FNC’s Perino to Harris Spox: Kamala Has Done One Interview in 47 Days

PERINO: “And they haven’t heard from her, Ian. I know that she did the speech in New Hampshire, but President Trump, for all the interviews that he has done, he is willing to take questions and everything. Is that a risk to put all your chips on one debate when she hasn’t really been able to do any sort of Q and A with anybody except for debate prep?”

SAMS: “Well, I reject that. She sat down with Dana Bash for a long interview on CNN — “

PERINO: “One interview in 47 days?”

SAMS: “Well, you know, I know you guys are just paying attention to her now that she’s a presidential candidate, but she has done about 90 interviews this year as the vice president. People maybe weren’t paying attention or listening. She has taken questions from reporters on the campaign trail so far in this campaign, people who are covering her every single day.

PERINO: “Ian, come on.”

SAMS: “She’s going to do more interviews and talk to the press more and take more Reporter questions. Of course she will do that over the course of this campaign. But I think that she will explain to the country on Tuesday night what the difference in this election is and the choice between President Trump and her, and who has the right vision for the future. Are we going to keep doing what Donald Trump has been doing for the last decade or are we going to turn the page and look forward to something else?”

PERINO: “But, Ian, first of all, she hasn’t done a lot of interviews. Saying debate prep is going well, yelling out to the pool is not taking questions from the press.”

SAMS: “Well, she’s done dozens of them as the vice president this year.”

PERINO: “But here’s the last thing, which is, do the American voters not need to hear from her directly? She wants to be the commander-in-chief. We paid attention to her and you guys didn’t like that, either. Go ahead. I’ll give you the last word.”

SAMS: “It’s funny. I hear the question and it’s funny, because you are acting like she is in the witness protection program. She has been traveling across the battleground states talking to thousands of people in packed arenas, arenas that are much more packed than what President Trump is speaking to, and people are seeing that on the news and hearing her message.”

PERINO: “And, look, scripted speeches are great, but it’s different from doing an interview. And also she hasn’t had to explain why she had flip-flopped on fracking, the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all, and now even banning plastic straws.”

SAMS: “But, Dana, Dana — not you, Dana — Dana last week on CNN, in a fulsome sit-down interview, asked her questions about all those things. So I just think it’s inaccurate to say she is not answering these questions. She sat down and did a long interview last week to explain her positions on these issues and how her views developed being the vice president to President Biden, how she has gotten so much done. When you talk about fracking, you know, this is the vice president who cast the tie-breaking vote on the biggest piece of legislation to spur clean energy job growth in American history. That’s what she will build on and grow on.”

PERINO: “Yeah, which led to inflation, which has caused retirees to have to go back to work. Anyway, I love talking to you. You have been a really good person for me to be able to reach out to and I appreciate that. Thanks for coming on the show. I hope we will have you back.”

SAMS: “Always happy to be here.”

PERINO: “I know you’re working long hours and we appreciate you. Thanks, Ian.”

SAMS: “Thank you.”