Harris Empowers Army of Surrogates as She Ignores the Press
Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to give a proper sit-down interview with a media outlet since her ascension to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket more than a month ago. But her campaign is touting its army of surrogates as a substitute of sorts.
The campaign said it tapped more than 300 people to perform 1,500 interviews on behalf of the ticket during the Democratic National Convention last week in Chicago—a number that included delegates, elected officials, activists, local leaders and a number of “everyday Americans.”
Local TV stations were a particular focus of Harris’ surrogate operation—though new media like podcasts and streaming platforms were also targeted to get Harris’ message out to a wide audience in lieu of an interview with the candidate herself.