Newsom defends Harris' 'record of accomplishment' amid calls for policy substance: 'How about a little grace?'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom defended Vice President Kamala Harris and her policies as she was set to accept the 2024 nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago late Thursday night.

Newsom, who’s known Harris for almost 30 years, delivered California's delegates to Harris on Tuesday to ceremoniously put her over the top for the Democratic nomination.

Newsom told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on "Special Report" that he’ll be out on the campaign trail "plenty" for both Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the lead-up to the November election.

Baier asked Newsom about a RealClearPolitics poll that found a majority of Americans believe the direction of the country is on the "wrong track."

"We've been polarized and traumatized. The last three and a half years have been difficult. The last five, six, seven years," Newsom said, pointing to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump administration.

"We had 14.8% unemployment in April of 2020. We lost 154,000 manufacturing jobs during the Trump years. We're just coming out of this recession; we're finally taming inflation."

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"You hear what you're saying? You're erasing the last three and a half years," Baier pressed.

"No, I'm saying I think it's more directional. I think it's been a challenging time for this country for many, many years, even before Biden-Harris were elected," said Newsom.

He added there’s a "fresh air of progress" within the Democratic Party compared to a "stale air of normalcy" and a "stale air of the past represented in Donald Trump."

Baier pressed Newsom on Harris' lack of media interviews and lack of policy substance on her campaign