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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”.
Fox News host praises Harris interview on channel
Dana Perino recognized that the vice president was “fairly effective” in going after Donald Trump in the eagerly-anticipated interview.
Graeme Massie17 October 2024 01:01
Watch: Kamala Harris’s two-word response after Trump calls himself ‘father of IVF’
Kamala Harris’s two-word response after Trump calls himself ‘father of IVF’
Kamala Harris issued a two-word response after Donald Trump called himself the “father of IVF”. Trump made the comment during a Fox News town hall with an all-female audience that aired on Wednesday (16 October). Asked about the Trump comment as she departed Detroit for a campaign visit to Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Harris said it was “quite bizarre.” She added: “If what he meant is taking responsibility, well then yeah, he should take responsibility for the fact that one in three women in America lives in a Trump abortion ban state.”
Katie Hawkinson17 October 2024 00:45
Trump defends lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets claiming he was just ‘saying what was reported’
Donald Trump has refused to admit he falsely accused Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio of eating peoples’ pets as he doubled down on his statements during a Univision town hall with undecided Latino voters on Wednesday despite heaps of reporting that debunked his claims.
The former president was asked by a Spanish-speaking audience member whether he actually believed what he said. He responded by saying that he was “just saying what was reported.”
“This was just reported. I was just saying what was reported, that’s been reported, and eating other things, too, that they’re not supposed to be,” Trump responded.
Alex Woodward17 October 2024 00:30
Harris’s Fox interview starts off with fireworks as she gets into heated exchange over border security
Check out The Independent’s re-cap of Harris’s nearly 30-minute interview:
Katie Hawkinson17 October 2024 00:15
Trump has repeatedly demonized early voting. Republicans in Georgia are doing it anyway
Eric Garcia reports from Cummings, Georgia:
“Where I cast my vote for you today,” she added. “I hope they count it.”
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 00:00
Harris distances herself from Biden in Fox interview
Vice President Kamala Harris distanced herself from President Joe Biden during her Fox News interview, telling anchor Bret Baier her presidency “will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.”
”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,” Harris said.
Katie Hawkinson16 October 2024 23:37
Bret Baier asks Kamala Harris about gender-affirming care for prisoners, immigrants
Fox News’s Bret Baier asked Kamala Harris if she supports “using taxpayer dollars to help prison inmates or detained illegal aliens to transition to another gender.”
Her responses, which she gave while serving in the Senate, indicated she supported taxes being used to fund gender-affirming care for federal prisoners and detained immigrants.
“I will follow the law, and it’s a law that Donald Trump actually followed, you’re probably familiar with it now,” Harris told Baier. “It’s a public report that under Donald Trump’s administration, these surgeries were available on a medical necessity basis to people in the federal prison system.”
Katie Hawkinson16 October 2024 23:21
Kamala Harris sits down with Fox News
Fox News is airing Bret Baier’s interview with Kamala Harris at 6 pm Eastern time. The conversation marks the first time Harris has appeared on the network.
Follow along for live updates.
Katie Hawkinson16 October 2024 22:58
JD Vance claims his mother obtained health insurance under Trump… but via Obamacare
In an attempt to boost Donald Trump’s record on healthcare, JD Vance touted that his family members obtained private insurance for the first time under the former president’s administration.
However he failed to mention a key fact – it was through the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare — the very same legislation that Trump tried to repeal.
Oliver O’Connell16 October 2024 22:50
Watch: Former Trump voters explain their support for Kamala Harris
Oliver O’Connell16 October 2024 22:40
