While Right leaning Media is saying Baier ‘Won’ the Q & A session?
Harris & Co say they got what they wanted…..
EXPOSURE…..
And a male reporter showing her little respect ….Just COULD help Harris with even Right leaning Women…..
The interruptions and cross talk at times left it hard for viewers to keep up with the content of the conversation. But Harris and her team left the interview happy with the outcome….
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Harris can now say she walked into the lion’s den
Harris has repeatedly been criticized by Trump and others for an unwillingness to sit for tough interviews. On Wednesday, her campaign said she clearly had done so.
“We feel like we definitely achieved what we set out to achieve in the sense that she was able to reach an audience that is probably been not exposed to the arguments she’s been making on the trail and she also got to show her toughness in standing tall against a hostile interviewer,” Brian Fallon, a Harris campaign communications adviser, told reporters after the interview….
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Yet Harris is trying to win over the sliver of Republican voters who do not want to vote for Trump, and many of them watch Fox News.
“Jousting with a major Fox star helps rebut the justified criticism that she has refused tough questions,” said C. Stewart Verdery Jr., a former President George W. Bush administration official. “She was able to get her arguments on key issues in front of a major audience — if it moves even one in a 1,000 voters, that matters.”…
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“Tactically, Harris can score points by highlighting the Baier interview to show she is not afraid to go into red territory and take hard questions, while Trump hides and ducks debates and tough interviews,” said Jim Kessler, co-founder of the left-center think tank Third Way.
Winning female voters
Harris is leading Trump among female voters, but she needs to drive up those margins.
The Fox interview, including the parts where Baier cut off Harris and she asked to speak, could help her in this regard. She showed a tougher side, standing her ground and often sparring about immigration, President Biden’s fitness and Trump’s rhetoric….
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Sharing her message with people who may not know it
The interview netted 7.1 million viewers and during the roughly half hour segment, Harris was able to show off aspects of her personality and insert talking points about her plans, like for affordable housing and small business expansion.
She worked to get her message across, which largely involved criticism of Trump. That effort was considered a win by her campaign because viewers tuned in who may not have watched her previous interviews, let alone her recent rallies….
jamesb says
Update….
Looks like Harris GOT what she wanted….
Harris Drew Big Audience for Her Fox News Interview
Final numbers show that Kamala Harris‘ sit-down with Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday drew 7.8 million viewers — nearly three times what Baier’s show normally gets, Deadline reports.
The top local market for the interview was Pittsburgh.