Fox’s Bret Baier Praises Kamala Harris Pick Walz: ‘Not Afraid To Mix It Up’ On Fox News Shows

Fox News anchor Bret Baier had words of praise for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) after news broke that he’d be the running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, noting he goes on Fox News shows and is “not afraid to mix it up.”

After wall-to-wall veepstakes speculation, the wait was finally over Tuesday morning as news broke that Walz would be the VP nominee, broken by news outlets and later confirmed by VP Harris.

On Tuesday’s edition of Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom, Baier gave his analysis by phone as the news was breaking, telling Bill Hemmer that Walz has appeal for rural voters, and is “not afraid to mix it up”:

BRET BAIER: I mean, this guy hunts, he ice fishes. You know, he’s — is one of those guys. He talks about rural America and how Donald Trump doesn’t understand it.

On the flip side, Donald Trump and — the former president and JD Vance are talking directly to those folks and trying to get those folks just like they built that coalition he did, Trump did in 2016.

You know, listen, we just have to think about the party, the Democratic Party. The delegates themselves are really controlled by progressives. And, you know, if you think back to the power of Bernie Sanders after 2016, when Hillary Clinton goes on to get that nomination, you know, the power inside was very progressive. And it still may be because labor, you know, weighed in on the scales on this choice. Progressives in the party weighed in. And this is who, Vice President Harris —

BILL HEMMER: So hang on one second here, Brett. A lot of reaction coming in. I’m just going to read this for our viewers. Here’s Ron DeSantis out of Florida. “Harris-Walz, most left wing ticket in American history. Minnesota is ground zero for the BLM riots in 2020. Harris egged it on and Walz sat by and let Minneapolis burn.”

So that’s his initial reaction.

Kellyanne Conway, who works for this here, she crunches numbers all over the country. She says “Tim Walz, question mark. What a relief,” that on X right now. Gillian?

GILLIAN TURNER: Walz did come to some sort of social media internet notoriety over the last week or so. Bret, he’s given the credit for coining the term “weird” to describe the Republican ticket that’s obviously taken off among the Harris crowd.

You think this may be a case of the campaign choosing the shiniest object in the room?

BRET BAIER: I mean, they like how he talks. They like how he addresses media interviews.

He’s been on our shows. He’s not afraid to get — like JD Vance. He’s not afraid to go to different places. He’s not afraid to mix it up. He does speak in plain speak. He’s a former football coach, you know, former teacher. He has that, that appeal, that aspect.

Watch above via Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom.