Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives at a campaign event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan on October 4, 2024.
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Kamala Harris distanced herself from President Joe Biden on Wednesday and criticized her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in a heated interview with Fox News host Brett Baier.
“Let me be very clear, my presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency,” Harris said on the conservative news network after Baier pressed her on whether the vice president would do anything differently than the incumbent.
“And like every new president who takes office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences and fresh and new ideas,” the Democratic nominee said.
The 26-minute interview on Fox's “Special Report” focused heavily on the issue of immigration, and Harris again accused Trump of thwarting a bipartisan bill to address the crisis at the southern border.
The interview was tense from the first exchange, as Baier repeatedly interrupted Harris' opening answer on immigration.
“You'll have to let me finish, please… I'm in the middle of responding to the point you raised and I'd like to finish,” Harris said early on.
Here are the most memorable moments
- On whether she owes an apology to the families of three women killed by undocumented immigrants:
“I think we've had a broken immigration system, which, by the way, dates back to Donald Trump's administration – even before that. Let's all be honest. I'm not proud to say this is a perfect immigration system. That was me.” I think we all realize that it needs to be fixed.
- In a new Trump ad about using taxpayer money for gender reassignment surgery
“I find [Trump] He's spent $20 million on this advertising trying to instill fear among voters because he doesn't actually have a plan in this election that's about focusing on the needs of the American people. $20 million for this ad, on a topic that, as it relates to the biggest problems facing the American people, is really quite remote. And here too his politics were no different.”
- In some ways she is different from Biden
“I represent a new generation of leadership. For example, I'm someone who hasn't spent most of my career in Washington, DC. I invite ideas, whether from the Republicans who support me, who were just on the stage. I was with me a few minutes ago, and the corporate sector and others who can contribute to the decisions I make. “
- On Trump's rhetoric towards voters
“He's the one talking about an enemy within, an enemy within, talking about the American people. He suggests that he would attack the American military against the American people. You and I both know that he has talked about turning the American military against the American people.” The American people have talked about persecuting people who peacefully protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him. The United States of America should be prepared to deal with criticism without saying he would lock people up for it.”
- Whether Trump is fit to serve as president
“Over the last decade, it has been clear to me, and certainly to the Republicans who stand with me on the stage, to the president's former chief of staff, Donald Trump, former defense secretaries, national security advisers and his vice president, one that he is unfit to serve, that he's unstable, that he's dangerous, and that people are exhausted by someone who pretends to be a leader, who spends all his time demeaning and harping on personal grievances, and that it's about him and that American people go.
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