Fox News' Bret Baier downplays Trump's former chief-of-staff saying the former president is a fascist who praised Hitler
Baier: “You saw that Atlantic piece referencing ... John Kelly talking about how the president talked about Hitler and all of these things will be packaged together to make [Harris'] closing argument. ... Does that work? We don't know.”
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Citation From the October 23, 2024, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DANA PERINO (CO-HOST): Let's get a little political question in for you as well. Last night, Harris was asked about some of the — the state of the race. I want to show some of these headlines that our team put together: That Democrats fear the race is slipping away, the clock is ticking on Kamala Harris, early voting signals some early danger for her in Nevada, Dems see warnings with youth in Arizona, and that there are ominous signs for Kamala Harris's “Blue Wall” because it could be collapsing. That's not me saying that. That's not Hemmer saying that. That's not even Jesse Watters saying that. That is from reporters who are on the ground and these are the headlines that they came back with. What's the feel of the race to you right now?
BRET BAIER (FOX CHIEF POLITICAL ANCHOR): Yeah, I think all of those bullet points, all those data points are accurate. And they're just raw numbers, early vote numbers, but we always have to have the caveat. And I think Republicans can feel good about that, but the get-out-the-vote historically for Democrats has been really good in the closing days. It seems like Vice President Harris is closing with the threat to America from the former president. You saw that Atlantic piece referencing former chief of staff John Kelly talking about how the president talked about Hitler and all of these things will be packaged together to make this closing argument that she's making alongside former congresswoman Liz Cheney. Does that work? We don't know. Right now, the momentum heading into this week seemed to be on the former president's side. But the get-out-the-vote operation in different states is really the undetermined factor.
BILL HEMMER (CO-HOST): A lot of people doing deep dives these days. And they're going deep into the weeds —
PERINO: Yeah, come up for air.