- Kamala Harris sat for a live interview with Fox News. It was heated.
- Host Bret Baier pressed Harris on a survey in which respondents said the US was on the wrong track.
- Harris touted her economic plans and said her presidency wouldn’t be a continuation of Joe Biden’s.
Kamala Harris faced off with the Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday — and things got tense quickly.
Baier pressed Harris on policies he pinned on Joe Biden’s administration, hammering her on border security and citing a Marquette Law School Poll conducted earlier this month and released Wednesday in which nearly 80% of the respondents said the US was on the wrong track.
If so many people think things aren’t going well, then why should they vote for you, Baier asked Harris, given she’d been Joe Biden’s vice president for nearly four years.
Harris attempted to put the focus on Donald Trump. She said he’d spent the past decade trying to divide the country and that a Harris presidency “will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.”
Harris said her ideas would strengthen the economy and touted what’s been a common theme in her stump speeches: a plan to strengthen small businesses, take care of young parents, and bolster affordable housing.
“People are ready to chart a new way forward, and they want a president who has a plan for the future and a plan that is sound and will strengthen our country,” Harris said. “My plan for the economy does exactly that.”
Harris said Trump’s economic plan would “ignite inflation” and lead to a recession by the middle of next year. “Those are the facts,” she said, citing 16 Nobel laureates who she said backed her plans.
Baier, who hosts “Special Report,” again pushed Harris to explain how she’d be different from Biden. “Under a Harris administration, what would the major changes be, and what would stay the same?” he asked.
“Well, I mean, I’m obviously not Joe Biden, and so that would be one change,” Harris shot back. “But also, I think it’s important to say, with 20 days to go, I’m not Donald Trump.”
The Marquette poll put the presidential race in a dead heat, with 48% of likely voters saying they preferred Harris while 47% backed Trump. It surveyed 886 registered voters nationwide.
Meanwhile, Baier asked Harris about the US border with Mexico: “How many illegal immigrants would you estimate your administration has released into the country over the last 3 ½ years?” he asked.
Harris didn’t answer the question directly. She said Democrats and Republicans had worked on a bill to address the issue but Trump ordered Republicans to vote against it, dooming the measure.