The Trump campaign scored a major win with Kamala Harris’s recent interview with Bret Baier, which they now plan to use as a prime-time infomercial for the former president’s comeback. In this glorious spectacle less than three weeks before Election Day, Harris’s floundering performance seems to have provided more material for Team Trump than the Democrats could muster in a full month of spin and evasion.
Harris, seemingly overwhelmed by the pressures of her campaign, decided to swap out her low-profile approach for a more media-friendly offensive. This sudden shift came after a dry spell where she dodged interviews like a kid avoiding broccoli. However, turning up on various media platforms did not appear to boost her credibility—or her composure. Far from finding her footing, she instead showcased an impressive inability to tackle real issues facing American voters.
Trump's Campaign has BLASTED Harris for her TRAIN WRECK Fox Interview. His team mentioned that she "can't even handle" an interview, let alone a country. pic.twitter.com/Z4xVi68Wuz
— Election Time (@ElectionTime_) October 17, 2024
Responses from the Trump camp painted a picture of pure glee, as they highlighted Harris’s disaster on Fox. The campaign’s social media team wasted no time, posting the entire chaotic interview as if it were the gold standard for political advertisements. With a cheeky post announcing “OUR NEWEST AD JUST DROPPED,” it was clear they felt Harris’s fumbling provided them a treasure trove of material, highlighting just how lost she is in this political landscape.
Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s press secretary, didn’t hold back in labeling Harris’s fiasco a “TRAIN WRECK.” Her depiction of Harris as an angry and defensive candidate who can’t even handle a straightforward interview was spot on. Despite her protestations, Harris struggled to give coherent responses, which only fed into the narrative that her entire campaign hinged on arching accusations against Trump while avoiding accountability for her own failures in office.
Even the illustrious Elon Musk weighed in on the farce, blasting out a clip showing Harris trying—yet failing miserably—to respond to a poll indicating 79% of Americans believe the country is off track. When asked how she would rectify the situation, Harris somehow managed to pivot back to Trump in an attempt at deflection. Musk’s remark that her response was “funnier than any parody” encapsulated the sentiment that Harris has become not just a political figure but rather the punchline of a joke that conservatives are delighted to circulate.
While Harris attempted to upstage Trump in her media play, the results merely reinforced the idea that she is unfit for leadership, especially at a time when the nation is desperately looking for real solutions. With Trump rallying support and capitalizing on the disarray in his opposition, one has to wonder if the Democrats’ grand plans for 2024 have already derailed, thanks to a hapless interview with a Vice President whose grasp on reality seems tenuous at best.