Brian Stelter Predicts ’60 Minutes’ And ‘The View’ Will Be ‘Tough’ Interviews For Kamala Harris

CNN media reporter Brian Stelter claimed on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris would face “tough questioning” during interviews airing on ABC and CBS.

Harris appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast Sunday, part of a tour that includes scheduled appearances on “The View” and interviews with CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, Sirius/XM shock jock Howard Stern and “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker. Stelter said that the journalists had “sharp questions” from journalists during the appearances on “60 Minutes” and “The View.”

“Well, she’s on ‘60 Minutes’ tonight. That’s the most watched news magazine in the United States. Donald Trump initially agreed to be on ‘60 Minutes,’ then he backed out. I feel like he’s getting off pretty easy,” Stelter told “CNN News Central” co-hosts Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar. “Imagine if Harris had agreed to be on ‘60 Minutes’ and then backed out. I think she would have been vigorously criticized. So, Trump choosing not to do ‘60 Minutes,’ Harris is on there. That will certainly be an example of tough questioning of the vice president.”

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“She’s also on ‘The View’ tomorrow. I was talking to producers of ‘The View’ last night. They have some sharp questions for her as well. And let’s remember, sometimes it‘s these non-traditional formats that actually reveal a lot about candidates,” Stelter said about Harris’ media tour. “Remember when Kamala Harris was sitting down with Oprah Winfrey a couple of weeks ago, and that‘s when Harris said, ‘If somebody breaks into my house, they are getting shot.’ That was a very revealing soundbite, even though it was a friendly interview for Harris. And that’s why I thought ‘Call Her Daddy’ was really interesting as well.”

“The interview actually revealed a lot about the candidate, and ultimately, that’s what the Harris campaign is trying to do, in the same way that the Trump campaign is going on influencer podcasts, really trying to appeal to young men doing YouTube shows and things like that,” Stelter continued. “Harris is trying to do these non-traditional formats like Stephen Colbert tomorrow night or Howard Stern tomorrow afternoon, but I just, I think it’s notable that sometimes we hear a lot and there are actually a lot of newsworthy comments in these interviews.”

Harris and her running mate, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, have largely avoided interviews and press conferences, with one liberal pundit saying the strategy may have been a factor in Walz’s poor performance during the vice-presidential debate.