An interview with former Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison on Fox News' "The Will Cain Show" went completely off the rails Tuesday evening, as Harrison accused Cain of inviting him on under false pretenses.
Harrison appeared genuinely blindsided when Cain pressed him on the influence of the Democratic Socialists of America on Senate primaries, and their possible ties to activists accused of antisemitism. Harrison, while he tried to respond, insisted that wasn't the topic Cain had told him they'd be discussing.
"Donald Trump literally sat down for dinner with Nick Fuentes, right?" said Harrison. "A white nationalist, antisemitic, Holocaust denier. Do you believe that Nick Fuentes represents every Republican?"
"Okay. It's not the first time I've heard this analogy in vogue, Jaime," said Cain, as Harrison tried to continue responding. "Hold on. That's inflammatory, and I'm going to respond to it so this conversation stays honest ... you have to have the intellectual consistency and honesty to distinguish a dinner from a Senate candidate."
Harrison escalated the confrontation, shortly prompting Cain to cut off the interview early.
"What's inflammatory is this," he said. "You invite somebody to come on your show to talk about the South Carolina Republican primary, and you don't even talk about the South Carolina Republican primary! This is the reason why you guys are disingenuous. Don't invite me to come on your show to talk about the South Carolina Republican primary when you spent all your time talking about DSA, which I’m not even a member of! So if you want to talk about the DSA, invite somebody from the DSA."
"Jaime, you can't hear me while you're talking!" shouted Cain as Harrison continued to try to speak. "If my staff told you we were talking about the Senate Republican primary, then I apologize. I was under no pretense that I would be talking to you about a Republican primary. All right, I'm going to have to cut you off."'
Cain turned to the audience as Harrison's mic and camera were cut.
"I would never book the former head of the DNC to talk about a Republican primary," he snapped. "What expertise or insight could I possibly hope? ... If that was communicated incorrectly to Jaime Harrison, my apologies to him and his staff."
