Fox News anchor Bret Baier recounted the awkward moment that cut his interview with Kamala Harris short Wednesday night, when the vice president’s staff gave him a “hard wrap” despite her late arrival.
“Madam Vice President, they’re wrapping me very hard here,” Baier interjected a little more than 20 minutes into the tough questioning, adding that there still were “a lot of things that people want to learn about you and your policies.”
That included stances Harris has distanced herself from since her first presidential run in 2019 — in many cases without explanation.
Harris, 59, continued to talk over Baier, 54, and urged supporters to head to her campaign website before the two parted abruptly.
“Madam Vice President, they’re giving me a hard wrap here,” Baier repeated.
“And I — well, I thank you for the time,” she said sheepishly.
“I thank you for the time,” he replied.
“It’s good to meet you,” she added.
Baier, Fox News’ chief political anchor and host of the 6 p.m. “Special Report” program, later said multiple Harris campaign aides were signaling him to end the interview — halting the tough questioning minutes before the half-hour mark.
The veep showed up 17 minutes late, Baier told members of the “Special Report” panel after the sit-down aired, but members of her staff weren’t willing to make up the lost time.
“I’m talking like four people waving their hands like ‘It’s got to stop,'” the anchor revealed. “I had to dismount there at the end.”
“There are so many things and maybe she should do more of these,” Baier added, referring to Harris’ avoidance of pointed queries about her own record.
Baier pressed Harris on her administration’s permissive immigration policies, her calling Iran the top adversary of the US — and whether she concealed President Biden’s cognitive decline.
The vice president declined to answer most questions about the border and policies that released at least 6 million migrants — plus 1.7 known “gotaways” — into the country.
Harris also tried to turn the focus back on Trump when asked about the relaxing of sanctions on Iran, which critics say enabled the Tehran regime to fund terrorist proxies like Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
When queried about when she “first notice[d] that President Biden’s mental faculties appeared diminished,” Harris also redirected.
“I think the American people have a concern about Donald Trump, which is why the people who know him best, including leaders of our national security community, have all spoken out,” the veep declared.
She only praised Biden’s “judgment and experience … in making very important decisions on behalf of the American people,” before deflecting: “Bret, Joe Biden is not on the ballot.”
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