Vice President Kamala Harris told Fox News’ Brett Baier on Wednesday her presidency “will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency” if she wins next month, defending her record as vice president in a contentious interview with the longtime Fox host—her first-ever appearance on the network as the race remains razor-thin.
Harris speaks at a campaign event Wednesday before her interview with Baier airs. (AP ... [+]
Baier asked Harris if anything came to mind that she would do differently from Biden if she were elected, after she said in a previous interview nothing “comes to mind,” prompting Harris to say she hasn’t spent most of her career in Washington, DC, and she would solicit ideas from Republicans and business leaders.
Harris and Baier kicked off the interview with a contentious discussion about immigration, a tough issue for Harris, with Harris largely avoiding criticizing Biden-era policies and attempting to steer the conversation toward former President Donald Trump and his attempts to kill a bipartisan border bill.
Harris, repeating a comment she has levied against Trump before, said the former president used the bill to boost his campaign and accused him of preferring to “run on a problem instead of fixing a problem.”
Later, Baier asked Harris if she had noticed a decline in Biden’s mental acuity, to which she defended Biden’s record but said “Joe Biden is not on the ballot … and Donald Trump is.”
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