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Sports journalist and podcast host Stephen A. Smith has added his voice to the call for Vice President Kamala Harris to grant interviews as the Democratic presidential nominee, emphasizing the need to address “legitimate questions” from voters.

On his show, Smith expressed his intention to vote for Harris over former President Donald Trump in the upcoming November election, citing significant concerns about the Republican nominee. However, he praised Trump for his numerous interviews as a candidate and argued that Harris must also engage with the media if she hopes to secure victory.

“The only damn place we’ve seen Kamala Harris is at pep rallies,” Smith said on his podcast. “What’s up? Somebody got to say something. And it can’t just be the conservatives; right is right! I’m talking to my sister here, come on now! You’re running for the presidency of the United States of America. You got my vote! You’re running for the presidency of the United States of America. What’re you hiding for?”

Smith then urged Harris to “stand on” the record she and President Joe Biden have established in the White House, and questioned her recent shifts in policy positions, such as her stance on banning fracking and border security. He also expressed a desire to ask Harris about her awareness of Biden’s cognitive decline, framing these as “legitimate questions” for a presidential candidate.

Although Harris has not yet participated in an interview since becoming the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, Smith offered to conduct a one-on-one interview with her, stating he would “gladly” do so. He extended the same offer to Trump. “Name the time or place, I’ll come to you,” Smith said.

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On Monday night, Trump participated in a one-on-one interview with billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, which Smith highlighted as an example of Trump’s commitment to engaging with the media. Smith also praised Trump for his appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists’ conference this year, noting that the former president attended though he “knew that wasn’t going to be a pleasant experience.”

Noted pollster Frank Luntz dropped a bombshell on Harris’ campaign during a CNN segment on Tuesday regarding which candidate—her or her GOP opponent—is garnering more support from rank-and-file union members.

“But I assure you that Donald Trump is doing better among the average union member, not teachers unions and not the unions for government, but everybody else, the trades, people working their hands, he’s doing better among them than any Republican has done in decades,” Luntz told a panel.

“This is not gonna be a problem for him. The union leadership is more divided from their membership, and the louder that it gets, the greater the divides are gonna come,” he added. “And my focus groups, and this is remarkable to me. The union membership says, ‘They don’t speak for me.’ And I’ve been doing this since nineteen — I hate to say this — eighty-nine, 1990, [and] I’ve never had union people publicly say, ‘They don’t speak for me.’”

In January, just days after United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said the organization was formally endorsing President Joe Biden’s reelection, he dropped a bombshell during a live Fox News interview about the preferred candidate for most members.

He appeared to suggest it will be Donald Trump.

After Fain fielded some questions about the slumping sales of electric vehicles and how that could affect the union labor force moving forward, host Neil Cavuto noted that in past decades, sizeable numbers of UAW members supported President Ronald Reagan and his successor, President George H. W. Bush, as well as other Republican presidents through the years.

Cavuto then went on to point out that many UAW members were supportive of Trump in 2016 and 2020 and remain supportive of him now before asking Fain how he felt about that.

“Look, it’s democracy in action,” the UAW boss began. “Let me be clear about this: A great majority of our members will not vote for President Biden. Yeah, some will, but that’s the reality of this. The majority of our members are gonna vote their paychecks. They’re gonna vote for an economy that works for them.”

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