Meghan McCain gets major backlash after criticizing Harris for bringing Walz to interview

Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, chimed in this week to join the chorus of conservatives criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for conducting her first post-convention interview alongside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Critics such as McCain have claimed that the move shows Harris isn't "ready" for prime time or that she can't handle the press alone.

"I don't know if democrats fully realize how damaging the image of the possible first woman president being incapable of giving an interview alone without the presence of a man to help her is," she posted on X.

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The problem with this criticism is that several past presidential candidates, on both the Democratic and Republican sides, have brought their running mates with them for post-convention interviews.

MSNBC contributor and podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen wrote simply, "Okay, Meghan," and posted a photo of her father, the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) with his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) in their first major interview.

"You mean like the image of this interview of the possible first woman vice president being incapable of giving an interview alone without the presence of your father, Meghan?" asked an account called "Bad Fox Graphics" which that specializes in posting misleading graphs or images seen on Fox News.

Former President Donald Trump similarly brought Mike Pence along with him shortly after choosing him as his running mate to a "60 Minutes" interview where he famously told reporter Leslie Stahl, “I think I’m much more humble than you would understand.”

X is being flooded with images of George W. Bush and his new running mate, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton and his new running mate Al Gore, Hillary Clinton with Tim Kaine, Barack Obama with Joe Biden, and Mitt Romney with Paul Ryan.

Trump did his first interview with his current running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), on Monday, July 22.

The Harris-Walz interview will be on CNN Thursday at 9 p.m. EST.