Vice President Kamala Harris isn't conducting many interviews because she's not great in those settings, said former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza.
"I thought [MSNBC's] Stephanie Ruhle was exactly who I thought she would be, which is, I thought she was pro-Harris but fair, right? When Harris didn't answer a question, I thought she was like, Well, that's not really answering the question. So, she clearly prefers Harris to [former President Donald] Trump — Ruhle does — but I didn't think it was like over-the-top ridiculous," Cillizza said.
Harris on Wednesday did her first solo network interview as the Democrat presidential nominee, touching on topics like the economy, immigration, and reproductive rights.
The broadcast drew nearly 3 million viewers, down from the 6.3 million who watched Harris and running mate Tim Walz speak with CNN's Dana Bash earlier this month, according to AdWeek.
Ruhle called the interview "normal."
"It was a normal interview. It was a person running to be the president of the United States, and for 25 minutes, we talked about their vision, and we talked about policy," she told MSNBC colleague Chris Hayes.
"I think that it's just that we're so desensitized in that so many interviews that that we do we're forced to cover so much lunacy, or so much crazy, or so much fact-checking, or get distracted by so many issues that aren't core policies that serve the American people," she added.
"What you saw right there was just sort of a classic interview with somebody running for president."