Fox News host Bret Baier shared details about how Vice President Kamala Harris’ team was desperately trying to end the Fox News interview after their testy meeting in Pennsylvania.
The Democratic presidential candidate joined Baier for an interview broadcast on Fox News Channel’s Special Report Wednesday night. It was his first interview for the conservative network.
The pair spoke to each other on numerous occasions as Baier grilled the 59-year-old vice president on multiple topics, including immigration, from the beginning.
“I’m talking about four people waving their hands like, ‘It’s got to stop,'” Baier described to his panel how the interview ended once it was over.
“In the end I had to dismount there,” Baier shrugged.
“There are so many things and maybe I should do more of these,” he added.
Fox News host Bret Baier recalled with his panel how four people were waving their hands for the interview to end after his exclusive interview with Vice President Kamala Harris aired on Wednesday. It was Harris’ first meeting with the conservative network.
In total, Harris’ meeting with Fox News lasted nearly 30 minutes and the pair clashed several times.
At one point, while discussing immigration, Harris even told the host “you have to let me finish” as he pressed her on the topic, trying to get her to answer very specific questions instead of returning to some of her talking points.
It was one of several times throughout the interview where they talked over each other and the vice president asked the Fox News host to stop interrupting her.
At the end of the on-camera interview, Baier, sitting across from her, had to interrupt the vice president once again, saying, “Madam Vice President, I’m being treated harshly.”
During their interview, Harris and Baier repeatedly spoke over each other and the vice president asked the Fox News host to let her finish answering a question.
“Well, thank you for the time,” Harris said quickly, ending on a cordial-sounding note.
Harris did the interview after a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, before heading to Wisconsin on Wednesday night.
It was part of a busy week of campaigning for the vice president, as she will make a series of stops in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin before also traveling to Georgia this weekend.
The testy interview took place as the vice president has been pressured to do more unscripted appearances and interviews as she tries to reach more voters.
After the interview aired, Harris’ campaign posted a series of clips of the interview on social media and promoted moments of praise from commentators who weighed in on Fox News and CNN after it aired.
