Harris Campaigns in New Hampshire; Pundit Criticizes Her and Reporter Cites Access Dispute

Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in New Hampshire on Saturday for Democratic Senate candidate Chris Pappas, telling supporters that Democrats had spent the past year and a half angry, depressed and feeling alone, hopeless and powerless, and that this phase was over. Her tour has also included stops in Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada and Wisconsin. Leonard Robinson, a reporter for New Hampshire Journal, said he was denied entry to a Harris event that day. He told Fox News Digital on Monday that he had RSVP'd to an event hosted by Reproductive Freedom for All through a form sent by the Pappas campaign, after being shut out of another Harris event hosted by the campaign because of limited space, according to an email Fox obtained. Robinson said past receptions at Democratic events had mostly been positive, but he wrote on X that state Democrats often make access hard for his outlet. On Monday, Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said on Fox Business that Harris was awkward and inauthentic off a teleprompter, and noted that she lost key swing states and the popular vote in 2024.

Slate, on the left, does not address the New Hampshire stop in its opening. It runs an interview with journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed about his book on how Biden and a small circle of advisers declined to use U.S. leverage on Israel, citing over 150 interviews. It mentions Harris only as the author of 107 Days and stresses Democratic voters' sympathy for Palestinians, nearly 4 to 1, and the issue's role in 2026 races. The Washington Examiner and Fox News, on the right, center on the Harris event. The Examiner leads with Concha's personal criticism and Harris's quoted remarks. Fox leads with Robinson's access complaint, the Pappas campaign and the email trail. Both right-leaning outlets treat Harris's appearance as the news, while the left-leaning piece uses the Biden record to discuss Democratic divisions. Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and right-leaning outlets had.