Lemire Slams Trump for Only Sitting Down for ‘Friendly Interviews’ While Praising Kamala Harris Going on ‘The View’

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LEMIRE: "First of all, Vice President Harris did receive criticism, as we well know, in recent weeks for not doing many interviews. Look, some Democrats are really anxious, saying she needs to do more. That is now changing. She sat for '60 Minutes' that aired last night. Today, she’s with 'The View,' Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert. She did a popular podcast over the weekend. She’s really ramping up her own media appearances. Again, she’s been consistent saying, 'Hey, I want a second debate with Donald Trump.' Trump is the one who said no to the debate, and Trump is the one who said no to '60 Minutes.' There are a couple of things at play here. First of all, we heard J.D. Vance, as you alluded to, in the vice presidential debate being upset, saying to moderators, 'Wait, I thought you weren’t going to fact-check me,' when they did even modestly, because he was lying about something. Of course, now Trump did not want to submit himself to the fact-checking last night. This is something his aides have grown more and more frustrated with, their inability to steer him. I know people watching this will say, no one can ever control Donald Trump, and that’s largely true. But there were moments earlier in this campaign where Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, they're longtime Republican operatives who are running the campaign, were able to instill at least some sort of messaging through Trump, 'This is what we want to talk about this election.' Now, it was much more effective when their opponent was President Biden than it is Vice President Harris, but even that is now gone. Trump just says whatever he wants. He only sits for friendly interviews.”