MSNBC's Steele claims Trump's the one not doing media as GOP ticket does 3x more interviews than Harris-Walz

MSNBC expert Michael Steele lashed retired astatine Democrats and the property for putting unit connected Vice President Kamala Harris to prosecute much with the media, arguing Harris was being unfairly treated compared to her 2024 opponent, erstwhile President Trump.

"I don’t spot Donald Trump doing sit-downs and property conferences with the mainstream media each week," Steele said during a Friday interrogation connected MSNBC. 

"So let’s halt — let’s clasp her to the aforesaid modular we’re holding Donald Trump. Because Donald Trump is not giving you thing but a rally successful which helium dribbles and — and nods disconnected and conscionable goes disconnected connected — connected tangents. And the property accepts that. And yet they look astatine her and say, ‘Well, however travel you’re not, you know, giving america much of what we want?’ Well, arsenic soon arsenic you get it from Donald Trump, she’ll springiness it to you," the erstwhile RNC president continued.

Trump and his moving mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, person sat down for astatine slightest 63 interviews since the Harris-Walz summons was formed, compared to lone 23 non-scripted interviews for the Democratic statesmanlike summons frankincense far.

DEMOCRATS WORRY ABOUT HARRIS' CAUTIOUS MEDIA APPROACH IN TIGHT 2024 RACE: ‘VOTERS DESERVE BETTER’

MSNBC expert Michael Steele ripped Democrats and the property for demanding much entree from the Harris campaign, during a Friday interrogation connected MSNBC. (MSNBC/Getty)

Harris inactive has not held a ceremonial property conference since replacing President Biden arsenic the Democratic nominee, portion Trump has held 5 since the opening of September.

With conscionable implicit a period to spell until Election Day, immoderate Democrats and media critics are informing the Harris-Walz run that their strategy could backfire with voters who are inactive uncertain astir the Democratic candidate.

After the vice statesmanlike statement past week, respective media commentators argued Harris' moving mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appeared unprepared due to the fact that of his wide deficiency of media vulnerability connected the nationalist stage.

On MSNBC connected Friday, big Chris Jansing asked Steele if Harris was being "smart" with her constricted media attack this adjacent to the election.

"Yes, yes, yes, a 1000 times yes," Steele said, earlier dismissing these concerns.

"It’s Democrats being Democrats and it’s the mainstream media being the mainstream media. They privation to beryllium coddled. They privation to amusement that they got the connection, they got the in," helium said. 

HARRIS LEADS TRUMP BY 2 IN NATIONAL POLL, BUT SHOWS VULNERABILITIES WITH NON-WHITE VOTERS

Democratic statesmanlike nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, greets supporters during a run lawsuit astatine Cochise College Douglas Campus connected September 27, 2024 successful Douglas, Arizona.  ((Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images))

Steele argued that the vice president's run should not beryllium compared to past statesmanlike campaigns, due to the fact that Harris emerged arsenic the statesmanlike nominee truthful precocious successful the predetermination cycle. He said she was being selective successful her media appearances with the constricted clip near until predetermination day.

"At the extremity of the day, you’re talking 140 days to tally a nationalist statesmanlike campaign. She’s got to beryllium peculiar with the targets. If she had an other 400 days, everybody would get touched successful the mainstream media and successful the Democratic Party. This is not the Hillary run of 2016, this is not Joe Biden’s run of 2020," helium said.

"I deliberation she’s focused wherever she needs to be, and the Democrats request to halt acting similar Democrats, get your down connected the ground, organize, crook retired your vote. You request to overwhelm the ballot container connected November 5, due to the fact that that’s the extremity game. And don’t interest astir a property league today. You request to interest astir however galore voters you got turning retired connected November 5," helium continued.

Harris run spokesperson Kevin Munoz defended the campaign's media strategy in a statement to NBC News Friday.

"Our task for the last agelong of this run is ensuring that [Harris'] winning imaginativeness reaches the undecided voters who volition determine this predetermination successful places and ways that volition really scope them. That whitethorn look antithetic successful today’s evolving media situation than anterior campaigns, but coupled with run events, assertive organizing and a historical paid media campaign, it’s a winning approach," Munoz said.

MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle interviews Kamala Harris (Screenshot/MSNBC)

Harris has stepped up her interviews successful caller weeks, including doing vigor hits, a solo sit-down with a Philadelphia TV presumption and an interrogation with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle.

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Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.