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JOE BIDEN HAS ANNOUNCED
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
IT IS A MOVE THAT WAS A WOMAN
OF COLOR ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
TICKET FOR THE FIRST TIME.
BIDEN ANNOUNCED HARRIS THROUGH
A TEXT TO SUPPORTERS.
HE ALSO TWEETED A SHORT
ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING I HAVE THE
GREAT HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT I
PICKED KAMALA HARRIS, A
FEARLESS FIGHTER FOR THE LITTLE
GUY, AND ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S
FINEST PUBLIC SERVICE AS MY
RUNNING MATES.
55-YEAR-OLD HARRIS WAS ELECTED
TO THE SENATE IN 2016 AFTER
SERVING AS CALIFORNIA'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SHE COMPETED AGAINST BIDEN FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION BUT LEFT THE RACE
BEFORE VOTING BEGAN.
IT IS ALSO A PERSONAL CHOICE
FOR BIDEN BECAUSE BACK WHEN SHE
WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, SHE
WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIS SON BO.
JOINING US NOW IS JIM DeFEDE HE.
AND JIM RIGHT OUT OF THE
GATE, THIS IS A HISTORY MAKING
PIC.
THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR BEING
CHOSEN FOR A RUNNING MATE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANCE.
Reporter: YOU KNOW, IF A PICK
CAN BE BOTH GROUNDBREAKING AND
SAFE, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT,
HARRIS IS.
SHE WAS THE ODDS-ON FAVORITE
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
IT LOOKED LIKE SHE IS SOMEONE
WHO THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN COULD
WORK WITH.
THAT SHE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS
ABLE TO DEAL WITH. BECAUSE YOU
HAD THE ISSUE OF OBVIOUSLY THE
FACT THAT SHE WAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
TRYING TO CREATE THIS HEALTH
SKATE WHERE THEY ARE SAYING
AMERICA WILL BECOME A DYSTOPIAN
SORT OF PLACE IF JOE BIDEN IS
ELECTED.
WELL, MOST VOTERS ARE NOT
BUYING THAT.
AND HIS PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT
IS SOMEONE WHO IS AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL, FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
IN MANY WAYS PROGRESSIVES DON'T
NECESSARILY LIKE.
A SIGNIFICANTLY THIS PACK PICK
IS THE FACT THAT SHE IS A WOMAN
OF COLOR.
THIS IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE
BASE OF THEIR PARTY, THE REASON
WHY THEY HAVE ANY CLOUT
WHATSOEVER IS THE SUPPORT OF
NOT JUST AFRICAN-AMERICANS, BUT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WERE THE
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND HILLARY
CLINTON, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
A MAINSTAY OF THE PARTY, AND IN
MANY WAYS THIS IS RECOGNITION
OF THAT.
I KNOW HE WAS CONSIDERING
SEVERAL WOMEN OF COLOR.
WHY IS SHE A GOOD FOR THE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT?
WE SAW HER GO AFTER A PRETTY
HARD WEEK DURING ONE OF THE
DEBATES IN MIAMI.
YET, ESSENTIALLY ACCUSING
JOE BIDEN OF BEING A RACIST FOR
SOME OF THE POLICIES HE HELD 40
YEARS AGO.
GOING BACK TO THE SAME ISSUES
IN THE NORTHEAST.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THE ITEM FOLKS HAD
TO GET OVER. I
IT WAS, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ,
IT WAS THIS ABOUT FIGHTING TO
GET OVER IT AND THE FOLKS
AROUND JOE BIDEN GETTING OVER
IT.
JOE BIDEN IS NOT SOMEONE WHO
NECESSARILY HOLDS A GRUDGE.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS THOUGH
IN ANOTHER WAY IS, JOE BIDEN IS
GOING TO BE THE OLDEST NOMINEE
THAT HAS EVER COME OUT FOR THE
FIRST TIME PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE LIKE THIS.
SO WHO HE PICKS AS VICE
PRESIDENT, THIS NEXT-
GENERATION, WAS CRITICAL AS
WELL.
I THINK NORMALLY, I WOULD TELL
YOU THAT OTHER THAN JUST A
COUPLE OF DAYS OF STORIES ABOUT
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS, THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL PICK REALLY
DOESN'T MATTER.
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T PICK
SOMEONE WHO HARMS YOU THE WAY
SARAH PALIN OR JOHN McCAIN.
IT GENERALLY IS IRRELEVANT.
THIS ONE MAY BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
ONLY BECAUSE I THINK VOTERS
WILL BE LOOKING AT, HARRIS AND
SAY, YOU HAVE JOE BIDEN WHO, AT
THE END OF HIS FIRST TERM WILL
BE 81 YEARS OLD.
I DON'T EXPECT JOE BIDEN TO RUN
FOR A SECOND TIME IF HE WAS A
FIRST TERM.
SO, HERE IS WHAT CAN BE THE
NEXT IN LINE TO SORT OF RUN FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
SO THERE WAS A LOT IN THIS
PEAK.
IT WASN'T JUST A PLACEHOLDER
PICK.
IT WAS SOMEONE WHO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD TO BE
COMFORTABLE WITH.
WHO JOE BIDEN HAD TO BE
COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE
THE FUTURE OF THIS PARTY.