August 19 to August 23.
Further details about the potential interview were unclear, including whether Harris intends to participate in one before or after the convention.
Newsweek reached out for comment to the Harris campaign via email on Thursday evening.
Harris also said during her brief question-and-answer session on Thursday that she was “glad” former President Donald Trump agreed to take part in ABC’s September 10 presidential debate, of which the ex-president had previously backed out.
“I’m glad that he’s finally agreed to a debate on September 10,” Harris said. “I’m looking forward to it, and I hope he shows up.”
Trump said on Thursday that he had agreed to participate in three debates with Harris, with the two others hosted by Fox News and NBC. The vice president told reporters that she would consider further debates.
“I am happy to have that conversation about an additional debate, or after September 10, for sure,” she said, before adding that she was “beyond trying to speculate about how [Trump] thinks” when asked why she thought he initially withdrew from the ABC debate.
Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance, attacked Harris for not speaking to the media enough while attempting to confront the vice president by approaching Air Force Two at an airport in Wisconsin on Wednesday.
“I wanted to get a good look at the plane, because hopefully it’s going to be my plane in a few months,” Vance, who has been mirroring Harris on the campaign trail this week, told reporters near the aircraft. “I also thought you guys might get lonely because the vice president doesn’t answer questions from reporters.”
The former president’s estranged niece Mary Trump later suggested that Vance was “stalking” the vice president, calling the senator “not just creepy” but “arrogant” before saying she hopes that the Secret Service slaps a restraining order on him if similar incidents occur.
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