I think her time is better spent campaigning. If she has an opportunity to reach a huge audience of possible D voters (like doing some big podcast or something) she should take it, but I don’t care if she doesn’t give a press conference.
The only non-friendly interview that Trump has done recently was the NABJ, where he embarrassed himself badly and ran out early.
You just know if she sat down for an interview with any news outlet that they would try to be tough as hell on her. It doesn’t serve her at all other than staving off the talking point that she’s too scared to do an unscripted media event.
I don’t think she should be doing 2 hour pressers every day, but she should definitely give a few. I still think there are some folks who might be willing to vote for her but don’t know much about her and may feel a little uncomfortable with the way she “suddenly” became the nominee. Seeing/hearing her even a few times should make it easier for those kinds of people to vote for her. Plus, as you said, simply avoiding the, “why is she ducking the hard questions?” type stories seems good.
It’s takes an especially vicious anti-semite to make a Jew a finalist just for the pleasure you get from cackling while denying them the nod (and making them come to a rally the next day to pretend to support you).
Even more perverse is marrying a Jew and making him watch you do your anti-semitism right in front of him.
You are assuming that they really think this is true and important, and not just an instinctive “throw bullshit at Dems and hope they waste time defending it instead of calling us weird and evil” tactic. eDems have been tripping themselves up for my whole adult life dutifully taking all of these bullshit accusations seriously and devoting a bunch of precious time, energy, and most importantly voter limited bandwidth, vigorously defending themselves from stupid attacks. Harris is flying high right now because they have spent the whole post-Biden period ignoring conservative bullshit and just laughing at them and calling them weird. They should just keep doing that. The Nazis attacking Harris for bowing to anti-semitic pressure is just bait, they don’t have to take it. They can just say “fuck off weirdos, you’re literally Nazis and no one should take you seriously”.
" Case in point: Dan Barker, a former judge for the Arizona Court of Appeals, said he began campaigning against Trump in 2020, after resisting his wife’s suggested “Country over party” yard sign at their Gilbert home in 2016. He was serving as stake president, a local leadership position.
“‘Honey,’ I responded, ‘there is no way on Earth I can do my calling if we put up that sign,’” Barker recounted.
“Each of our political journeys is going to be different. I’ll quote a phrase some of you may recognize from missionary work: ‘Act in whatever is a normal and natural way for you,’” he said, paraphrasing an apostle’s advice."
The “one persons socialism is another persons neighborly” attack is so fucking funny to me.
He is making fun of the right, who dont know what socialism is, and they are repeating him making fun of them over and over and over again as if its some kind of own against him.