Liberal commentators who assured the public that it was okay for Kamala Harris to stay out of the media are now saying she should give more interviews.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes agreed with colleague Stephanie Ruhl, who just finished interviewing Harris in September, that Harris should do more interviews. Hayes gushed about the pair’s “great interview” during an episode of his show “All In with Chris Hayes.”

The two had a heated exchange over the idea that Harris, who notoriously rarely participates in one-on-one interviews, should get more coverage.

“I feel like I’ve seen the vice president stand up many times since she became a candidate. It’s an interview she did on CNN, some local interviews she did, she What she did with Oprah, maybe the debates, the interviews with you…she’s obviously very skilled, very dexterous, very fluid,” Hayes said. “It seems to me that talking more about this would benefit them, and the public at large, on a deeper, more substantive level. I feel like I learned something.” continued Hayes.

“I think that’s 100 percent true,” Ruhl agreed.

“The more she sits…I mean, she’s a great interviewer. I sat with her for 25 minutes and I may not have liked all of her answers, but she had an answer for every question. “,” Rule continued.

The admission marks a clear change in tone for Ruhl, who had previously suggested that it didn’t matter that Harris didn’t make many of her policy positions clear.

Ruhl appeared on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” in September and said, “Kamala Harris is not running to be perfect, she’s running against Trump.” he said.

“We may not know her answer because we have two choices. In 2024, unlike 2016 for many Americans, we will not know what Trump will do or what he will do. We know exactly who he is and what he’s like. He’s a threat to democracy,” Ruhl said.

Hayes and Ruhl aren’t the only liberal media darlings calling for more Kamala appointments. (Related: ‘This is not going to work’: Stephen A. Smith warns that Harris is copying Biden’s underground strategy)

Ezra Klein, a New York Times columnist and co-founder of the popular left-wing news site Vox, criticized Harris-Waltz’s media strategy for Tuesday’s debate between Walz and J.D. Vance. He said that he appeared in

“Harris doesn’t give very many interviews, very few tough interviews, and they put Tim Walz on the same diet,” Klein said on Thursday’s episode of his podcast, “The Ezra Klein Show.”

“Doing all these tough interviews, constantly fighting with the media, sharpening your rhetorical blade, figuring out how you can answer these questions, testing and testing your lines,” he says. “Unlike J.D. Vance, who is testing, not only does Harris not do that, but Walz, he’s really good at it, so that’s why they selected him at some level,” Klein continued.

David Axelrod, another influential left-wing media figure who served as a senior adviser to President Obama, expressed a similar opinion.

“People are getting skinnier and skinnier and wanting to know more about you,” Axelrod said during a conversation at the Atlantic Festival in September.

“One of the ways to make that clear is through interviews and town halls and unscripted interactions. And she needs to do more between now and the election to make people feel safe.” I think so,” Axelrod continued.

.@davidaxelrod Kamala Harris says she needs to do more interviews and town halls “to make people feel safe.”

“This country is ready to vote against Trump, and they want to know.” [Kamala Harris] It’s an acceptable alternative. ” https://t.co/XPwy2P3V5D #TAF24 pic.twitter.com/RxECPvntwb

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 20, 2024

Harris and Walz have given few interviews since President Biden resigned in July and endorsed Harris. Between then and Sept. 19, the two had conducted only seven interviews combined, compared to more than 70 between former President Trump and Vance during the same period, according to a review by the Daily Caller. I didn’t take it.