Harris’ Decision to Do Joint Interview for First Sit-Down Remains a Mystery

The Harris campaign is declining to say why the Democratic presidential nominee has turned her long-awaited first media interview into a twofer with her running mate, Tim Walz, instead of doing a one-on-one.

CNN, which scored the coveted interview, declined to comment on how the campaign presented a two-for-one situation to the network. CNN’s chief political correspondent and anchor Dana Bash will conduct the interview with Kamala Harris and Walz, which will be taped and is set to air at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday.

The sit-down is Harris’ first opportunity since rising to the top of the Democratic ticket earlier this summer to show that she has the breadth of knowledge and confidence to be president—though given the build-up to this one interview and the lack of any others on the schedule, any single stumble will likely be amplified and replayed ad nauseum by the sophisticated Republican messaging machine.

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