THE HARRIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN
RECEIVED BY VOTERS SO FAR.
SO, DON’T MISS THAT.
>>> MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS WASTE NOD TIME LAUNCHING
ATTACKS ON KAMALA HARRIS,
LOOKING TO HER ROLE IN THE
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS OF NOW
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BRETT
KAVANAUGH.
>> AND NOW YOU HAVE A SORT OF A
MAD WOMAN, I CALL HER, BECAUSE
SHE WAS SO ANGRY AND SO -- SUCH
HATRED WITH JUSTICE KAVANAUGH.
SHE WAS THE ANGRIEST OF THE
GROUP AND THEY WERE ALL ANGRY.
THEY WERE ALL RADICAL LEFT ANGRY
PEOPLE.
>> WELL, DIDN’T STOP THERE.
TRUMP ENCOURAGING A RACIST
CONSPIRACY THEORY OVER HARRIS’S
ELIGIBILITY TO BE VICE
PRESIDENT.
HARRIS, FOR THE RECORD, WAS BORN
IN CALIFORNIA.
AND DOES MEET ALL NECESSARY
REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
BUT HARRIS HAS COME OUT WITH HER
OWN JABS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
WEDNESDAY DURING HER FIRST PRESS
CONFERENCE SINCE BEING NAMED
BIDEN’S RUNNING MATE, HARRIS
SLAMMED TRUMP’S TRACK RECORD IN
THE OVAL OFFICE.
>> THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP
AND MIKE PENCE IS OPEN AND SHUT.
JUST LOOK WHERE THEY’VE GOTTEN US.
>> WELL, JOINING US NOW ELENA
BEVERLY, LANI CHEN.
ELENA, YOU LISTEN TO THE WORDS
BEING USED, ANGRY WOMAN AND THEN
THEN THAT SHE’S NOT ELIGIBLE TO
BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
WE’RE HEARING VERY SIMILAR
RACIST TROPES COMING OUT OF A
POSITION THAT WE DON’T EXPECT TO
HEAR IT FROM.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, RICHARD.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO
EXPECT TO HEAR IT FROM DONALD
TRUMP.
WE EXPECT THAT HE IS GOING TO
TRY TO ATTACK SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS WITH BOTH SEXIST AND
RACIST TROPES.
THAT HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
HIS OWN MISOGAMY AND HE HASN’T
BEEN ABLE TO LAND A BLOW ON JOE
BIDEN.
SO HE’S GOING TO TRY NOW TO
ATTACK KAMALA HARRIS.
BUT LOOK, USUALLY PEOPLE SAY
THAT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK
DOES NOT AFFECT THE PRESIDENTIAL
TICKET.
WELL, THERE’S NOTHING TYPICAL
ABOUT 2020 AND THERE’S NOTHING
TYPICAL ABOUT SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS.
SHE IS ELECTRIFYING THE TICKET.
SHE IS BRINGING NOT ONLY THE
HISTORIC NATURE OF HER SELECTION
BUT ALSO A SENSE OF UNITY THAT
THE NATION IS SO HUNGRY FOR
RIGHT NOW.
SHE HAS FLEXED JOE BIDEN’S VALUE
WHICH IS ARE VALUES IN THE
250I7S OF LEADERSHIP THAT ARE
CONSISTENT, THAT ARE
COMPASSIONATE AND THAT ARE
REALLY REFLECTING THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE IN THIS MOMENT.
SHE PROSECUTED THE CASE AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP SO WELL IN HER
ROLL-OUT SPEECH EXPLAINING ALL
THE WAYS HE FAILED THIS COUNTRY
IN HANDLING OF THE COVID CRISIS.
SHE HERSELF HAS ROLLED OUT,
INTRODUCED BILLS TO ADDRESS THE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND HARMS OF
THE COVID CRISIS AND TRYING TO
PUT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES TO
PREVENT EVICTIONS.
SO I THINK THAT YOU’RE SEEING
THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
NATIONWIDE ARE REALLY
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS TICKET.
NOT JUST ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT
SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE
BATTLEGROUND STATES THAT YOU
MENTIONED, STATES LIKE
PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN AND
MICHIGAN.
>> AND WE’LL GET TO THAT
SHORTLY.
REFLECT ONHAT ALAINA IS SAYING
HERE.
BECAUSE IF YOU’RE THINKING THAT
THIS IS A CALCULATED MOVE, AS
ONE OPTION, OR THIS IS A
DESPERATE MOVE THE PRESIDENT IS
NOT SURE HOW TO HANDLE KAMALA
HARRIS, LET’S FOR A MOMENT THINK
THAT IT IS CALCULATED.
WHAT DOES HE GET OUT OF GOING
AFTER SOMEBODY LIKE THIS?
>> WELL, I THINK THE GOAL,
RICHARD, IS TO PUT KAMALA HARRIS
AND TO PUT THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
INTO THIS BOX OF BEING OWNED AND
OPERATED BY THE FAR LEFT.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN THIS
ATTACK COMING FROM DONALD TRUMP
AND FROM REPUBLICAN SURROGATES
FOR SOME TIME.
THE NOTION BEING THAT BIDEN IS
GIVING INTO THE SHARPER LEFT
WING INSTINCTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY BY PICKING SOMEONE WHOSE
RECORD IS ARGUABLY MORE
PROGRESSIVE THAN HIS.
THE QUESTION WILL BE TO WHAT
EXTENT THAT WILL LAND.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IS THE ATTACK
THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE SETTLED ON
IN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ATTACK
THIS TICKET.
THAT AND THE FACT THAT THIS
ELECTION REALLY IS ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP VERSUS KAMALA HARRIS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE TRYING
TO FRAME JOE BIDEN ESSENTIALLY
AS A SHELL INTO WHICH THIS SORT
OF FAR PROGRESSIVE LEFT IS GOING
TO LIVE.
AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER
THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE OR NOT.
>> PUT ON YOUR CAMPAIGN HATS
NOW.
YOU BOTH WERE A PART OF
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE.
BUT YOU’RE FRIENDS TODAY, AT
LEAST AT 4:35 P.M. EASTERN.
ALAINA, FOR YOU, WHAT DO YOU
THINK THE CHOICE OF KAMALA
HARRIS GETS BIDEN?
IS HE LOOKING AT THE SUN BELT
HERE AS WAS SAID EARLIER BECAUSE
OF THE BLACK VOTE AS WELL AS THE
LATINO VOTE?
OR IS HE REALLY LOOKING AT THE
MODERATE MID WESTERN FIRE WALL?
>> HE’S LEAVING NO VOTER ON THE
TABLE.
I THINK -- SO I THINK WHAT’S
INTERESTING AND EXCITING ABOUT
THIS TICKET IS THAT, YES, KAMALA
HARRIS HELPS TO CRYSTALLIZE SOME
IMPORTANT DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
YES, WOMEN.
YES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS.
YES, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE
PREVIOUS SEGMENT THE AAPI VOTE
AND MY FRIENDS DOWN IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
YOU DON’T WIN FLORIDA UNLESS YOU
WIN SOUTH FLORIDA.
I’M THINKING OF THE JAMAICAN
AMERICAN, THE HAITIAN AMERICAN.
SHE GALVANIZES ALL THAT PLUS SHE
ALSO SPEAKS TO ALL OF THE PAINS
THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE FACING
RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO
COVID, AND THAT IS A NATIONWIDE
CHALLENGE.
SO, THAT’S BATTLEGROUND STATES
UP NORTH AS WELL AS THOSE FOLKS
DOWN SOUTH.
SO I THINK THAT SHE CAPTURES THE
IMAGINATION OF THE SHIFTING
DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
YES, MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR, ALSO
FOCUSSING IN ON LEGISLATING AND
ALSO GOVERNING FOR THE FOLKS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE SWING
STATES LIKE MICHIGAN AND
WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA.
>> LANHEE WHAT DOES THE CHOICE
TELL YOU IN TERMS OF THAT SUN
BELT VERSUS MIDWEST FIRE WALL?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE A DIVIDE
AND CONQUER STRATEGY, RICHARD.
WHAT YOU’LL SEE IS THE VICE
PRESIDENT CONTINUING AT THE TOP
OF THE TICKET TO SPEAK TO SWING
VOTERS, PARTICULARLY IN
MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA,
WISCONSIN, THE FORMER RUST BELT.
AND THEN IT’S GOING TO ALLOW
KAMALA HARRIS TO FOCUS ON SOME
OF THESE DEVELOPING STATES,
ARIZONA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND
TEXAS ON THE MAP.
AND IT’S GOING TO ALLOW THEM
ESSENTIALLY TO SAY ON THE ONE
HAND WE’RE APPEALING TO MODERATE
VOTERS WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP EVEN IN 2016 BUT
MAYBE DISAFFECTED.
AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVING A
MESSAGE THAT IS GOING TO
ENERGIZE AND MOBILIZE
PROGRESSIVE BASE VOTERS BECAUSE
WHILE I’M PRETTY SURE MOST
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR
JOE BIDEN ANY WAY, WHAT KAMALA
HARRIS’S SELECTION ALLOWS FOR IS
A DIRECT MOBILIZATION OF THAT
PART OF THE ELECTORATE.
JOE BIDEN ABSOLUTELY NEEDS IF HE
IS GOING TO WIN AND THAT WILL
MOBILIZE THAT BASE TURNOUT WHICH
HE IS GOING TO GET WITH KAMALA
HARRIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR