SHARPTON IS AMONG THOSE WAITING
TO REACT TO THIS LIVE NEWS WITH
US.
REV, WE SHOULD QUICKLY POINT OUT
WHAT THE SENATOR WAS JUST
ALLUDING TO.
KAMALA HARRIS HAS DRAWN BLOOD IN
NATIONALLY TELEVISED HEARINGS OF
MEMBERS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND HAS BEEN AN AGGRESSIVE
QUESTIONER GIVEN HER LEGAL
BACKGROUND.
>> SHE’S BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN
TERMS OF HER LEGAL BACKGROUND AS
A PROSECUTOR IN QUESTIONING
PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE A
COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE.
BUT SHE’S SHOWN HERSELF TO BE A
VERY GOOD DEBATER.
I WENT TO JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATES THIS
YEAR, AND AS ONE THAT WAS IN
THERE MYSELF, I WOULD ALWAYS
TALK TO HER AFTER.
SHE WOULD SAY, OR HER SISTER WAS
SAY, HOW DO YOU THINK SHE DID?
SHE WILL GIVE VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE A VERY, VERY, VERY BAD
EVENING ON THAT DEBATE BECAUSE
SHE’S A GREAT DEBATER.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE’S ABOUT.
I THINK JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE
CHOSEN SOMEONE ELSE, BUT HE
COULDN’T HAVE CHOSEN ANYONE
BETTER.
SHE IS CLEARLY A GREAT
CAMPAIGNER, BUT SHE’S ALSO GOOD
AT GOVERNING.
SHE RAN THAT JUDICIAL SYSTEM
THERE IN CALIFORNIA, AND WAS A
GREAT ADVOCATE IN THE SENATE.
I’VE KNOWN HER FOR PROBABLY 12,
15 YEARS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU SHE’S TOUGH.
SHE’S THOROUGH.
AND SHE’S READY.
I TALKED TO HER JUST A FEW DAYS
AGO.
SHE HAD NO IDEA WHERE IT WAS
GOING, BUT SHE WAS WILLING TO GO
WHEREVER IT WOULD LEAD, WHETHER
SHE WAS A SUPPORTER OR WHETHER
SHE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE.
NOW THAT SHE IS THE NOMINEE, I
DON’T THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE
A TOUGHER OPPONENT.
I KNOW THE TRUMP PEOPLE ARE
PREPARING ALL THEY CAN TO THROW
AT HER, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE A
BETTER PERSON TO THROW IT AT,
THAT IT WILL BOUNCE OFF HER LIKE
IT DIDN’T MEAN ANYTHING BECAUSE
SHE’S BEEN IN TOUGH FIGHTS
BEFORE.
SO IF I WERE DONALD TRUMP AND
MR. PENCE, I WOULD BE READY FOR
A REAL BATTLE.
>> REV, WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THE
PICTURES FROM THE DAY I WAS
ABOUT TO REFERENCE.
ABSENT IDEOLOGY OR PARTY OR BIAS
OR ANY OF THAT, AS A SHEER
CAMPAIGN EVENT, AS AN EVENT THAT
REQUIRED ADVANCE WORK AND STAGE
CRAFT, HER ANNOUNCEMENT IN
OAKLAND WAS ONE OF THE STUNNERS
OF THIS CYCLE.
AND AS SOMEONE REFERENCED
EARLIER, CAMPAIGN DIDN’T WORK
OUT SO WELL, BUT THAT WAS A
TRULY EXCITING EVENT ON A
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN CALIFORNIA.
>> 20,000 PEOPLE OF ALL RACES,
OF ALL GENERATIONS, IT WAS
INTERGENERATIONAL.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE
EVENTS OF THE 2020 SEASON TO SEE
THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE STANDING
THERE.
IT MADE HER CANDIDACY BECAUSE IT
REALLY, WITHOUT EVEN THE SPEECH,
WHICH WAS A GREAT SPEECH THAT
DAY, IT GAVE HER MESSAGE.
AND THAT’S THE KIND OF WOMAN
THAT’S GOING TO BE HITTING THE
TRAIL THAT CAN DRAW PEOPLE
INTERGENERATIONAL, INTERRACIAL
AND RELATE TO THEM.
ONE THING THAT IS GOOD ABOUT
KAMALA HARRIS IS THAT USUALLY
WHEN YOU MEET PEOPLE THAT’S BEEN
IN POLITICS OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
LONG, THEY DON’T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO CONNECT.
SHE SEEMS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE SHE CAN
RELATE TO THEM.
SHE’S LISTENING TO THEM.
SHE’S HAD THE EXPERIENCE.
SHE GREW UP WITH HER SISTER WITH
A SINGLE MOTHER AT A PERIOD SHE
UNDERSTANDS ALL SIDES OF
AMERICA.
AND THAT’S WHO YOU WANT SITTING
NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO TRY TO UNDO AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT MANY
AMERICANS PERCEIVE TO BE NOT
UNDERSTANDING THEIR PLIGHT, NOT
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WENT
THROUGH.
NO ONE FEELS THAT DONALD TRUMP
OR MIKE PENCE HAS LIVED THE
AVERAGE LIFE.
KAMALA HARRIS HAS LIVED THAT
LIFE.
SO HAS JOE BIDEN.
AND I THINK THEIR BEING ABLE TO
RELATE IS GOING TO BE THE HIDDEN
WEAPON IN THIS KIND OF RACE
WE’RE GOING TO SEE IN NOVEMBER.
AND THE MORE YOU ATTACK THEM
FROM THE TRUMP SIDE, THE MORE
THEY’RE GOING TO SHOW THAT
PUBLIC THAT THAT’S THE KIND OF
PEOPLE THAT CAN GET A LICKING