James Antle writes for the Washington Examiner about Vice President Kamala Harris’ latest foray into the realm of functioning journalists.
Vice President Kamala Harris did not bring the joy in her Fox News debut Wednesday night.In what was rightly billed as the most adversarial interview Harris has taken since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, she seemed loaded for bear from the moment she sat down with Fox anchor Bret Baier.
It was a sharp contrast with the image she has projected on the campaign trail and in softer interviews and even the moment she strode across the debate stage to introduce herself to her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump.
Harris, at times, appeared to be debating Baier on Special Report, demanding that he let her finish and not interrupt her answers. Baier, consistently addressing Harris as either “Madam Vice President” or “ma’am,” at one point apologized for the crosstalk.
But it wasn’t quite Harris the prosecutor or the senator who grilled Trump administration officials in hearings on Capitol Hill, though she referenced her experiences in those areas.
“Let me be very clear: My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” Harris said, a clearer line of demarcation than she drew for Stephen Colbert or on The View. She emphasized generational change and differences in experience from Biden.
At the same time, Harris didn’t really mention significant policy disagreements with the current president and defended Biden’s mental acuity despite the obvious fact that she had to replace him atop the Democratic ticket. She has also returned to Biden’s “democracy” theme as the race enters the homestretch, having previously emphasized this less than her boss did.
“You gotta take [responsibility] for what happened in your administration,” Harris said in a line aimed at Trump but that seems likely to circulate against her in Republican circles.