Harris: "My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's"
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Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pa., on Oct. 16. Photo: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris said that her "presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency" during an interview on Wednesday with Fox News' Bret Baier, her first formal interview on the network.
Why it matters: It's a change for the VP, who has largely embraced the Biden administration's policies during her campaign. Her remarks on Fox News represent her most forceful effort yet to differentiate herself from the president.
Driving the news: "Like every new president that comes into office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas," Harris said.
- "I represent a new generation of leadership," she said, as she sought to highlight how her administration would be different than Biden's.
State of play: Former President Trump and his allies seized on Harris' comments earlier this month when she said that "there is not a thing that comes to mind," when asked whether she would've done anything differently than Biden.
- Polling shows that voters — particularly the Republican and Republican-leaning voters that Harris seeks to court — disapprove of Biden's handling of key issues.
Zoom in: Throughout the approximately 30-minute interview, Harris was pressed on immigration and the economy, as Baier repeatedly interrupted the VP.
- "Let's just get to the point ... the point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired," she said.
Harris also said her administration would be turning the page "on rhetoric that people are frankly exhausted of."
- "Turning the page from the last decade in which we've 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.
Zoom out: Harris has ramped up her media appearances in recent days as she seeks to tap into a broad voter base that could propel her to victory in November.
- Harris on Tuesday did an interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of "The Breakfast Club," a show that is especially popular with Black male audiences.
- Earlier on Wednesday, Harris spoke at a campaign event in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where more than 100 Republicans joined her.
Go deeper: "Simply not true": Harris denies record as prosecutor targeted Black men
