The past month has likely been the most eventful in American political history. Yet the two top officials of the most powerful nation in the world won’t answer any genuine questions.
Three weeks have passed since Joe Biden was pushed out of the 2024 presidential race over deteriorating physical and mental abilities, and he has yet to publicly clarify with any specificity why he took this unprecedented step – or why, if he’s incapable of campaigning for the presidency, he’s fit to serve out his term in the White House.
Then again, not one journalist in the corporate or legacy media has explained how Biden’s obvious senility could turn from a democracy-corroding MAGA misinformation operation into an accepted reality in a single day.
If they were fooled for three years, how can we trust them? If they weren’t fooled, and they didn’t tell us, how can we trust them?
Well, we can’t. Because they’re back at it.
The Democrats’ new presidential candidate, who has never won a single primary vote, might have been crowned but hasn’t given a real interview or even an extemporaneous political statement since Democrat bigwigs pushed Biden aside. In a functioning liberal “democracy,” this would be pretty big news.
The last time the vice president of the United States had a press conference was December 2023. The last time she sat down with any media was June 24, when she was interviewed by the sycophants on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Before that was the “Momala” Harris interview with Drew Barrymore, which might be the most cringeworthy display of fawning in recorded history.
“What is the incentive for her [to take more questions]?” a person close to Kamala Harris’ campaign told Politico recently. “She’s getting out exactly the message she wants to get out.”
Indeed, it’s quite the paradox. The media continue to baby Harris and get her message out to the public, so Harris doesn’t feel the least bit of urgency in clarifying her record.
If they were so inclined, the navel-gazing media could probably get Harris out of her shell by doing some honest deep dives into her history and positions. If her lack of transparency were a daily top-of-the-fold story, she would be compelled to speak.
Say what you will about Donald Trump, but he’s done scores of interviews and pressers over the past few months, many of them with antagonistic venues – including taking questions at the National Association of Black Journalists convention just weeks after surviving an assassination attempt.
Harris hasn’t spoken to a hostile outlet in years. She won’t even take questions from her fans.
Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, is compelled to answer questions about a throwaway comment he made on a podcast before he was even in the Senate. Harris just sends her minions to walk back major policy positions that would fundamentally affect every American. She staked out these radical positions only a few years earlier while running for the same office. Harris isn’t triangulating her views for a general election; she is effectively negating an entire political history through press releases.
Harris, for instance, says she no longer supports banning all air travel, meat and combustible engines. That’s nice. Harris says she no longer believes in decriminalizing illegal border crossings. Good. The media treat her new claims as indisputable. No questions asked. No explanations given.
Is Harris still going to try to ban semi automatic rifles through an executive order? Does she believe all Americans should “end up in the same place” no matter how hard they work? Does she support defunding the police? We have no clue.
Most of the media hackery is driven by partisanship. Some of it is also driven by access. There are practical concerns for journalists. Any reporters who truly challenge Harris are sure to find themselves on the outs. This is why we need a press, not just an outlet, to take their professional responsibility seriously. Because right now, they don’t.
Instead, the same people who gaslit the nation, concealing the brittle state of the president for years – not just an abdication of their profession but of their responsibility as citizens – are now ensuring that voters won’t be subjected to Harris’ swirling, mind-bending tautologies and nonsensical stories.
And I’d thank them for it…if she weren’t running for president.
David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of five books – the most recent, “Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent.” His work has appeared in National Review, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Reason, New York Post and numerous other publications. Follow him on Twitter @davidharsanyi.
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Hey, this should have been expected after there was no pushback to the coup of 2020. Biden and Harris were installed in the White House running a hide in the basement strategy, answering few if any questions, while the MSM was simultaneously running multiple, non-stop, 24×7 disinformation campaigns against Trump. The Democrats got to resume their transformation of the country to the point where it is almost complete. The economy is badly damaged, with both inflation returning, as well as anemic economic growth. Then there is the damage on the foreign policy side and the intentional opening of our borders to anyone who wants to show up. We give them a whole host of taxpayer funded benefits to boot just for walking into the country. We even pick up the tab to send them to anywhere in the U.S. they want to go. So, in Democrats’ minds, if it worked once why not run essentially the same game plan again? That’s exactly what they are doing.
There are several hoaxes at play..
If our lives need to exist on less federal payouts we need to live those lives or take our lives into our own hands and create wealth for ourselves
.4. She is a communist
There is no honest reporting from the press in this country for at least 50 years. Possibly longer. Kids going to college to be journalists are a joke. You want honest news about this country and the world you have to read a foreign newspaper.
None of these corrupt, lying Leftists should ever be trusted.
I’m a very old man. I’ve seen a lot of politicians that were crooks, theives, and whatever, but these two win it nall hands down. They ar one sorry lot. Kyle L.
The media is rhe Pretorian Gurad for these two Communists.
The MSM and the bureaucratic state have taken our nation to the brink!
I AGREE!
“Kama kama kama kama kama, Kam-mee-lee-un” She can’t hide her Marxism forever, she’s chomping at the bits with Soviet price fixing and raising the corporate tax rate to 28%. The Girl Can’t Help It.
the gloves are still on because she a female(?) and because she is just as inapt as biden is at speaking. vote on their records and trump wins big time. count the broken promises by the dumb as craps and then vote trump
harris was born here yes but her parents were not american citizens she cant run for president she is an anchor baby i guess laws dont matter
We are suppose to vote for the re-furbished Kamala Harris? She does not know the difference between price gouging and price gauging. She is ECONOMY ILLITERATE and we expect her to run the failing Economy of the United States of America? We will have the worst economic disaster in all of history. Be careful who you vote for. Do not believe the main stream media as they try to re-paint, re-image, re-touch, re-make Kamala Harris. She is a scarlet red Marxist. Way to the left. Woke as they come.
There is an old saying…..BETTER TO BE QUIET & THOUGHT TO BE A FOOL THAT TO SPEAK & LEAVE NO DOUBT. Just compare to some of the things that Trump said last week & some of it was on his televised talk with Musk.
The crown has not been placed on her head yet. There was Hilary with the shiny object within the reach almost in her hand only to have it cruelly snatched away.
If she somehow gets elected, i say she will be assasnated in 6 months. Kyle L.
This is exactly why America must inactive term limits and age limits for serving in elected government positions. While seniors have great and important knowledge at some point they also loose that ability. America’s greatness and strength is going to come from those in their prime. America will prosper and remain strong from this strategy.