When Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with Fox News host Bret Baier, the tone was immediately set. Baier spent a majority of the interview interrupting and talking over Harris as she pushed back to finish her answers. The pair clashed on immigration, Donald Trump’s ongoing threats against those who oppose him, and her support of President Joe Biden.
At point, Baier rolled a clip of Harris being asked on The View what she would have differently than Biden over the past three and a half years, and replying, “There is nothing that comes to mind — and I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”
When addressing Baier on Wednesday, Harris said, “Let me be very clear: My 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,” she continued. “I represent a new generation of leadership. For example, I am someone who has not spent the majority of my career in Washington, D.C. I invite ideas, whether it be from the Republicans who are supporting me, who were just on stage with me minutes ago, and the business sector and others who can contribute to the decisions that I make.”
Earlier in the interview, Baier also asked Harris how many undocumented immigrants had crossed into the United States during Biden’s administration. After Harris acknowledged immigration was “a topic of discussion that people want to rightly have,” Baier cut in to claim it was 6 million people.
“Let me just finish. I’ll get you a question I promise you to answer,” Harris shot back, adding that Biden’s first proposed piece of legislation after being sworn in was “a bill to fix our immigration system.” Although the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 was signed by Biden on his first day of office, Baier pointed out that the bill died despite Democrats controlling the House and Senate.
“We recognized from day one that — on the point of this being your first question — it is a priority for us as a nation and for the American people, and our focus has been on fixing a problem,” Harris said, referencing the White House’s efforts to bolster resources at entry points at the border and increasing penalties for illegal crossings.
Harris also called out Trump and his allies for blocking a bipartisan immigration bill in order to fuel the border crisis and boost Trump‘s campaign for the presidency. “[Trump] preferred to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem,” said the vice president. “In this election, this is rightfully a discussion that the American people want to have, and what they want are solutions. They want the President of the United States who is not playing political games with the issue.”