Kamala Harris says she was 'frustrated' when she snapped at Charlamagne tha God for asking who the 'real president is': VP says 'injustice' and 'unfairness' are what get her fired up

 Kamala Harris said in an interview aired Sunday that when she snapped during a talk with Charlamagne tha God, she was 'frustrated' over him questioning who the 'real president is.'

'People saw you, a flash of anger the other day, when you did that interview with Charlamagne,' CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan said to the vice president before playing a clip from the interview.

Harris laughed off the tense exchange earlier this month and told Brennan that she felt 'frustration' at that point in the interview with Charlamagne tha God.

'Well, that frustration, we saw that in the Kavanaugh hearings,' Brennan said in reference to Harris' time as a U.S. senator when she was questioning the then-Supreme Court Justice nominee.

'What gets you fired up?' she asked the VP.

'Injustice,' Harris replied. 'Injustice is just generally what will get me kind of – it's – I don't like unfairness. And that is one of the things that will kind of cause me to say, OK some things are fairly innocuous, but unfairness in a way that can be hurtful to someone, I – that's why I became a prosecutor, you know?'

During Harris' interview with Charlamagne, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, the vice president snapped at the host when he asked who was running the country.

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Vice President Kamala Harris told CBS News in an interview that aired Sunday she was 'frustrated' when she snapped during her interview with Charlamagne tha God earlier this month

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Charlamagne (left) asked Harris in a Comedy Central interview 'who's the real president of this country' – leading to a heated exchange between the two

'So, who's the real president of this country? Is it Joe Manchin or Joe Biden, Madam Vice President?' Charlamagne asked just after centrist Democratic Senator Manchin effectively killed the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better agenda.

'Come on, Charlamagne. Come on – it's Joe Biden' the vice president responded.

'I can't tell sometimes,' he said.

Harris, growing visibly angry, wagged her finger at the host and said: 'No, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's Joe Biden.'

'And I'm vice president. And my name is Kamala Harris,' she shot back.

Harris' outgoing chief spokesperson, Symone Sanders, tried to cut off the interview with Charlamagne during the heated exchange.

Brennan asked Harris in her interview, which aired in segments over the last week, if she feels she is 'judged fairly.'

Harris said: 'I will leave others to make that decision.'

The vice president did insist, however, that she doesn't feel like she was set up for failure with an 'impossible portfolio.'

Some of her fiercest defenders claim she was given some of the most complicated issues to address as vice president, including quelling the prevailing southern border crisis.

Appearing on Comedy Central with Charlamagne on December 19, Harris was asked why she and Biden were unable to pass their flagship $1.75 trillion Build Back Better legislation.

His question so angered Harris that her aide, Sanders, could be heard off-camera on the other end of the remote interview, shouting: 'I'm so sorry Charlamagne, it's Symone, we have to wrap.'

'She can hear me,' Charlamagne chuckles. Sanders responds: 'Can you hear me now? I'm sorry but we have to wrap. I'm sorry to interrupt.'

'They're acting like they can't hear me, yo,' Charlamagne says, turning to a producer off-camera, implying that Harris' team was faking technical issues. 

Harris, looking tense, stared at Charlamagne and replied, 'I can hear you,' allowing the interviewer to finally continue with his question. 

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Harris' chief spokesperson Symone Sanders tried to shut down the interview as it got tense. She could be heard off-camera shouting: 'I'm so sorry Charlamagne... we have to wrap'

He then went forward with asking 'who's the real president' of the United States. 

Sanders attempted to cut off the interview. The top Harris aide is one of at least four top aides to announce their departures from the vice president's staff in recent weeks.

The 32-year-old Sanders will leave by the end of December, but no announcement has been made on whether she has lined up another job, sparking questions over the circumstances surrounding her departure. 

In the interview, Charlamagne then asked why Biden was unable to convince Manchin, the West Virginia senator, to vote for his proposal. 

Manchin's stubborn refusal to back the government's plan has put severe obstacles in the passage of Biden's bill.

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Joe Manchin, the West Virginia senator and centrist Democrat who has frequently refused to back Biden's policies, was described by Charlamagne as the real president