Trump campaign presses Harris on Tim Walz as she eschews press conferences

The Trump campaign has pressed Vice President Kamala Harris on her limited engagement with the media, demanding that she provide the public with answers to key questions related to her campaign, including her selection of Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., as her running mate.

Harris has not held a press conference since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 20 and she became the presumptive Democratic nominee. Trump, for his part, is slated to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday.

The campaign challenged Harris to address her selection of Walz as he faces scrutiny over his representation of his military record.

Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung further pressed Harris to explain why she added former Obama staffers to the campaign and whether that signaled a lack of faith in Biden's personnel.

Lastly, Cheung simply asked "When is your next press conference?"

"It's Day 18 and Kamala Harris is still ducking the media— no press conferences, interviews, or substantive reporter engagement of any kind," Cheung said in a press release. "If Kamala can’t face the press, how can she face down an economy decimated by surging inflation, an out-of-control border that allows criminals to stream into communities, or America’s adversaries on the world stage who continue to take advantage of a weak presidency."

"Or maybe she doesn’t have an answer as to why she chose Tim Walz, who has been exposed as a liar and fraud, misrepresenting his service record throughout the years," he added.

The Minnesota National Guard confirmed to Just the News that Walz retired as a master sergeant and not as a command sergeant major, as he claimed for years. While he temporarily held the rank, he "retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy," Minnesota National Guard’s State Public Affairs Officer Army Lt. Col. Kristen Augé stated.