Baier also questioned whether Harris went into the interview seeking “a viral moment” that would be shared on other networks and social media, adding: “I think she may have gotten that.”
Democratic presidential nominee Harris took part in a somewhat tempestuous interview with Baier on Wednesday, during which she discussed immigration, transgender healthcare and said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had “talked about turning the American military on the American people.”
Harris’s decision to appeal on Fox News, a conservative leaning network, came as polling indicated the 2024 presidential election is too close to call in a number of key swing states.
The vice president’s campaign team has reportedly also been discussing an appearance on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast as part of a strategy to get Harris a hearing beyond her core support.
Earlier this week polling website 338Canada gave Trump a 51 percent chance of winning in November, up from 47 percent one week ago.
Baier discussed the process behind securing the interview with Harris, later on Wednesday evening, during an appearance on Fox News colleague Sean Hannity‘s show.During the discussion, Baier said he and his team were on edge as Harris had arrived later than expected, making it more difficult for his team to get the interview ready to go live in time for the start of the show at 6 p.m. ET.
He said: “It was a little tense–we were given the time of 5 p.m. eastern time. Obviously my show is at 6 p.m. They wanted to tape at 5 p.m. We said we were going to tape as live, in other words roll the tape and just turn that around unedited, uninterrupted, but we had to do it before 5:15 otherwise we couldn’t turn the whole machine around before the top of the 6 p.m. show.
