Harris bashes Trump on Fox Information, breaks with Biden
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives for a marketing campaign occasion on the Dort Monetary Heart in Flint, Michigan, October 4, 2024.
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Kamala Harris on Wednesday distanced herself from President Joe Biden and bashed her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in a heated interview with Fox Information anchor Brett Baier.
“Let me be very clear, my presidency won’t be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” Harris stated on the conservative information community, after Baier pressed her on whether or not the vp would do something in a different way than the incumbent.
“And like each new president that is available in to workplace, I’ll convey my life experiences, my skilled experiences, and contemporary and new concepts,” the Democratic nominee stated.
The 26-minute interview was targeted closely on the problem of immigration, and Harris once more blamed Trump for killing a bipartisan invoice geared toward addressing the disaster on the southern border.
The interview was tense from the primary change, when Baier repeatedly interrupted Harris’ opening reply about immigration. “It’s a must to let me end please … I am in the course of responding to the purpose you are elevating, and I might like to complete,” Harris stated early on.
Listed below are probably the most memorable moments
- On whether or not she owes an apology to the households of three girls killed by undocumented immigrants:
“I feel we have had a damaged immigration system, transcending, by the best way, Donald Trump’s administration — even earlier than. Let’s all be sincere about that. I’ve no satisfaction in saying that this can be a good immigration system. I have been clear. I feel all of us are that it must be fastened.”
- On a brand new Trump advert about taxpayer {dollars} getting used for gender reassignment
“I feel [Trump] spent $20 million on these advertisements, making an attempt to create a way of worry within the voters, as a result of he truly has no plan on this election that’s about specializing in the wants of the American folks. $20 million, on that advert, on a difficulty that because it pertains to the largest points that have an effect on the American folks, is actually fairly distant. And once more, his coverage was no totally different.”
- On methods she is totally different from Biden
“I signify a brand new technology of management. I, for instance, am somebody who has not spent the vast majority of my profession in Washington, DC. I invite concepts, whether or not or not it’s from the Republicans who’re supporting me, who had been simply on stage with me minutes in the past, and the enterprise sector, and others who can contribute to the selections that I make.”
- On Trump’s rhetoric to voters
“He is the one who talks about an enemy inside, inside, an enemy inside, speaking in regards to the American folks. Suggesting he would flip the American navy on the American folks. You and I each know that he has talked about turning the American navy on the American folks. He has talked about going after people who find themselves engaged in peaceable protest. He has talked about locking folks up as a result of they disagree with him. It is a democracy, and in a democracy, the President of the USA, in the USA of America, must be prepared to have the ability to deal with criticism with out saying he would lock folks up for doing it.”
- On whether or not Trump is match to function president
“Over the past decade, it’s clear to me and definitely the Republicans who’re on stage with me, the previous chief of employees to the president, Donald Trump, former protection secretaries, nationwide safety adviser and his vp, one, that he’s unfit to serve, that he’s unstable, that he’s harmful. And that individuals are exhausted with somebody who professes to be a pacesetter who spends full time demeaning and interesting in private grievances and it being about him and American folks.”
