CNN's Phillip: Harris' Oprah Occasion Is 'A part of a Technique' to Dodge Interviews

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” host Abby Phillip said that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ occasion with Oprah Winfrey is “a part of a technique that the Harris marketing campaign is placing on the market, which is to largely keep away from doing interviews.” As a result of she doesn’t essentially do effectively in interviews.

Phillip stated, “These occasions are a part of a technique that the Harris marketing campaign is placing on the market, which is to largely keep away from doing interviews. They’re not essentially settings that — the place she shines. So, they’re doing this as a substitute, and this was very totally different for her. Would possibly it work? Will this be sufficient? Now we have lower than 50 days till the subsequent election.”

Later, after, podcast co-host Van Lathan stated that the Oprah occasion was a “house sport” for Harris and that voters wish to see her be keen to reply questions, Phillip agreed that voters wish to see Harris present a willingness to reply questions and said, “I believe that this can be a actually vital level, as a result of the thought just isn’t essentially that she has to fill in all of the blanks on all of the coverage. It’s really that she must be the person who she was with Oprah in different settings as effectively.”