Fmr. Biden Adviser on Harris Campaign Blaming the Media: ‘They Have To Blame Somebody, I Guess’

LINE: “You know, one of the most fascinating pieces of video that came out recently is the Harris campaign team kind of talking about and criticizing the press on the questions they ask. Take a listen.”

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O’MALLEY DILLON: “We would do an interview and, to Stephanie’s point, the questions were small and processy and about like — “
CUTTER: “Dumb. Just dumb.”
O’MALLEY DILLON: “They were not informing a voter who was trying to listen to learn more or to understand. And I’m not here to say that the whole system was focused on us incorrectly. I’m just saying, like, again, of the things we need to explore as we move forward as a campaign and as a country, that does a disservice to voters.”
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LINE: “Meghan, I want to come to you first on this one. Is this just gaslighting? I mean, Kamala Harris wasn’t out there doing every interview opportunity that she had.”
HAYS: “Yeah, first and foremost, I worked with Jen in the White House and on the campaign in ‘20, she is extremely smart, she’s a very smart strategist, but I do think they are missing a little bit of the narrative here. She did not do an interview for the first 30-some days, I think that the media latched on to that, and then when they did ask her questions, it was more about why she wasn’t doing the interviews. But that, again, you’re playing into the narrative there, so I do think they missed the mark on this, I do think they could have had more of a local media strategy, they could have had more interviews that they did do. So I don’t necessarily think that this blame game is set in the right direction either, but I understand that they are in a spot where they have to explain why they lost, so I understand why they have to blame somebody, I guess.”