副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯周三抨击了前总统唐纳德·特朗普在对福克斯新闻频道的一次好斗的采访中,他被认为脸皮薄,是对美国民主的威胁。
这次采访标志着哈里斯有机会出现在一个经常批评她和赞扬她的对手的网络上,这是一个值得注意的时刻,此前共和党人批评她只接受友好记者或播客的采访。一如既往,采访自始至终都很激烈,包括哈里斯和福克斯新闻频道主播布雷特·拜尔反复谈论对方的多次交流。
哈里斯提出了特朗普最近关于“内部敌人”的言论,并威胁要动用军队来追捕政治对手和所谓的混乱选举这一天暗示他不适合连任,并补充说,“我很清楚”特朗普“不适合任职,他不稳定,他很危险。”
“你我都知道,他曾谈到让美国军队来对付美国人民。他谈到要追捕参与和平抗议的人。他谈到把不同意他观点的人关起来,”Harris告诉福克斯新闻频道的主持人。
“这是一种民主,在一种民主中,美国总统应该愿意处理批评,而不是说他会因为这样做而把人关起来,”她说。
这些言论标志着她形容特朗普对国家构成危险的言论升级,因为他对美国人的内部威胁的言论升级,包括“激进的左翼疯子”,引发了人们对他在未来政府中如何使用军队的担忧。
“不是乔·拜登总统任期的延续”:哈里斯
哈里斯还试图具体说明美国人将在乔·拜登总统的政府和她在白宫的理论任期之间看到的差异,并提供了几个例子,此前共和党人抓住了她上周在美国广播公司(ABC)的“观点”节目中的回答,即当被问及她在过去四年里会做些什么与拜登不同的事情时,“没有想到”。
“你不是乔·拜登,你也不是唐纳德·特朗普,但是,但是没有人想到你会有不同的做法?”拜尔问。
她告诉拜尔:“我的总统任期不会是乔·拜登总统任期的延续,就像每一位上任的新总统一样,我将带来我的生活经历、职业经历以及新鲜和新的想法。”
哈里斯特别提出了她的计划,为首次购房者提供更多的住房援助,并为创办小企业提供资金。
不过,她补充说,她的政府将标志着她所说的特朗普时代美国政治分裂的一页。
她说,她的当选将标志着“过去十年来,我们一直背负着唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的言论,这些言论旨在分裂我们的国家,让美国人相互指责,”的变化。
向移民施压
拜尔还在拜登政府的大部分时间里就移民和高水平的边境过境问题向哈里斯施压。
哈里斯没有直接回答有多少无证移民被释放到该国的问题,而是抨击特朗普反对一项加强边境安全的两党计划。然而,她对那些有亲人被非法越境者杀害的家庭表示同情。
“这些都是悲剧。这是毫无疑问的。这是毫无疑问的,我无法想象那些受害者的家庭为一个不应该发生的损失所经历的痛苦,”哈里斯说。
“这么说是真的了。同样真实的是,如果边境安全法案在9个月前获得通过,那么这9个月我们就会有更多的边境特工在边境,为那些夜以继日努力确保未来不会发生伤害的人们提供更多的支持。”
Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in combative Fox News interview
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday hammered former PresidentDonald Trumpas thin-skinned and a threat to U.S. democracy in a combative interview with Fox News.
The interview marked an opportunity for Harris to appear on a network that frequently criticizes her and praises her opponent, a notable moment after Republicans had panned her for only granting interviews with friendly reporters or podcasters. True to form, the interview was testy throughout, including multiple exchanges in which Harris and Fox News anchor Bret Baier repeatedly spoke over each other.
Harris raised Trump's recent rhetoric about the "enemy within" and threats to use the military to go after political opponents on and supposed chaos onElectionDay to suggest that he's unfit for a second term in office, adding that it is "clear to me" that Trump is "unfit to serve, that he is unstable, that he is dangerous."
"You and I both know that he has talked about turning the American military on the American people. He has talked about going after people who are engaged in peaceful protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him," Harris told the Fox News host.
"This is a democracy, and in a democracy the president of the United States in the United States of America, should be willing to be able to handle criticism without saying he'd lock people up for doing it," she said.
The remarks mark an escalation of her rhetoric describing Trump as dangerous for the country as he escalates his rhetoric about internal threats from Americans, including "radical left lunatics," raising concerns about how he'd use the military in a future administration.
'Not a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency': Harris
Harris also attempted to flesh out the differences Americans would see between President Joe Biden's administration and her theoretical term in the White House, offering several examples after Republicans seized on her answer on ABC's "The View" last week that "not a thing that comes to mind" when asked what she would have done something differently from Biden over the past four years.
"You're not Joe Biden, you're not Donald Trump, but, but nothing comes to mind that you would do differently?" Baier asked.
"My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency, and like every new president that comes into office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas," she told Baier.
Harris specifically raised her plans to offer increased housing assistance to first-time home buyers and provide funds to start small businesses.
Still, she added that her administration would mark a turning of the page from what she called the divisiveness of the Trump era in U.S. politics.
Her election would mark a change "from the last decade in which we have been burdened with the kind of rhetoric coming from Donald Trump that has been designed and implemented to divide our country and have Americans literally point fingers at each other," she said.
Pressed on immigration
Baier also pressed Harris on immigration and high levels of border crossings for much of the Biden administration.
Harris did not directly respond to a question about how many undocumented immigrants were released into the country, instead panning Trump for opposing a bipartisan plan that would have beefed up border security. She did, however, express sympathy for families who had loved ones killed by those who crossed the border illegally.
"Those are tragic cases. There's no question about that. There is no question about that, and I can't imagine the pain that the families of those victims have experienced for a loss that should not have occurred," Harris said.
"So that is true. It is also true that if border security had actually been passed nine months ago, it would be nine months that we would have had more border agents at the border, more support for the folks who are working around the clock trying to hold it all together to ensure that no future harm would occur."