Harris portrays Trump as a threat and draws a contrast with Biden in a combative Fox News interview

Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump thin-skinned and a threat to U.S. democracy in a combative interview with Fox News on Wednesday.

The interview was an opportunity for Harris to appear on a network that frequently criticizes her and praises her opponent, a notable moment after Republicans accused her of only granting interviews to friendly reporters or podcasters. True to form, the interview was inconsistent throughout, including several exchanges in which Harris and Fox News host Bret Baier repeatedly talked about each other.

Harris brought up Trump’s recent rhetoric about the “enemy within” and his threats to use the military to persecute political opponents and the alleged chaos on Election Day to suggest that he is unfit for a second term, adding, that this was “clear to me”. that Trump is “unfit for service, unstable and dangerous.”

“You and I both know that he has talked about using the American military against the American people. He has talked about persecuting people who protest peacefully. He talked about locking people up because they disagree with him,” said Harris, the Fox News host.

“This is a democracy, and in a democracy the president of the United States of America should be willing to deal with criticism without saying he would lock people up for it,” she said.

The comments represent an escalation of her rhetoric describing Trump as dangerous to the country while escalating his rhetoric about internal threats from Americans, including “radical left-wing lunatics,” and raising concerns about how he would use the military in a future government would use.

“No continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency”: Harris

Harris also tried to flesh out the differences Americans would see between President Joe Biden’s administration and her theoretical White House tenure, citing several examples after Republicans announced their response on ABC’s “The View” last week “had taken up the fact that “nothing will happen”. mind” when asked what she would have done differently than Biden over the last four years.

“You’re not Joe Biden, you’re not Donald Trump, but you can’t think of anything you would do differently?” Baier asked.

“My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency, and like every new president who takes office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas,” she told Baier.

Harris specifically expressed her plans to provide more housing assistance to first-time homebuyers and provide funding for small business startups.

Still, she added that her administration would mark a shift from what she called the Trump-era divide in U.S. politics.

Her election would represent a change “from the last decade, in which we were burdened with the kind of rhetoric from Donald Trump that was designed and implemented to divide our country and have Americans literally pointing fingers at each other.” ” she said.

Pushed for immigration

Baier also pressed Harris on immigration and the high number of border crossings for much of the Biden administration.

Harris did not directly answer a question about how many undocumented immigrants were released into the country, but instead criticized Trump for rejecting a bipartisan plan that would have increased border security. However, she expressed sympathy for the families whose loved ones were killed by people crossing the border illegally.

“These are tragic cases. That is beyond question. There is no question about that, and I cannot imagine the pain that the families of these victims have suffered over a loss that should not have happened,” Harris said.

“So that’s true. It’s also true that if border security had actually been passed nine months ago, in nine months we would have had more border guards at the border, more support for the people working around the clock. “I’m trying to keep everything together, um to ensure that no damage occurs in the future.