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White House Photographers Rip Harris For Avoiding Press

Charlie Kirk Staff

09/14/2024

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White House Photographers Rip Harris For Avoiding Press

Democrat presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris has made avoiding the press a central focus of her campaign.

From only doing one national television interview and no press conferences wince being declared the Democrat nominee to avoiding unscripted interactions with reporters the vice president has become like a ninja in avoiding the press.

And now the White House photographers sent a letter complaining about the ridiculous amount of access to her, The Daily Caller reported.

“Jessica Koscielniak, president of the WHNPA, addressed her Aug. 28 letter to top Harris aides expressing concern that “the four independent news photographer seats have been downgraded to one” on Air Force Two, Axios reported Thursday. Koscielniak suggested in her letter that the campaign consider adding a “chaser plane” for additional media or the White House Correspondent Association reorganizing who gets a seat on the plane, according to Axios,” the report said.

“The current situation puts the still photographers at a distinct disadvantage on every trip,” veteran White House news photographer Doug Mills said to Axios.

“It’s essential to us for people to understand the importance of having a full photographer pool. Every photographer sees each event differently,” he said.

When Koscielniak spoke to Axios she said that they had not heard from the vice president’s campaign since sending the letter

But Axios did get a response from the vice president’s team on Wednesday after it requested comment. Her campaign said that they had “been in constant communication with the Chair of the White House Correspondents’ Association as the Office worked to explore solutions to increase press access.”

Her office said that they looked into the photographer’s concerns but they “learned both suggestions are not viable given available resources, including personnel and aircraft.”

“It’s very disappointing,” the photographer said to Axios.

“This is the smallest number of media to travel for a presidential race in my memory. When Vice President Harris became the presidential nominee, it should have been negotiated by the WHCA that the full 13 member travel pool be on her plane,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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