Harris gets testy to start Fox interview as she is questioned about the border: Live
Kamala Harris was interviewed by Bret Baier of Fox News, hours after Donald Trump doubled down on remarks calling Democrats ‘enemy within’ in pre-recorded town hall on same network
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Kamala Harris sparred with anchor Bret Baier in her first formal Fox News interview on Wednesday evening.
Harris and Baier kicked off the interview with a back-and-forth over immigration. The two spoke over one another as Harris defended her record. At one point, the vice president told Baier, “you have to let me finish.”
She also distanced herself from President Joe Biden’s administration.
“My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” Harris said. “Like every new president that comes into office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas, I represent a new generation of leadership.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Harris held a campaign event in Pennsylvania where she made an appeal to center-right voters to back her over Donald Trump to defend the Constitution.
By contrast, earlier in the day, Trump doubled down on comments he made at the weekend in which he referred to Democrats as “enemies from within” and that the military could be called upon to handle any unrest from “radical left lunatics”.
Harris talks about participation and Trump’s campaign being about ‘fear'
Kamala Harris to Charlamagne tha God on the importance of voter participation: “You can't let anybody take you out of the game by not voting. The solutions are not gonna just happen overnight ... the things that we want and are prepared to fight for won't happen if we're not active and don't participate.”
Harris says Trump is about fear: “He is running full-time on a campaign that is about instilling fear not about hope.. Look what he did and saying that those legal immigrants in Springfield Ohio were eating their pets.”
Charlamagne asks why Harris allows him to call her the border czar when that wasn’t her role.
Harris: “If I respond to every name he called me, I wouldn't be focused on the things that actually help the American people. And that's my focus.”
Listen: Harris explains Trump’s threat to Constitution is threat to amendments that ensure equal protections to Black people
Harris asked about reparations
A caller into Kamala Harris’s audio town hall asked the vice president about her stance on reparations.
Harris responded: “It has to be studied. There's no question about that. I've been very clear about that position.”
She then pivoted to her plans for home ownership, small businesses, healthcare, and homecare that she believes would be especially impactful to the Black community.
Harris town hall being simulcast on two of three main news networks
Harris agrees Trump’s vision is about ‘fascism'
In her audio town hall with Charlamagne tha God, Vice President Kamala Harris agreed with the radio host when he characterized Donald Trump’s vision for America as “fascism”.
“You have two choices…It’s two very different visions for our nation. Mine is about taking us forward and progress and investing in the American people, investing in their ambitions, dealing with their challenges. And the other Donald Trump’s is taking us backward.”
Charlamagne added that the other is about fascism: “Why can’t we just say that?”
Harris: “Yes, we can say that.”
When asked about Trump’s plans for the Black community, Harris said: “Ask Donald Trump what his plan is for Black America. Ask him. I'll tell you what it is. Look at Project 2025. Project 2025 tells you the plan includes making police departments have stop-and-frisk policies.”
Kamala Harris participates on audio town hall with Charlamagne tha God
Asked about her reputation of sticking to her talking points, Kamala Harris says: “That would be called discipline.” She notes that some things need to be repeated because they are important.
On being mimicked on Saturday Night Live Harris says: “Hasn't Maya Rudolph been wonderful? I have nothing but admiration for the comedy, and I think it's important to be able to laugh at yourself and each other in the spirit of comedy.”
On the state of the race: “This is a margin-of-error race. I'm gonna win, but it's tight.”
Harris blasts Trump for sending Covid-19 testing equipment to Vladimir Putin during the height of the pandemic.
Charlamagne tha God responds: “That doesn't sound like America first.”
Trump unhappy Harris spokesperson keeps appearing on Fox News
Donald Trump doesn’t appear happy that Ian Sams, spokesperson for Kamala Harris, is on Fox News “all the time” calling out the former president and his campaign.
Here’s what he posted on Truth Social:
Does Ian Sams, Lyin’ Kamala’s Special Advisor, own FoxNews? He is on all the time, as are so many other of her supporters. So ridiculous that Fox allows this to happen right before the Election. We will WIN without Fox. MAGA2024!
Watch Sams this afternoon:
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