NOW
NOW TO
NOW TO THAT BREAKING NEWS -- DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN -- NAMING
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMLA HARRIS
AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN WEBSITE -- NOW
READING "BIDEN-HARRIS" AT THE TOP --
WITH A PICTURE OF THE TWO
FRONT AND CENTER.
IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON TWITTER
-- BIDEN CALLED
HARRIS QUOTE -- "A FEARLESS
FIGHTER FOR THE LITTLE GUY,
AND ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FINEST
PUBLIC SERVANTS".
PUBLIC SERVANTS". DOCTOR JIM HENSON -- DIRECTOR OF
THE TEXAS POLITICS PROJECT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS
JOINING US LIVE TO WEIGH IN ON
THE PICK.
GOOD AFTERNOON JIM.
A
A LOT
A LOT OF
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FOCUSING ON THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING A BLACK
WOMAN AS A RUNNING
MATE.
AND IT IS HISTORIC.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF
QUALIFIED WOMEN BIDEN
COULD HAVE SELECTED -- SO WHAT
DOES HIS SELECTION OF
SENATOR HARRIS SAY ABOUT THE
DIRECTION OF
DIRECTION OF
HIS
HIS CAMPAIGN? OF COURSE THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME CRITICISM.
SOME CRITICISM.
THE
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT A STATEMENT
--
-- READING IN PART QUOTE -- "HARRIS' EXTREME POSITIONS, FROM
SENATOR
SENATOR HARRIS SAY ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF
DIRECTION OF
HIS
HIS CAMPAIGN? OF COURSE THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME CRITICISM.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE
IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT A STATEMENT
-- READING IN PART
QUOTE --
QUOTE --
QUOTE -- "HARRIS' EXTREME POSITIONS, FROM
RAISING TAXES TO ABOLISHING PRIVATE
HEALTH INSURANCE TO
COMPARING LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS TO THE KKK, SHOW
THAT THE LEFT-WING MOB IS
CONTROLLING BIDEN'S
CANDIDACY."
DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY
LEGITIMACY TO THEIR
ARGUMENT?
ARGUMENT?