Michael Larosa, former press secretary to first lady Jill Biden, said Vice President Kamala Harris is making a mistake by hiding from the press this election cycle, the Daily Caller reported. The White House insider warned that voters will "lose trust" if Harris continues to shun the media.
Larosa made his remarks Thursday on Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime. It was the same day Harris gave her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
Harris sat down with CNN's Dana Bash for an interview with a friendly network with her running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, by her side. Larosa thinks this kind of selective silence is a mistake that President Joe Biden ultimately paid for when he tried it.
Larosa's main message to Harris was to learn from Biden's misstep. "It’s a process story, which is the worst thing you could do. And one of the things that, unfortunately, the Biden team did was they ignored the press," Larosa told host Jesse Watters.
"And the problem with that is when you need the press, you lose goodwill, you lose trust. He had none of it by the end, which is what really did him in," Larosa added.
He further noted that giving just a handful of remarks will overemphasize everything she says. "Every little thing you say is amplified and your mistakes are scrutinized even more. The pressure is really hard for her," Larosa said.
Watters interjected that she's following "the Biden playbook" to her peril. "It becomes that more important, every little thing you say will be scrutinized and amplified, and that's unfair to do to her, frankly," Larosa replied.
"She should be establishing a cadence of talking to the press off the cuff. Actually, people connect, voters connect, when you do make mistakes and mistakes are forgiven," Larosa pointed out.
The problem with Larosa's suggestion is that Harris is terrible in front of a camera and simply can't answer questions truthfully. This was evident in her CNN interview, which was done on a friendly network with Walz by her side, and it did not go well.
Harris was asked about her many changes to policy positions that just so happen to reflect voters' opinions in key swing states. "I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is that my values have not changed," Harris claimed.
However, as Real Time host Bill Maher pointed out, Harris should have just admitted to changing her position on fracking rather than sidestepping the question. "I mean fracking… Dana Bash had her dead to rights," Maher told his audience, according to Fox News.
"It was like ‘You said this, I have the quote. I’m reading it to you. You said there should be a ban on fracking.' Why can't they just go, ‘Yeah, you know what? I got it wrong," Maher pointed out.
Harris can't be truthful because she has only changed her positions to suit voters. She can't justify this without acknowledging she's playing politics, nor can she intelligently articulate her plans for the White House in a way that will connect with voters.
