Kamala Team In Talks With Podcaster Says Report
Mark your calendars for what could be a turning point—or an act of sheer desperation. Vice President Kamala Harris, facing sinking poll numbers and fresh off a media blitz that did little to help her cause, has agreed to sit down with Fox News for her first formal interview on the network.
Set to air Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET on Special Report with Bret Baier, this interview could either offer Harris a much-needed chance to connect with skeptical voters—or end up as another misstep in a campaign struggling to find traction.
The timing of this interview is no accident. With just three weeks until Election Day, Harris’s team seems to be looking for a game-changer. Polls have been trending downward, and her recent 60 Minutes interview, even with heavy post-production edits, was widely panned.
CBS didn’t even release a full transcript of the interview, an unusual move that has only fueled speculation about just how much was cut to make Harris sound coherent.
So why take the risk of going on Fox News, a network not exactly known for throwing softballs at Democrats? One theory is that Harris’s campaign realizes it’s running out of time.
As Scott Pinsker recently argued, Harris and her team may have been living in a bubble, under the delusion that they were winning. But as reality sets in, Harris’s appearances on typically hostile platforms like Fox News suggest a campaign in panic mode.
NEW CONTEXT:
As Trump campaign calls on @60Minutes to release “full, unedited transcript” of Kamala Harris interview…
There is precedent.
When I interviewed then President Trump in July 2020 @CBSNews we posted the interview transcript.
This is more complete and NOT… pic.twitter.com/Rb7QU5nwlQ
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 9, 2024
Bret Baier, known for his professionalism and fairness, will likely press Harris with tough questions—something she has repeatedly struggled with. Her appearances on friendlier outlets like CBS and ABC have been lackluster at best, so it’s hard to imagine how this Fox interview will play out any better. If she couldn’t handle the soft touch from 60 Minutes, what makes her team think she can stand up to Baier’s direct questioning?
This shift in strategy raises a larger question: Is Harris trying to win over independent voters, or is this just an attempt to stop the bleeding? The New York Times optimistically frames this as an opportunity for Harris to showcase her willingness to face tough questions. But given her track record, this feels more like damage control. After all, Harris had the chance to debate Trump in a Fox News-hosted format earlier in the campaign, but she turned it down.
And then there’s the broader media landscape. As her team makes these desperate moves, the media machine behind her is still working overtime to smooth things over.
CBS’s refusal to release the full transcript of her 60 Minutes interview reeks of a protective, “in-kind” contribution to the Harris campaign. It’s part of a larger trend in which mainstream outlets seem more interested in shielding Harris from scrutiny than holding her accountable.