Biden staffer follows and shuts down reporter asking critical voters about Joe’s car crash debate performance at Kamala Harris’ rally

A deputy communications director for the Biden campaign tried to stop a reporter from interviewing voters after attendees at a political rally featuring Kamala Harris reacted negatively.

Clio Calvo-Platero, deputy communications director for the Biden campaign in Nevada, demanded that a New York Times reporter end his conversations with voters at the rally.

“Calvo-Platero followed your pollster as he interviewed voters and recorded the interviews.

“She twice tried to end the interviews when voters began criticizing Biden,” wrote New York Times reporter Simon J. Levien.

Levien was a member of the media group for vice presidents that traveled with Harris on Friday.

He said he spoke to a woman who said Biden’s debate performance was “terrible” and that she wondered if a better Democratic candidate could be found to take his place.

“We’re at a Joe Biden rally, so I’m going to interrupt you there, sorry,” Calvo-Platero said, according to Levien.

When another voter began criticizing Biden’s “mental acuity” and suggested the vice president take his place, Calvo-Platero interrupted him again.

“I’m just going to leave it at that, sorry. If I may, it’s a Biden event. Is that okay?” she said.

Harris seemed oblivious to the incident, even as she stumbled upon details about a fellow senator.

A Biden campaign aide clashed with a reporter after attendees at a Democratic rally began complaining about the president

When Harris introduced Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) at her rally, she noted that Kelly “always fought for the people of Nevada,” even though he represented Arizona.

Levien further explained his thoughts about the incident with the employee on social media.

‘I asked her why after the interviews. She said she was just doing her job,” he said.

Calvo-Platero’s behavior was unusual for press “managers,” despite their role in directing the movements of reporters at campaign events.

Press poolers typically have the freedom to interview voters during campaigns, especially when traveling with the vice president, a trip that typically involves fewer logistics.

The Biden team’s relationship with The New York Times was fraught throughout the campaign.

New York Times columnists on Thursday evening almost unanimously called for Biden to drop out of the race, telling the president that he had done a good job in his first term but that it was time to step aside for a new Democrat.

The incident is the latest in a series of incidents between Team Biden and the New York Times as they grow increasingly hostile toward each other.

US Vice President Kamala Harris greets her audience on the campaign trail

In January, the Biden campaign met with New York Times journalists off the record to critique their coverage of the president. The team shared with reporters specific spreadsheets of where they felt their coverage was falling short of expectations, according to reportswhose arrogance angered political journalists.

Politico reported in April that the New York Times had become Biden’s White House least favorite news channelin which top employees complain about the nature of their reporting.

An incident in which a Times reporter revealed a background source prompted the White House to remove all reporters from its top press lists, sparking a fight that angered reporters trying to coordinate coverage of the president.

Biden aide TJ Ducklo took to social media to complain about what he said was a major New York Times failure in April.

“With few exceptions, The New York Times continues to fail the American people in covering the most important election for American democracy in more than 150 years,” he wrote, sharing images of the newspaper’s stories about concerns about Biden’s age and stamina.