Posted on 10/16/2024 8:41:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Host of Fox News "Special Report" Bret Baier finally snagged that interview with Vice President and selected Democrat nominee Kamala Harris. Harris was campaigning in Washington Crossing, PA and was proud of the former Republicans and Trump administration people who took the stage with her and happy with their endorsement, delighted in their support of her as a presidential candidate.
The entire interview was a train wreck, but there were particular moments that were exceptionally cringeworthy, damaging, and proved with glaring certainty why she is unfit to lead.
Baier started off with the topic of illegal immigration, and you could visibly see Harris deflate like a balloon before the first question was asked.
WATCH:
Harris REALLY doesn't like being asked about the consequences of her and Biden’s disastrous border policies. pic.twitter.com/YqVWsiyurF— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 16, 2024
Immediately Harris tried to filibuster Baier and do this interview's version of "I'm speaking." Harris brought up the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, which she claimed addressed the flaws in the asylum system with more judges, 15 million more border agents, increased penalties, stemming the flow of fentanyl, shore up entry points, and how she has worked toward bipartisan efforts to strengthen the border.
Baier gently pushed back with documented facts, and Harris briefly got that deer in headlights look she gets when she is desperately trying to find her talking points. Then she jumped on her supposed record as California Attorney General (not her current position as VP) as proof that she knew how to handle this crisis. Failing to understand that the fact that a crisis exists is proof that you have no ability to correct it.
But the most purely evil and damning part of this topic of illegal immigration was the fact that Harris could not even form the words to apologize for allowing criminals into the country that resulted in the senseless deaths of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin.
WATCH:
Bret Baier REPEATEDLY asks Harris if she'd like to apologize to the families of Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin, and Laken Riley.
She REFUSES. pic.twitter.com/SGzzTj3wH9— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 16, 2024
BAIER: Former president Clinton actually referred to Laken Riley Sunday, campaigning for you in Georgia, saying, “If those men had been properly vetted, Laken Riley probably would not have been killed.”
So, it wouldn’t have happened. This is well before any negotiation. This is well before Donald Trump got involved in the politics. This is a specific policy decision by your administration to release these men into the country.
So what I’m saying to you is...
HARRIS: No, no –
BAIER: Do you owe those families –
HARRIS: I think it’s really – I think –
BAIER: -- An apology?
Harris immediately devolved into her typical word salad, and frankly, this was her most terrible look. Someone who constantly claims she is a champion for women who wants to protect their "reproductive freedom." How about protecting their lives? What about protecting them from being assaulted by men who should have never been in the country? Where is her fight for this?
We trust women, and we will always fight to protect their reproductive freedom. pic.twitter.com/hbX7JBTc6B— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) October 16, 2024
HARRIS: Let me just say first of all, those are tragic cases. There’s no question about that. There is no question about that. And I can’t imagine the pain that the families of those victims have experienced, for a loss that should not have occurred. So that is true. It is also true that if a border security [bill] had actually been passed nine months ago, it would be nine months that we would have had more border agents at the border, more support for the folks who are working around the clock trying to hold it all together
BAIER: Madam Vice President –
HARRIS: -- to ensure that no future harm would occur. And this election in 20 days will determine whether we have a President of the United States who actually cares more about fixing a problem even if it is not to their political advantage in an election, because there was a solution, Bret.
BAIER: Madam Vice President, it was a policy decision in the early part of your administration. I will let one of the mothers talk about it. Take a listen.
[Nungary’s mother speaks about Alternatives to Detention Program]
BAIER: That’s the early days. So do you owe them an apology, is what I’m saying?
Harris finally gets to acknowledging the horror that she wrought upon these victims and their family. But she never uttered an actual apology. Instead, she chose to blame the lack of a border security bill and of course, Trump.
HARRIS: I will tell you that I am so sorry for her loss. I am so sorry for her loss. Sincerely. But let’s talk about what is happening right now with an individual who does not want to participate in solutions. Let’s talk about that as well, Bret --
BAIER: But do you want to answer the --
HARRIS: -- in all fairness – I told you, I feel awful for what she and her family have experienced.
Harris' face said it all. She looked like a cornered rat. This is shameful for anyone, but especially for someone who wants to be the leader of the free world.
There is so much more that can be unpacked from this exchange, but the last moment that let us know Harris was cooked was when Baier asked her when did she first know that Biden had cognitive issues.
WATCH:
"When did you first notice that Joe Biden’s mental faculties appeared diminished?"
HARRIS: *awkward pause* pic.twitter.com/I5TWVqZ42g— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 16, 2024
BAIER: When did you first notice?
Harris does the "darting eye" thing indicating that she needed to find a lie.
HARRIS: Joe Biden is not on the ballot. Donald Trump is on the ballot.
BAIER: You met with him once a week for three years. Did you have any concerns?
It completely devolves from there.
Here is my final assessment. You are running for the President of the United States. You are expected to protect and defend the Constitution and provide guidance, support, and leadership for the American people. Your defense or rebuttal cannot be, "But, but, Trump!!!!"
It's completely deranged. And after her outrage and offense didn't play, that is exactly how she appeared.
Baier revealed during the panel segment that Harris actually showed up 15 minutes LATE to their interview, which set the stage of everyone feeling rushed. When she started to filibuster, hedge, and do her word salad delivery, it only added more fuel to the dumpster fire of this interview.
The Trump campaign was rapid in its response.
Trump Campaign Statement on Kamala Harris' Fox News Interview
“Kamala Harris’ interview with Bret Baier was a TRAIN WRECK. Kamala was angry, defensive, and once again abdicated any responsibility for the problems Americans are facing. She couldn’t give a straight answer to a…— The First (@TheFirstonTV) October 16, 2024
Checkmate. If this doesn't kill her campaign, I don't know what will.
She thinks the phony immigration bill is going to hide her from the border invasion she was in charge of.
Harris came to Fox loaded for bear but she fell headlong into a stunning trap Baier had set.
I must say, Brett Baier handled it superbly.
Harris began to accuse Trump of “mental instability,” as Baier honed in,
asking her to account for flim-flamming the public WRT Biden’s mental capacity.
Asked when she first knew Biden was cognitively impaired, Harris was stopped cold for a second.
Hell, Biden’s cognitive incapacity is the ONLY reason she got to run for president.
<><>Democrats staged an unprecedented removal of an elected nominee of a major party,
<><>and then hand-picked Harris as his replacement.
If Biden didn’t have a cognitive issue, why did she go along with his removal?
This was simply an earth-shattering exchange exposing Harris as an intellectually-facile parvenu.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/taUKghgy6Ls
Reminded me of a kid getting his memorized lines off track when distracted. “Don’t interrupt me when I am saying my lines.” She is probably getting prepped by the same people who prepped Biden. A few more rehearsals could have helped.
LIAR: In yet another example of how Kamala Harris is unmoored from reality, she took to Fox News tonight to boast about prosecuting the Guadalajara Cartel—a cartel that dissolved in the late 1980s, well before Harris even put on her first prosecutor’s badge. Let’s be clear:Kamala Harris became a prosecutor in 1990, after the Guadalajara Cartel had ceased to exist. Yet, here she is, rewriting history to present herself as a warrior against cartels she never confronted. This isn’t just an exaggeration; it’s an outright lie, a fabrication meant to inflate her résumé for political gain. Not only is there no record of Harris ever prosecuting a single cartel case, but it would have been impossible for her to take on the Guadalajara Cartel since it was dismantled long before she had any authority to prosecute anyone. It’s insulting to the intelligence of the American people that she would even make such a claim. What does this tell us about her character and suitability for higher office? Quite a bit. A person who will lie so brazenly on national television cannot be trusted with the reins of power. If she’s willing to invent a legacy of cartel prosecutions out of thin air, what else is she lying about? The American people deserve a president who is truthful, not someone who peddles in fantasy to bolster their political ambitions. This should be disqualifying for any candidate, let alone someone aspiring to be President of the United States. Kamala Harris’ track record of misrepresentation and deceit only adds to the growing pile of reasons why the American public must reject her—and this entire administration—at the ballot box. We need leaders who stand on fact, not fiction.… pic.twitter.com/bb4oAE0qbe— @amuse (@amuse) October 17, 2024
That 15 million more border agents is quite a trick, since the total federal government employment is just under 3 million.
Has she told the Bureau of Labor Statistics about this?
lol.......nice catch.
The second would be, "Did you show your appreciation sexually when Willie Brown made you an Attorney General for California in 2010?
Her empty head on display AGAIN
She'd rather climb a tree and tell a lie than just stand on the ground and tell the truth
She was very combative, talked over him, did nothing, but trashing Trump.
I got convinced, that really, she cannot work with people.
No wonder, that people on her staff leave in drones.
She really thinks, that we all are just bunch of idiots!
By all, I mean all! Not just Trump supporters.
She is just soo above all you ordinary folks.
For God sake, she cannot be a president!
How can she negotiate anything with any adversary?
She lacks any diplomatic or negotiating skills, whatsoever!
Let us imagine that instead of Bret, there would be Kim (substitute you favorite villain here)!
We would have war instantly!
Ditto !!!
He should have said, You are on the ballot and the question goes to your judgment.
-PJ
Her non-answer is catastrophic for her because the whole of her candidacy is this insane idea that the last 3.5 years didn’t exist (unburdened by what has been) and instead she’s a brave outsider running against the evil Trump who is responsible for everything.
Shakespeare was wrong. It's the media whores who should be hanged first.
“Has she told the Bureau of Labor Statistics about this?”
Does she even know what that is? The Secretary Of Commerce said she never heard of it, so maybe KH doesn’t know, either.
You just know that Xi, Kim, et al., are praying to their god(s) that she’ll win the election.
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