Dana Bash Fact-Checks Correspondent Who Claims Trump Has Only Done ‘Friendly Interviews’ In 2024

CNN anchor Dana Bash corrected the network’s chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny on Monday after he asserted former President Donald Trump has only participated in “friendly interviews” since September 2023.

Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a series of media appearances consisting of friendly interviews after her party began to fret about her press avoidance. Zeleny, on “Inside 🏛️Politics with Dana Bash,” suggested Republicans are hypocritical to criticize her for doing “softball interviews,” given what he said was Trump’s similar approach, but Bash noted the former president faced a challenging interview with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in July.

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“The criticism from the right about, ‘Oh, these are all softball things,’ my recollection is the last difficult interview that former President Trump has done was on ‘Meet the Press’ with Kristen Welker … I mean, it has been a series of friendly interviews on Fox and other places,” Zeleny said. “He declined ’60 Minutes.’”