During the nearly thirty-minute conversation that took place on Fox News' "Special Report," Baier asked Harris if there was anything that she would do differently from Biden if she were elected. This was in response to her statement in a previous interview that nothing "comes to mind."
Vice President Kamala Harris was confronted with questions about her knowledge of President Biden's mental decline: "You told many interviewers that Joe Biden was on his game, that ran around circles on his staff. When did you first notice that President Biden's mental faculties appeared diminished?" Baier asked.
Harris continued to praise Biden's capabilities in office following a brief pause to the previous question, saying "Joe Biden, I have watched from the Oval Office to the Situation Room, and he has the judgment and the experience to do exactly what he has done in making very important decisions on behalf of the American people," Harris said.
When pressed further, she said, "Bret, Joe Biden is not on the ballot… and Donald Trump is," Harris responded.
Harris responded by telling Baier that she has not spent the majority of her career in Washington, DC, and that she would seek ideas from Republicans and business leaders.
Later, Baier questioned Harris if she had detected a loss in Biden's mental acuity. In response, Harris praised Biden's record but added, "Joe Biden is not on the ballot... and Donald Trump is."
This was a repeating theme throughout the discussion, as Harris frequently attempted to focus the debate toward Trump.
At the beginning of the interview, Harris and Baier engaged in a contentious discussion about immigration, which is a difficult issue for Harris.
Harris, for the most part, avoided criticizing policies that were implemented during the Biden administration and instead attempted to steer the conversation toward former President Donald Trump and his efforts to kill a bipartisan border budget bill.
According to Harris's statement to Baier, she is against decriminalizing border crossings. This contradicts her 2019 statement on "The View" where she stated that she was "in favor of saying that we're not going to treat people who are undocumented [and] cross the borders as criminals."
Harris reiterated an accusation she has leveled on Trump previously, claiming that the ex-president had utilized the law to further his political career and that he had a preference for “run on a problem instead of fixing a problem.”
Additionally, Harris reaffirmed her remarks from earlier in the week, in which she criticized Trump as "unfit to serve," referred to him as "increasingly unstable," and sidestepped Baier's query regarding her presidential aspirations.
During the interview, Baier and Harris had heated exchanges, with Harris claiming she was "in the middle of responding to" an argument Baier had made before she realized she had talked over him.
During her appearance on Fox News, Harris addressed criticism from Republicans who felt the vice president should have agreed to more interviews before the election and taken them with more supportive outlets, such as "The Howard Stern Show," "The View," and "The Breakfast Club."
A recent appearance by Harris on "60 Minutes" is particularly noteworthy, partially because of how heavially edited in Harris' favor the final product was. Her first official interview with the conservative news organization was on Wednesday.
According to Ian Sams, Harris's spokesman, the interview would be beneficial for the vice president because to Fox News's high ratings (consistently surpassing CNN and MSNBC) and the proportion of viewers who are still unsure about their vote.
The interview was also presented by Sams as a chance for Harris to address the audience that he claimed gets "fed a bunch of crap" by Fox News' opinion hosts, who are known to criticize Harris on a regular basis.
