Kamala Harris failed during an impassioned interview on Fox News as she tried to appeal to Donald Trump’s voter base.
Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate, had her first meeting with the right-wing network three weeks before the election.
But the vice president was put on the defensive by interviewer Bret Baier, who grilled her about immigration, gender surgery for prisoners and Joe Biden’s mental faculties, forcing Harris to dodge his questions. They frequently talked over each other and Harris repeatedly said, “Let me finish.”
Harris made a high-risk gamble to reach Republican voters on America’s most-watched cable television channel.
Baier attacked her over the country’s borders, which is considered the most important issue for Donald Trump, the Republican candidate. He asked how many illegal immigrants had entered the United States since Biden took office in 2021: was it one million or three million? But Harris responded: “We have a broken immigration system.”
Kamala Harris had her first interview with Fox News just three weeks before the election.
But the vice president faltered when Bret Baier asked him about immigration, gender surgery for visitors and Joe Biden’s mental faculties.
When Baier tried to intervene, Harris said, “I’m not done,” before blaming Trump for ruining a bipartisan immigration bill.
As the two yelled at each other, Harris said, “I’m about to respond to the point you’re making and I’d like to finish.”
Baier then asked him if he should apologize to the families of two women, as well as 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who were murdered by illegal immigrants.
Harris said they were “tragic cases” and he “can’t imagine the pain the families of those victims have experienced.”
Baier showed a clip of Jocelyn’s mother, Alexis, telling Congress last month that the Biden administration was to blame for her daughter’s death and asked if she owed Alexis an apology.
Harris deflected a question about when she first noticed Biden’s mental capacity had declined.
Harris said she was “sorry for your loss” but went on to blame Trump as an “individual who doesn’t want to participate in solutions.”
Baier asked how she could claim to be a candidate for change when she had been in power for three years. Harris, visibly furious, added that a president has to be “able to handle criticism without saying he would lock people up for doing so.”
He deflected once again when Baier asked when he first noticed Biden’s mental capacity was diminished. She said: “Joe Biden is not on the ballot and Donald Trump is.”
The interview ended abruptly when Baier said on air that he had been told to end the interview.