SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — It's been almost one month since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 Presidential Race and Vice President Kamala Harris began her own campaign for the White House.
Harris has done a lot since becoming the new Democratic nominee, but she has not sat down for an interview with the press.
Because of this, some Republicans are accusing her of trying to avoid scrutiny.
Harris has taken a cautious approach when it comes to media attention with televised rallies and prepared statements.
Although, she did recently suggest her campaign will schedule a sit-down interview before the end of the month following the criticism from Republicans, including her GOP rival, former President Donald Trump.
FOX43 spoke with Dr. Alison Dagnes, a political science professor from Shippensburg University, who believes the biggest reason Harris has yet to really sit down with the press is to "do no harm"—the first rule of a political campaign, according to Dagnes.
“When you're doing an interview, there is a lot of room for unforced errors. And so, since she is getting so much positive attention, and because there's so much buzz around her right now, I don't really know what she would gain from a one-on-one interview, " Dagnes said. "Now, that said, she does obviously understand that the American public wants her to be more specific about her policy agenda and her position stands.”
Harris' campaign says she is planning to roll out some of her policies in a campaign speech on Friday.
Her campaign says she will call for a federal ban on price-gouging for food and groceries. And her plan will also include more competition in the meat industry, as she's expected to call out corporations for causing high inflation.
The speech is also expected to include proposals to fight high housing and prescription drug costs.
But as far as one-on-one interviews with the press go, Dr. Dagnes expects Harris will sit down with the press either right before the Democratic National Convention, which starts on Monday, or immediately afterwards.
Dagnes thinks Harris will engage more with the press as the general election gets closer.
She also believes the energy has shifted from Trump's side to the Democratic side, as there is a lot of newness with the Harris-Walz campaign. And now, the Trump campaign will have to figure out how to get their momentum back leading up to the election.
Harris has agreed to debate Trump on ABC News on Sept. 10. It has not been confirmed where that debate will happen.