Fox News’ Bret Baier attacks the “tone” of questioning from NABJ journalists interviewing Donald Trump
Baier: “He went into the proverbial lion's den with some of those questions”
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Citation From the July 31, 2024, edition of Fox News' America Reports
BRET BAIER (CHIEF POLITICAL ANCHOR): There's a couple of things here. Obviously, he went into the proverbial lion's den with some of those questions. And this is what the former president does. He does go to areas that sometimes he faces harsh questioning. You know, it had a harsh at times, tough interview with him, asking tough but fair questions, and I think some of those questions obviously very fair, down the middle, others had a different tone to them and he reacted how he thought the tone was coming at him.
I thought it was interesting that he kept on complaining about the audio and the equipment and the delay for 35 minutes. So that added to the kind of tension in the moment. There are some tough questions about his vice presidential choice and some of the things he's said. But he's answering those questions.
His biggest issue may have been, you know, talking about Vice President Harris as projecting as an Indian for a long time and she never said she was Black. When he goes down those roads, obviously it opens himself up to criticism. And you saw the White House start to jump on that.