Cot­ton calls out media for lack of scruti­ny of Har­ris since becom­ing nom­i­nee

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Sen. Tom Cot­ton (R‑AR) called out media out­lets for not hold­ing Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris to the same kind of scruti­ny typ­i­cal of a pres­i­den­tial can­di­date since she was moved to the top of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic tick­et two weeks ago.
Since Har­ris was ele­vat­ed to be the Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­nee after Pres­i­dent Joe Biden dropped out of the race, she has not done any sit-down inter­views and has answered few ques­tions from the press, but has also received lit­tle push­back for the lack of avail­abil­i­ty. Cot­ton was asked on CBS News’s Face the Nation about Har­ris appar­ent­ly clos­ing the gap with for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in a CBS News-YouGov poll released on Sun­day, bu …