Kellyanne Conway Calls Out ‘Sexists’ In Harris Campaign For Shielding Her
Former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway expressed on "Fox & Friends" that "sexists and misogynists" within the Democratic campaign are "not allowing" Vice President Kamala Harris to travel or speak "alone" with the media because they "don’t trust" her.
During her appearance on the show Tuesday, host Ainsley Earhardt played a clip of Trump accusing Harris of "flip-flopping" on the Biden administration’s economic policies and suggesting that voters "don’t really know what her policies are."
Conway, who served as a senior counselor in the Trump White House, urged Democrats to "free Kamala already."
“No question that they don’t trust Kamala Harris enough to speak regularly. This is amazing to me,” Conway remarked. “There’s something exciting about a woman, and sexists and misogynists in her campaign are not allowing her to travel alone or to speak on her own extemporaneously to members of the media. Have a town hall; don’t be afraid to take questions. They can make it as friendly as the pep rally that was the Democratic Convention if they want to. But free Kamala already. Let her out. Let us hear from her.”
Conway also criticized Harris for not openly discussing all of her policy objectives, particularly targeting the VP's tax policy positions, which she described as "truly frightening."
“And, Ainsley, it’s, you know, let’s get past the laughs and gaffes and get serious here. When she does tell us what her vision is, when she does promise these policies, that’s when she gets truly frightening: 65 percent estate death tax – that’s going to disseminate family businesses up and down this country, 44 percent on capital gains,” Conway said.
“And then the unrealized gains being taxed? Donald Trump is preparing for every single day by doing things like he did yesterday, facing the cameras, showing everybody the real people impact at the border, of the groceries and gas prices,” she continued, adding that Trump is “out there” in swing states “facing the music” every day.
Meanwhile, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed in an interview with Tucker Carlson this week that Harris declined to meet with him, unlike Trump, who agreed to a meeting.
“I reached out to her, and I reached out to a number of people, including some relatives of mine, who are very, very close to her personally and to the Democratic Party,” Kennedy said. “And they just said, ‘That’s a non-starter. There’s no way in the world she’s going to talk to you.'”
Kennedy explained that he was offered a meeting with a “low-level campaign official” from Harris' staff, which he declined.
“And I said, ‘Okay, I’m not interested in that,’” Kennedy told Carlson.
When Carlson asked why he thinks Harris refused to meet with him, Kennedy responded, “Maybe that same reason that [she] hasn’t given an interview.” As of Tuesday, Harris had gone nearly 40 days without holding an unscripted press conference to discuss the policies she would pursue if elected president.
Kennedy added that some Democrats he knows are comfortable electing someone who "cannot give an interview" because they are "electing the apparatus" around Harris, not Harris herself.
“But the apparatus — I don’t have any faith in it. The apparatus are neo-cons like Antony Blinken, who are running us right up into World War III. And they are people who masterminded the censorship from inside the White House. That’s the apparatus that they want to reelect,” RFK Jr. said. “…These are the people who are censoring me. These are the people who tried to throw me out of the party, who canceled the primaries.”
Carlson responded by noting, “Electing an apparatus is not how democracy works.”
“That’s an oligarchy — just a point of fact,” Carlson added. “…But she wouldn’t even talk to you. I think it’s very weird.”
“It’s weird, but I can’t stress it enough: not being able to give an interview? I mean, your whole life is in public life. That’s what you do,” Kennedy replied before pointing out that Trump frequently talks to reporters “who write crappy articles about him all the time.”
“One of the functions of a president is to explain to us why we should be proud of each other, and why we are part of a community, and why our country is great, and what our future is going to look like… and inspire all of us with that vision,” he added. “That is what a real leader does. How in the world can you do that if you cannot give an interview to a news [organization] or a friendly [news organization]. They can’t even do a setup interview in 40 days.”