A whopping 7.1 million viewers tuned in to "Special Report with Bret Baier" to watch Vice President Kamala Harris's first-ever interview on Fox News Channel.
Kamala Harris received a better score from swing voters during her Fox News interview on Wednesday than her general popularity with this group, according to a study. Online monitoring and analysis company Impact Social reported that 20 percent of swing voters who watched the interview had a positive impression of Harris.
Interviewers make a choice every time they sit down with a newsmaker and start to ask questions. Do they start by warming their subject up or go straight for the jugular?
Kamala Harris took part in an adversarial interview with Fox News discussing issues from immigration to gender-affirming surgery. Here are some of the key moments.
In a frequently contentious, sometimes testy exchange, Vice President Kamala Harris went on Fox News and fielded Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier’s questions on immigration, the economy and her policy differences with her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, and her boss, President Joe Biden.
Pressed and often interrupted by Bret Baier, the vice president opened up a little more distance from President Biden and defended her position on immigration and border security.
Vice President Kamala Harris was grilled over her shifting views on immigration and relationship with President Joe Biden
Stephen Colbert tore it apart. And so did Desi Lydic on The Daily Show, with the host addressing Baier's constant interruptions to Harris trying to answer his interview questions ("Sorry, can we get that mute button from the debate so she can complete a sentence?") and his attempt to trap the VP into "gotcha" moments.
Pete Wehner, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, wrote on X that Kamala Harris "dominated" Fox News host Bret Baier during an interview on Wednesday. "My take: Bret Baier has rarely looked as bad (or tendentious) as he did in his interview with Kamala Harris,
Fox News Channel said its first formal sit-down with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris attracted 7.8 million viewers, the most for an interview during the 2024 political season.The half-hour segment,
Vice President Kamala Harris has not submitted to many interviews with journalists during her short presidential campaign, and certainly none with conservative media.