Fox News’ Bret Baier claims the Harris campaign tried to steal time for the interview

Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier claimed Wednesday that Kamala Harris’ campaign team cut short the time he had with her just before a highly anticipated interview — and then made the vice president show up late let.

Baier, a veteran political journalist, likened the Harris campaign’s tactics to a football team “icing the kicker” before a key field goal attempt.

“So we were supposed to start at 5pm – that was the time they originally gave us. We’ll do 25 or 30 minutes,” the host explained.

“They came in and said, ‘Well, maybe 20 [minutes]. So it’s already been cut,” Baier added.

“And then the vice president showed up around 5:15 p.m [p.m.].”

The “Special Report” host noted that Harris’ lateness made it a challenge for his production team to get the interview out at the start of his 6 p.m. show.

“We pushed ourselves to the limit,” said Baier.

“So that’s how it started. And when we started talking, I knew she was going to be tough to, you know, redirect without me trying to interrupt her,” he continued, referencing the Democratic candidate’s efforts to “filibuster” during the interview “ and not allow him to do it. Please have your say for a moment.

In his post-interview analysis, Baier also revealed that he had hoped to ask more questions, but several Harris campaign staffers gave him frantic off-camera signals to end the interview because his time was up.

“I’m talking about four people waving their hands like it has to stop,” he said. “In the end I had to get off.”

Baier noted that he believed Harris went into the interview with the “goal” of reinforcing her talking points regardless of the question asked.

“Usually you can breathe, so to speak,” Baier said, referring to his efforts to get Harris to answer his inquiries directly.

“Sometimes when you filibuster, you try to create a moment,” he added. “And I think that was their goal.”

Harris, 59, dodged several questions from Fox News hosts during the session, including questions about immigration, border security and President Biden’s mental decline.

The Post has reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.