GOP pollster thinks Trump is bullshit and praises Harris

Longtime GOP pollster Frank Luntz has publicly criticized Democratic hopeful Kamala Harris for dodging mainstream reporters since becoming her party’s nominee.

But now Luntz says it’s Donald Trump who’s avoiding them.

“It took a while, but now she’s taking the tough interviews, being asked the tough questions and being challenged – 60 Minutes has done a great job trying to get answers from her,” Luntz said on CNBC.

“And secondly, it is actually Donald Trump who is shirking the debates and the interview on 60 Minutes that he promised he would do and then walked away from,” he said.

Long past the halfway point of her unexpected presidential campaign and with voting already underway, Harris is still introducing herself to the Americans who will decide this year’s presidential election. It’s a marked shift after she largely avoided interviews since replacing Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic nominee, and it’s an admission that she needs to do more to defeat Trump.

Both Harris and Trump have mostly spent time speaking to non-traditional media outlets or sitting down for friendlier question-and-answer sessions.

However, Harris is in the middle of a media frenzy in New York, with The View being the first of three stops. She is also scheduled to speak with longtime radio host Howard Stern and record a show with late-night comedian Stephen Colbert.

The three appearances came after Harris gave interviews for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which aired Monday night, and Alex Cooper’s podcast “Call Her Daddy,” which debuted Sunday.

Trump, meanwhile, declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” for its election special and has so far said he will not debate Harris, who has called for a second debate.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.