Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is claiming that “handlers” for Vice President Kamala Harris abruptly ended her interview with Fox News host Bret Baier.
Harris sat down with Baier on Wednesday for her first interview on Fox News since becoming this year’s Democratic presidential nominee in July. The often contentious interview, which aired commercial-free for just under 27 minutes, touched on several hot-button campaign issues and the vice president’s criticisms of Trump.
Just after the interview aired, the Trump campaign’s “Trump War Room” account on X, formerly Twitter, shared a very short clip of the interview end while claiming that Harris had performed so badly that her team was forced to “throw in the towel.”
“WATCH: Bret Baier looks to Kamala’s handlers as they throw in the towel and frantically push to end her disastrous interview. ‘They’re giving me a hard wrap here,'” the Trump campaign wrote.
During an on-air discussion following the interview, Baier said that Harris arrived to the interview around 5:15 p.m., later than expected, and that Fox was “pushing the envelope” to complete what was expected to be a 25-minute interview before 6 p.m.
Baier said the following about the end of the interview during a broadcast of Hannity a short time later: “It was cordial, I said, ‘thank you so much, Madame Vice President, for the time.’ Her people, like probably four people, were wrapping me with big, you know, moving arms. That’s why I looked out to the side and said, ‘I’ve got to wrap up.'”
There was no indication that the Harris team ended the interview early or that it wrapped up because they thought it was a “disastrous” performance, despite the Trump campaign’s claim.
Newsweek reached out for comment to the Harris campaign via email on Wednesday night.
When contacted for comment, a Fox spokesman pointed Newsweek to Baier’s remarks.
This is a developing story and will be updated as further information becomes available.
