Fox News anchor Bret Baier pulled back the curtain on his interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, revealing how every effort was made to keep her appearance as short as possible.
The host of “Special Report” discussed the disastrous interview later with his colleagues, exposing the Harris team’s efforts to keep the sit-down short and how the contentious segment was cut off early.
“We were supposed to start at 5 P.M. and we — this was the time they gave us,” he said during the post-interview analysis.
“Originally we were going to do 25 or 30 minutes. They came in and said maybe 20. So it was already getting whittled down,” Baier continued. “And then the vice president showed up about 5:15. We were pushing the envelope to be able to turn it around” in time for the scheduled airing.”
Kamala’s filibustering is so much worse when you hear how they cut the time short:
Baier: “We were supposed to start at 5. This was the time they gave us. Originally we were going to do 25 or 30 minutes… they came in and said maybe 20. The Vice President came in around 5:15.“ pic.twitter.com/Ld3t0Po8ly
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) October 16, 2024
The Harris team and supporters immediately framed the exchange as a biased attack on the Democratic presidential nominee but Baier, who remained polite but determined during their interaction, noted how the interview was cut short.
“Madam Vice President, they’re giving me a hard wrap,” Baier told Harris as he had to end the interview.
JUST IN: Bret Baier says there were 4 Kamala Harris staffers waving their hands back and forth to stop the interview.
“I’m talking like four people waving their hands like it’s gotta stop.”
“I had to dismount there at the end.” pic.twitter.com/51yD3a4eqg
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 16, 2024
“You know, I’m talking like four people waving their hands like, ‘it’s gotta stop!’” Baier told the Fox News panel.
“I had to dismount there at the end,” he explained. “There are so many things, and she maybe should do more of these.”
Despite the obvious, Democrats and Harris sycophants quickly came to her rescue on social media, blaming Baier, Fox News, and of course, former President Donald Trump for everything that was wrong with their nominee. Needless to say, the consensus on social media was that Harris showed exactly why she is not qualified to lead the greatest nation on earth.
If Kamala can’t handle an interview on Fox, how the hell can she stand up to world leaders who are our adversaries. #SayNo2Kamala
— John Flarety (@JFlarety24766) October 17, 2024
Kamala at the start of the debate and her at the end pic.twitter.com/Dtu3QwbNMs
— Rodney holmes (@Rodneyorion) October 16, 2024
Doing everything she can to say she came on Fox, without having to answer any questions.
— Based & Biased (@basedandbiased1) October 16, 2024
Joining in the responses on X was Sen. J.D. Vance who dropped an epic post after the interview.
To my Democratic friends: maybe you should consider swapping Kamala Harris for Joe Biden.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 16, 2024
The Republican vice presidential nominee lit up social media with his burn.
At least Joe could blame his incompetence on being old as dirt.
Kamala is just an idiot.
Screw it, what’s Hillary up to. Bring her back out for another run 😭
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) October 16, 2024
😂 https://t.co/S1Nk1k8rni pic.twitter.com/J6VTzyDzCD
— Jessi 🇺🇸 (@JessiDanielle03) October 16, 2024
https://t.co/wHi1Kxjqzl pic.twitter.com/ys78Cxggbv
— O Honey, Bless Your Heart, B.S., By.Ob. (@mirabiledictu86) October 16, 2024
So bottom line is: how many questions was Baier able to ask the interviewee and how many questions did she actually answer?
She’s a train wreck and FEMA’s doing its usual great job of apologizing for and [saying they are] cleaning it up!
Just Sayin’,
TBC