GOT TO DECIDE HOW ARE WE GOING TO RUN THIS ELECTION, WHO IS THE
BEST PERSON TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP
AND WHO CAN DO IT AND AGREE
WITH?
WITH? >> WHEN ELIZABETH WARREN DROPPED
OUT, BERNIE SANDERS
CHARACTERIZED THIS AT THIS POINT
AS THE RACE BETWEEN WHAT HE
CALLED TWO OLD WHITE GUYS.
THEY --
THEY -- >> I’M A YOUNG WHITE GUY NOW.
>> RACHEL MADDOW WENT UP TO
CAMBRIDGE AND DID AN HOUR
INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH WARREN
AND LILY ADAMS WAS ON WITH ME
THAT NIGHT.
THAT NIGHT. SHE’S THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ANN
RICHARDS.
RICHARDS. SHE WORKED ON KAMALA HARRIS’
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. SHE SAID IT WAS A GUT PUNCH, A
GUT PUNCH TO SEE ALL OF THE
LEADING WOMEN CANDIDATES KNOCKED
OUT OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
FOUR UNITED STATES SENATORS.
THE STRONGEST FIELD OF WOMEN
CANDIDATES WE’VE EVER SEEN IN A
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. HILLARY CLINTON WAS OBVIOUSLY
STRONGER WHEN SHE RAN BUT AS A
FIELD, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
LILY ADAMS MEANS BY THAT GUT
PUNCH, WHAT THAT FELT LIKE TO
WIN?
WIN? >> SURE, I DO.
THAT’S WHY IN 2018 WE ELECTED
411 NEW MEMBER41
NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
I WENT TO THE PURPLE DISTRICTS
AND HELPED THEM WIN.
LET ME SAY THIS, THEY ASKED ME
TO COME IN AND THEY WON.
MAYBE IN SPITE OF ME.
I DON’T KNOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, I SAW THERE WAS
SEXISM IN HITLER’S RACE AND IT’S
REAL.
REAL. THE IDEA OF SEXISM AND RACISM
STILL EXISTS IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT’S WHY I FEEL SO STRONGLY
WHEN I PUSHED EVERYTHING TO
TEACHING MY GRANDDAUGHTERS THEY
CAN DO ANYTHING, ANYTHING,
ANYTHING MY GRANDSON CAN DO.
>> IS THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
A LESSON TO YOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS
THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THAW
WANT
WANT -- THEY WANT TO DO?
>> I THINK SO.
EVERY CAMPAIGN IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT AND I’M NOT A PUN
DANLT BUT ALL I --
PUNDIT BUT I KNOW SEXISM EXISTS
IN A BIG WAY.
IF I’M ELECTED PRESIDENT I’LL DO
ALL I CAN DO TO ROOT IT OUT.
>> THE VERY FIRST PRESIDENTIAL
DECISION YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE
IS THAT DECISION THAT BARACK
OBAMA MADE IN 2008 TO CHOOSE YOU
AS VICE PRESIDENT.
THAT IS THE FIRST TEST OF A
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. WHAT DOES WHAT YOU’VE SEEN OF
THE WOMEN CAMPAIGNING AND WHAT
YOU HAVE FELT AND WHAT YOU ARE
AWARE OF THAT GUT PUNCH FELT
LIKE THIS WEEK FOR THEM DROPPING
OUT, WHAT DOES THAT -- HOW DOES
THAT IMPACT YOUR VICE
PRESIDENTIAL THINKING?
PRESIDENTIAL THINKING? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INCREDIBLY
COMPETENT WOMEN CAPABLE OF BEING
PRESIDENT THAT HAVE RUN AND
HAVEN’T EVEN RUN YET AND ARE OUT
THERE AS SENATORS AND GOVERNORS
OF THE LIKE.
SO FOR ME, I THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN CHOOSING A --
EXCUSE ME, IN CHOOSING THE VICE
PRESIDENT IS WHETHER OR NOT THE
PRESIDENT IS WITH ME WHERE I
WANT TO TAKE THE COUNTRY.
IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THE NEXT
PRESIDENT IS ABLE TO DO WHAT
BARACK WAS ABLE TO DO WITH ME.
HAND OVER 10, 20% OF THE PORT
FOLLOW AND SAY YOU DO IT LIKE
YOU’RE A PRESIDENT.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT LANDS ON
THE PRESIDENT’S DESK, HE OR SHE
CAN’T DO IT BY THEMSELVES.
THAT REQUIRES -- I TRUST ALL THE
WOMEN OUT THERE IF THEY WERE TO
BE MY VICE PRESIDENT.
IT’S PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I’M NOT THE NOMINEE YET.
WE CAN DISAGREE ON TACTIC BUT
NOT STRATEGY SO THAT’S THE FIRST
TEST.
TEST. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WOMEN
AND AFRICAN AMERICANS, AS WELL,
WHO WOULD MEET THAT CRITERIA FOR
ME BUT I’VE NOT FOCUSED ON THAT
AT THIS POINT BUT I PROMISE YOU
MY ADMINISTRATION FROM VICE
PRESIDENT ON WILL LOOK LIKE THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> IN YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR
LIFETIME OF POLL LITITICAL EXPER
AND WATCHING THIS CHOICE MADE A
RUNNING MADE, DO YOU THINK THAT
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT IT BE
SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY HAS BEEN
TESTED ON THAT PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE STAGE THE WAY I ASSUME
BARACK OBAMA THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT HIS VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAD
ALREADY BEEN TESTED AT THAT
LEVEL AS YOU WERE STANDING
BESIDE HIM ON THE DEBATE STAGE.
>> I THINK THAT’S A VERY
IMPORTANT FACTOR.
IMPORTANT FACTOR. >> VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR AND
WE’RE GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT
TODAY.
TODAY. >> YES.
>> YES. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. BY THE WAY, THERE’S A NUMBER OF
WOMEN, AS WELL, THAT HAVE BEEN
TESTED IN OTHER WAYS, NOT ON THE
DEBATE STAGE BUT THEIR DEBATES
AND STATES AND BEING NATIONAL