'The Daily Show' lambasts Bret Baier's Fox News interview with Kamala Harris

"Sorry, can we get that mute button from the debate so she can complete a sentence?"
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Shannon Connellan
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The Daily Show host Desi Lydic presents a segment beside an image of Kamala Harris being interviewed by Fox News Bret Baier.
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Vice president Kamala Harris was interviewed by Fox News' Bret Baier on Wednesday, with the anchor unsuccessfully using various techniques to try and rattle the Democratic presidential candidate.

Stephen Colbert tore it apart. And so did Desi Lydic on The Daily Show, with the host addressing Baier's constant interruptions to Harris trying to answer his interview questions ("Sorry, can we get that mute button from the debate so she can complete a sentence?") and his attempt to trap the VP into "gotcha" moments.

"The whole interview was like this," Lydic says. "When he wasn't trying to shut her up he was trying to put words in her mouth."

Lydic also unpacks Harris' opponent Donald Trump's appearance at a town hall on Univision, America’s largest Spanish-language network, including the former president's referral to the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol as a "day of love."

"The whole audience was one big reaction GIF," says Lydic, showing exactly that.

A black and white image of a person with a long braid and thick framed glasses.
Shannon Connellan

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture. Especially Australian horror.


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