{"id":32758,"date":"2020-10-21T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=32758"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:13:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:13:56","slug":"why-is-kamala-harris-so-desperate-to-avoid-all-press-inquiries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=32758","title":{"rendered":"Why is Kamala Harris so desperate to avoid all press inquiries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>ABC News reporter scolds Kamala Harris for speaking to &#8216;Avengers&#8217; stars instead of press<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>She&#8217;s taken &#8216;more questions from cast of The Avengers than from the traveling press,&#8217; Jonathan Karl said<\/h3>\n<p>By Brian Flood | Fox News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32759\" style=\"width: 1872px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32759\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-Jonathan-Karl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1862\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-Jonathan-Karl.jpg 1862w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-Jonathan-Karl-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-Jonathan-Karl-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-Jonathan-Karl-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-Jonathan-Karl-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1862px) 100vw, 1862px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Karl fired off a snarky tweet directed at vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Tuesday night.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl fired off a snarky tweet directed at vice presidential candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/kamala-harris-press-availability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamala Harris<\/a> on\u00a0Tuesday night after she held a fundraiser with the cast of \u201cThe Avengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Harris, who has rarely taken questions from reporters since she was added to the ticket, was mocked by the ABC News journalist for spending more time chatting with Hollywood stars than reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cAt a fundraiser tonight, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@KamalaHarris<\/a>\u00a0played trivia and answered questions from the cast of The Avengers,\u201d Karl tweeted. \u201cAnd with that, the Democratic VP nominee has now taken more questions from cast of The Avengers than from the traveling press covering her campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1318741261440995328&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fabc-news-karl-kamala-harris-avengers&amp;siteScreenName=foxnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1318741261440995328\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Liberal actors Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd and Zoe Saldana participated in the virtual event.<\/p>\n<p>Saldana sung \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to Harris, while Johansson asked hard-hitting questions including what type of\u00a0superpower she would like to have during the feel-good event, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/10\/kamala-harris-avengers-fundraiser-chadwick-boseman-donald-trump-russo-brothers-chris-evans-joe-biden-thanos-1234600995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris and her running mate, presidential nominee Joe Biden, have faced criticism for not being accessible to the media with the exception of interviews with friendly outlets. Biden famously snapped at a reporter who recently finally asked about the New York post bombshell involving his son, Hunter Biden, after days of silence.<\/p>\n<p>Karl also took a shot at Harris\u2019 lack of availability last month when\u00a0NBC News reporter Deepa Shivaram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deepa_shivaram\/status\/1308568971592044544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cA reminder that it has been 42 days since Harris was tapped as the VP pick. There are 42 days until election day&#8230;\u00a0The senator has not once formally taken questions from the press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karl\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl\/status\/1308734502462730240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed and tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;A candidate for Vice President should be answering questions regularly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abc-news-karl-kamala-harris-avengers\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abc-news-karl-kamala-harris-avengers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News reporter scolds Kamala Harris for speaking to &#8216;Avengers&#8217; stars instead of press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}