Harris Campaign Blocks Reporters From Speaking To Voters

The Kamala Harris campaign reportedly blocked reporters from speaking to voters at an event on Monday featuring Democratic governors Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

“Harris campaign is blocking reporters from talking to voters outside the press pen here at Whitmer/Shapiro event in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,” AP reporter Steve Peoples noted on X.

Harris campaign is blocking reporters from talking to voters outside the press pen here at Whitmer/Shapiro event in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) July 29, 2024

“I can attest this is true. Happened to me here too. Lame,” Washington Post reporter Maeve Reston, who went clothes-shopping with Harris during the presidential campaign in 2019, confirmed.

I can attest this is true. Happened to me here too. Lame. https://t.co/98iTQA8n5f

— Maeve Reston (@MaeveReston) July 29, 2024

In 2019, Reston gleefully tweeted, “We kind of forced @kamalaharris to try on this awesome oversized rainbow sequin jacket … She snapped it up. @alivitali perfectly named it as ‘the Mardi Gras Jacket.’”

We kind of forced @kamalaharris to try on this awesome oversized rainbow sequin jacket … She snapped it up. @alivitali perfectly named it as “the Mardi Gras Jacket” #2020 #SouthCarolina #CampaignFashionReport pic.twitter.com/2G0NFRkKL6

— Maeve Reston (@MaeveReston) February 16, 2019

“Cuz that’s what unbiased media does; go shopping with presidential candidates,” one social media user noted.

Harris has had her own issues with the First Amendment; when she was California Attorney General, followed by Xavier Becerra, she enforced a policy implemented by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown to demand nonprofit organizations disclose their donors to the state attorney general. “Under Harris and Becerra, the California attorney general’s office was callous with the security of this sensitive information. The trial (Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra) disclosed extensive evidence that the California AG’s office ‘systematically failed to maintain the confidentiality’ of donor lists,” National Review reported.

Harris has a reputation as a woman who is difficult to work for. “Those who have worked for her over the past decade report that she was a tyrannical boss who terrified her employees, cursed, discouraged direct eye contact and made employees stand at attention when she entered a room,” The Washington Times pointed out, adding, “In a new report by the watchdog group Open the Books, researchers quantified her human resources problem. They discovered a 92% staff turnover through payroll records.”

“Taxpayers can draw their own conclusions about Harris’ management or leadership style, but what we found corroborates comments from former staffers that the vice president is difficult to work for,” OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski said.

Harris is not only difficult to work for but also often inarticulate. As The Economist acknowledged, “Ms. Harris struggles as an extemporaneous speaker, one of the core competencies of political life. Even maths (sic) teachers might understand why she is mocked for her enthusiastic riffs about Venn diagrams.”