Staff Reports
Kamala Harris’s recent attempt to revitalize her floundering campaign by appearing on Fox News was a blatant indicator of her team’s desperation. Once she snagged the title of pretty much the only Democratic contender, she cloistered herself away, dodging tough interviews and restricting her public appearances to tightly controlled, sugar-coated events. The strategy was simple: Avoid any chance of facing hard questions.
However, the Harris-Walz campaign turned to a series of friendly, lackluster interviews that had all the substance of a wet paper towel. The results? A resounding flop. Even CNN’s Dana Bash noted that Harris’s team had finally realized nothing was gaining traction. With a campaign gasping for air, the decision to sit down with Bret Baier was like trying to save a sinking ship with a teaspoon.
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The interview showcased Harris’s stumbling efforts to stay afloat. She seemed more intent on delivering her rehearsed monologue than addressing the questions posed. Rather than providing meaningful responses, she opted for an evasive verbal dance, seemingly hoping that if she spun around enough, no one would notice she was dodging the point. This tactic came across as particularly cringeworthy as she attempted to cover her lack of substance with a barrage of jargon that resembled a word salad fresh from the freezer.
What really gave viewers a show, though, was her escalating defensiveness. The vice president seemed to forget that, in polite society, genuine accountability is still a thing. Refusing to apologize to the families of victims who suffered at the hands of illegal immigrants under the Biden-Harris regime was a particularly nasty moment, reinforcing her penchant for overlooking the consequences of her policies. Debating the current border crisis but only placing blame on Trump and an outdated bipartisan bill was a classic case of political misdirection.
Bret Baier, demonstrating the kind of host America should appreciate, peppered Harris with reasonable yet hard-hitting inquiries, all of which she sidestepped with the grace of a confused gazelle. The line of questioning included a particularly pertinent jab about President Biden’s cognitive abilities. Her scripted response consisted of the oh-so-familiar phrases about Biden’s experience, essentially hoping the audience would overlook the fact that she wasn’t answering a thing. Even when pressed further, she resorted to the convenient escape hatch of insisting Biden wasn’t on the ballot. How charming.
In the world of political interviews, there’s typically an unspoken rule regarding punctuality, a fact the Harris camp evidently overlooked. Arriving late and then attempting to curtail what was already a brief appearance felt more like a desperate tactic than a strategic maneuver. It seemed like they were trying to pull the interview as early as possible, possibly in the hopes that they could quietly slip away from the disaster. Alas, there wasn’t any escaping the fact that this reckless gamble backfired.
Kamala Harris may have approached this interview as a last-ditch effort to turn her campaign around, but the lack of authenticity and accountability made it painfully clear that this was far from a win. It’s hard for anyone to argue that she salvaged anything that day; in fact, it felt like a self-inflicted wound for a campaign already plagued with problems. The question remains: did she merely throw the Hail Mary, or did she end up tossing the whole playbook in the trash?
