(Updated) Kamala Harris Is Afraid To Hold A Presser (And Tim Walz Is Too).

It is clear Kamala Harris has adopted Biden's 'Basement' strategy to dodge the media. And for the same reason, to hold a presser is to confirm being incompetent. Basement Strategy 2.0. And this is the person saying Donald Trump is afraid to debate her. PG 4 CGR

FOX News, Aug 6, 2024. Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance scolded reporters on Tuesday to do a better job of pressing Kamala Harris to answer questions about her record, saying she was taking a "basement strategy."

Speaking to a press gaggle on his plane ahead of a rally in Philadelphia, the Ohio senator took a question about former President Trump not appearing on the campaign trail until Friday, saying he and Trump take a "divide and conquer" approach. 

But he turned around the question on Harris, who hasn't sat for a formal interview or a press conference in the 16 days since she ascended as the Democratic nominee.

"One final observation," he said. "I know most of you, I like all of you as people, or at least I like the ones I know. I think you guys have got to do a better job at actually forcing Kamala Harris to answer questions. This is a person who has been a presumptive Democrat nominee for 16 days. She hasn’t taken a single real question from a reporter. The American people deserve to get to know the people who want to lead them, and I think it’s shameful for Kamala Harris, but increasingly for the media, that she is taking a basement strategy of running from reporters instead of getting in front of them and answering tough questions about her record and letting the American people know who she is."

GOP vice presidential pick JD Vance called out Kamala Harris for taking a "basement strategy" and avoiding formal interviews. (Getty Images)

16 DAYS: KAMALA HARRIS HAS NOT HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE EMERGING AS PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

Vance said he and Trump take both "hostile questions" and non-hostile ones because they respect the American people.

Save for brief informal remarks to reporters at various points since she took over the 2024 ticket, Harris has avoided the press en route to clinching the nomination, and enjoyed highly favorable coverage all the while. 

Vance also told reporters that he had called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who accepted Harris' offer to be his running mate on Tuesday. Vance left a message to congratulate him on being selected as Harris' running mate and said he looked forward to a "robust conversation."

(Update) 8-7-2024 Townhall, Kamala Harris and her newly tapped running mate Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota are in Eau Claire, Wisconsin today to rally voters in the Badger State. 

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Republican Senator JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, is also in Eau Claire for a dueling rally. As the current vice president continues to hide from reporters, Vance stopped by Harris' plane on the tarmac to answer questions on his way in. 

"I thought the reporters traveling with Kamala might be a little lonely given that she never answers questions from them, so I figured I’d come say hello and check out my new plane while I was at it," Vance posted on X. 

Walz is also refusing to answer questions. (see below, Townhall 'X' post and pic from Eau Claire event)

Townhall Dot Com 'X' 8-7-24

JD VANCE CALLED IT! Fake Tim Walz SCURRIES AWAY FROM REPORTERS moments after JD Vance called out the Harris/Walz ticket for REFUSING to take questions from the press! “Vance accused you of stolen valor, your response?!”

The silence was deafening.