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Kamala Harris criticized for avoiding the press with headphones: “So fake”

She starts using wrong tactics.

Vice President Kamala Harris pushed past reporters on Monday with her cell phone out and headphones on her ears and boarded Air Force Two – a tried and tested trick in Washington to avoid annoying questions from the press.

The Democratic presidential candidate gave an awkward salute before shaking hands with a U.S. soldier and walking up the steps of her service jet, one hand gently pressed to her ear as if she were listening carefully to what was being said to her.

Kamala Harris looked back and waved to the crowd of reporters near the aircraft stairs, then paused at the top of the ramp to adjust her headphones while holding her phone to her left ear. POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Harris, 59, looked back and waved to the crowd of reporters near the aircraft stairs, then paused at the top of the ramp to adjust her headphones while holding her phone to her left ear.

“She hadn't been a senator long, but she had mastered the 'can't talk on the phone' tactic perfectly,” Mike Memoli, NBC News White House correspondent, noted to X.

“PRO TIP: When you walk past the press pretending to be on the phone on the way to your plane, do not plug in your headphones so others can see you and ALSO HOLD THE PHONE TO YOUR EAR,” Tim Murtaugh, former communications director for the 2020 Trump campaign, also posted.

“It destroys the illusion and shows everyone that you're just screwing up … again,” added Murtaugh, the Washington Times columnist. “She's really bad at it.”

“She’s so wrong,” groaned former Republican congressman from Utah and current Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz.

“Sorry, I'm too busy to answer questions. I'm listening to Taylor Swift's new song,” joked Breitbart reporter Elizabeth Weibel.

“She’s so wrong,” groaned former Republican congressman and Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz. AP

“Kamunism avoids the press,” snipped one X-user, using a nickname borrowed from a Post headline. “It's just too busy and too important.”

“This is a window into a Harris presidency,” claimed another X user. “No transparency, no interaction with the press. Tim Walz just walks away when asked a serious question. Kamala wears headphones so she doesn't even have to hear the question.”

“I bet she's listening to an audio recording of Joe counting the number of steps so she doesn't fall,” mocked a third, referring to President Biden's numerous stumbles while entering and exiting Air Force One.

Reporters were not allowed to ask questions about Hamas's execution of six Israeli hostages, including 23-year-old U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, despite Harris acknowledging the tragedy in a statement on Saturday.

Harris “hadn't been a senator long, but she had mastered the 'can't speak on a conference call' tactic perfectly,” noted Mike Memoli, White House correspondent for NBC News. AP

“As Vice President, I have no higher priority than the safety and security of American citizens, wherever they are in the world. President Biden and I will never waver in our commitment to release Americans and all hostages held in Gaza,” the statement said.

Harris also did not answer further questions about her performance in her CNN interview last Thursday. In that interview, she dodged questions about her plans to fix the economy and her reversal on fracking policy, and refused to explain her current stance on U.S. military aid to Israel.

The meeting with moderator Dana Bash lasted just 27 minutes and was the only unscripted interview Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz have given since they were nominated by their party last month.

Reporters were not allowed to ask how six Israeli hostages – including 23-year-old US citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin – were executed by Hamas over the weekend. AP
Harris uses wired headphones instead of wireless because she considers Bluetooth headsets a “security risk,” Politico reported in December 2021. AP

Harris uses wired headphones instead of wireless because she considers Bluetooth headsets a “security risk,” Politico reported in December 2021.

The now-famous video of Harris calling Biden, now 81, in November 2020 to celebrate her victory over former President Donald Trump also shows her pushing her hair back with a pair of earplugs in her fist.

Trump, 78, and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance have given at least 34 interviews, Fox News reported Tuesday.

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