In a Fox News interview Wednesday evening, Bret Baier asked Vice President Kamala Harris a question that has long been on the minds of the American people and, of course, her answer was evasive.  

It was the question about President Joe Biden’s mental status and Harris’ role in concealing his cognitive decline, prompted by Harris’ comment that former President Donald Trump is “unstable.”

“You say now [Trump is] unstable, he’s not well, you say he’s mentally not stable,” Baier said, before noting that Harris “told many interviewers that Joe Biden was on his game” and “ran around circles on his staff.”

“When did you first notice that President Biden’s mental faculties appeared diminished?” Baier asked.

Harris paused for three beats, mouth hanging open, eyebrows furrowed. She was not expecting that question. After all, Biden announced his departure from the race on July 21, some 87 days before this interview. Perhaps she thought folks had forgotten about the mental decline thing.

She responded in a defensive tone.

“Joe Biden, I have watched in — from the Oval Office to the Situation Room. And he has the judgment and the experiment — experience to do exactly what he has done, in making very important decisions on behalf of the American people,” Harris said.

Baier tried for a follow up question, “There were no concerns raised…”

“Bret!” Harris interrupted, speaking louder and over him. She tried to overpower him with her voice and body language, her hand extended flat, palm down as if to telegraph stop. “Joe Biden is not on the ballot,” Harris said.  

Baier persisted, “I understand, but you talked about it, after George Clooney said, within a few minutes of talking with President Biden at a fundraiser, that he thought, this is not the same Joe Biden that we saw on the debate stage. You met with him at least once a week for three and a half years. You didn’t have any concerns?”

Harris talked over Baier through most of that question, trying to shut him down.  

She did not come close to answering the question. Instead, she responded that Trump is unfit and should never be president again.    

While Biden is not on the ballot, he is the sitting president, so his mental status is of clear and present interest to the American people. She has done nothing to convince us that Biden is currently fit to serve, or that she was not complicit in the coverup of his mental decline for the sake of her own power. Her evasiveness is a sign that there is a problem. That she won’t admit it, signals that Harris would rather save her own bacon than protect the American people from security threats like a president who is not thinking clearly.   

If anyone has insight into who is pulling the strings at the White House, it’s Harris. Clearly, she serves the same puppet master.

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Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an award-winning investigative journalist with decades of media experience.