Former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, have sat down for at least 88 interviews since the Harris-Walz ticket was formed in early August, compared to at least 49 on-scripted interviews for the Democratic presidential ticket thus far.
After doing just one joint interview in the first three weeks of her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have stepped up their media appearances in recent weeks to more match those of their Republican counterparts. Harris spoke with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, marking her first interview on the network, and she also spoke briefly with NBC’s Peter Alexander on Friday. On Sunday, she sat down with supporter Al Sharpton on MSNBC.
In addition to an appearance on Tuesday on Charlamagne Tha God’s radio show, Harris has also done recent interviews with such outlets as CBS on “60 Minutes,” liberal magazine Vogue, progressive journalist Roland Martin, and popular podcasts like “Call Her Daddy,” “All The Smoke” and “The Shade Room.” She also appeared last week on “The View,” where she made headlines for not saying what she would have done differently from President Biden, as well as the shows of outspoken supporters Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern.
Harris has largely stuck to friendly environments, also speaking with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle last month, in addition to local news interviews in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. She received public criticism this week from Time Magazine owner Marc Benioff, however, for denying the outlet’s interview requests for a story about her potential presidency.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Stephen Colbert drank beer together during a late-night interview on Oct. 8, 2024. (Screenshot/CBS)
As Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida last week, she also did phone interviews with The Weather Channel and CNN. Since the beginning of September she’s spoken with Wired, the National Association of Black Journalists, Uforia, the audio network of TelevisaUnivision, and radio hosts Rickey Smiley and “Ms. Jessica.”
Meanwhile, Walz joined “The View” on Monday, Oct. 21, as part of an increased media presence himself. He did “Fox News Sunday” for the second straight week on Sunday, Oct. 13, and he also did interviews this month with Jimmy Kimmel and the “Smartless” podcast. He’s also spoken to Pennsylvania and Arizona news stations, in addition to an extended interview on ABC News. Last week, he also did interviews with Rich Eisen and the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast.
Walz spoke with Georgia, Wisconsin and North Carolina TV stations in recent weeks. He spoke with MSNBC and ABC after last month’s presidential debate, and he was interviewed by Michigan station Fox 17.
Walz has also spoken to radio stations in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump has kept up a drumbeat of media appearances, many of them with supporters. He did an interview on Tuesday with Bloomberg Editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Chicago Economic Club, as well as one that aired Tuesday with Barstool Sports podcast “Bussin with the Boys” and Thursday with Patrick Bet-David’s podcast. On Sunday, he was interviewed by Fox News “Media Buzz” host Howard Kurtz.
He spoke with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Oct. 13 and also recently taped an interview with the “Full Send” podcast, where he noted he may appear on Joe Rogan’s show soon. He also appeared on Friday’s episode of “Fox & Friends” and in a Friday edition of OutKick’s “Maintaining with Tyrus,” as well as interviews last week with the Wall Street Journal, Dan Bongino and Tom Klingenstein.
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Former President Trump, Sen. JD Vance, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (Getty Images)
Trump was also interviewed by OutKick’s Clay Travis while attending the Georgia-Alabama football game last month, and he’s been interviewed by such Fox News figures and shows as “Fox & Friends,” Bill Melugin, Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade, Laura Ingraham, Greg Gutfeld, as well as the Washington Post’s Marc Thiessen, Glenn Beck, Ben Shapiro, Sharyl Attkisson, the “Ruthless” podcast, the “Flagrant” podcast, the Daily Mail, NBC News, the New York Post, Lex Fridman, and X owner and Trump backer Elon Musk.
To mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, he was interviewed by radio hosts Hugh Hewitt and Sid Rosenberg.
Vance, who appeared Oct. 17 on “Fox & Friends” and Oct. 21 on “America’s Newsroom,” has done dozens of interviews since the Harris-Walz ticket formed on Aug. 6, including multiple Sunday show appearances, and interviews with CNN, Fox News and ABC in the aftermath of the ABC News Presidential Debate between Trump and Harris last month. A previous interview with the New York Times was published on Oct. 11, and he appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and “Fox News Sunday” on Oct. 13.
Vance also spoke with Time magazine for a lengthy cover profile.
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump answers questions at a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Trump has held six extended news conferences since August, while Harris still has not held a formal press conference since replacing President Biden as the Democratic nominee.
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This report has been updated with additional interviews from both tickets.
Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.