HARRIS TAKES ON FAUX SNOOZE
Here’s a report from PoliticUSA about Kamala’s Harris’ appearance on Faux Snooze today.
Fox News May Have Gotten Kamala Harris Elected President
Kamala Harris made a smart decision to sit down with Fox News where she got to show her cool and authority in the face of biased and hostile questions.
Sarah Jones & Jason Easley
Kamala Harris Used Fox’s Bias Against Them
There has been a long debate among Democrats over whether or not they should go on Fox News. Fox has long been an arm of the Republican Party, and during the Trump years it has become unofficial Trump state television.
However, there are many good reasons to go on Fox News. The network is watched by about 35% of Democrats and even more Independents. Going on Fox allows a Democrat to address Republican talking points and speak to an audience that they may not otherwise reach.
It takes a skilled communicator to go on Fox News, because the interview will be anything but fair and balanced to quote an old slogan of the network.
As Donald Trump has hidden himself away for more than a month and limited his interviews to friendly conservative personalities, venues, and outlets, Kamala Harris has embarked on a different strategy.
Harris sat down with Bret Baier of Fox News for an interview that she knew, and I suspect the campaign wanted to be hostile.
Watch the interview:
The tone was set when Baier repeated Trump’s immigration talking points disguised as questions, but when he interrupted Vice President Harris, she said, “May I please finish may I finish responding please? You have to let me finish please. I am in the middle of responding to the points you are raising. I would like to finish.”
Baier backed off and for the rest of the interview, when the Fox host would try to interrupt, VP Harris would steamroll right through him.
Fox brought up all of Trump’s talking points about the border, Harris changing her positions, they even played a Trump campaign ad about Harris supporting surgeries for transgender prisoner.
Kamala Harris didn’t miss a beat.
The interview became a home run for Harris when she called out Baier and Fox for using a clip of Trump that wasn’t what he said about the left being the enemy within.
The Fox News interview did come with some risk.
If Harris did not perform well, that would have been the story across the media.
Harris did perform well, and one of the main reasons why is that she was able to use Fox’s bias to her advantage.
Kamala Harris faced biased questions and not only held her own, but she controlled the interview.
For all of those media types who were complaining about the Vice President not doing tough interviews, they got silenced.
Harris took Trump’s favorite platform and used it to her advantage to get her message out and look strong.
That’s the part that is going to bother Donald Trump the most. Kamala Harris went on Fox News and looked stronger than him.
Harris shattered the Trump narrative that she can’t or won’t do interviews. Harris showed that she fears nothing and will not back down from the tough questions and choices.
It was the kind of performance that gets a candidate elected president, which is why Fox News may have helped Kamala Harris take another step toward the Oval Office.
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"Harris showed that she fears nothing and will not back down from the tough questions and choices."
It looks like we have a Prosecuter-in-Chief. The difference could not be starker.
Oh, but Bret Bier did such a good job. (chuckle, chuckle) Just ask his friends on FOX after the interview. lol
Sure, Bret did a good job. He asked his questions and pushed back when he could and didn't let Kamala answer his questions when she went certain ways.
Kamala was courageous going on FAUXNEWS. Trump would crap his pants, get up and leave if he were on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow. That I would love to see.