STAKES OF THIS ELECTION, STEPH.
>> KRISTEN, ALI, THANK YOU BOTH
SO MUCH.
>>> I WANT TO DIG DEEPER.
WE’RE JOINED BY KARINE
JEAN-PIERRE, NEW CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND A SENIOR
ADVISER TO THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN.
OBVIOUSLY AN HISTORIC NIGHT, A
MASSIVE MOMENT FOR SENATOR
HARRIS.
BUT NOW SHE’S GOT BIG HURDLES
SHE NEEDS TO CLEAR.
TALK US THROUGH HOW SHE’S GOING
TO THREAD THIS IMPORTANT NEEDLE
BETWEEN BEING PRO LAW
ENFORCEMENT, PRO POLICE AND ALSO
SUPPORTING BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> HEY, STEPHANIE.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SORRY I COULDN’T BE THERE WITH
YOU.
FIRST, LIKE YOU SAID, I REALLY
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HISTORIC -- ANOTHER HISTORIC
FIRST LAST NIGHT.
YOU HAD THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
AND THE FIRST WOMAN OF INDIAN
HERITAGE ACCEPT THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
AND THAT’S THE FIRST FOR ANY
MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY.
YOU SAW SOMEONE, A WOMAN, WHO
YOU’LL -- WHO SHOWED HER POWER,
HER FIERCENESS, HER VISIONARY,
THE HISTORY MAKING THAT SHE WILL
BE AS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS.
SOMEONE WHO WAS -- WHO SPENT HER
CAREER IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.
AND SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT
THE PAIN THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING
RIGHT NOW IN THE MOMENT.
AND ALSO THE CRISES, THE
MULTIPLE CRISES WE ARE IN.
AND ALSO WHAT YOU SAW IS SOMEONE
WHO IS READY TO SERVE, SOMEONE
READY TO BE PARTNER WITH JOE
BIDEN ON DAY ONE TO TURN THIS
NATION AROUND WHEN WE GET THERE
INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.
BUT ALSO -- SHE ALSO DID
SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY
CRITICAL AND KEY AND WHAT
SOMEONE ELSE SAID REALLY EARLY
ON AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW WHICH
IS THAT SHE SAID THE STAGE FOR
JOE BIDEN.
SHE PERFECTLY DID THAT FOR THE
MAIN ATTRACTION JOE BIDEN
TONIGHT.
>> I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT
GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION LAST
NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE CORONAVIRUS AND HOW IT HAS
HIT MINORITY COMMUNITIES
ESPECIALLY HARD.
WATCH THIS.
>> THIS VIRUS, IT HAS NO EYES,
AND YET IT KNOWS EXACTLY HOW WE
SEE EACH OTHER AND HOW WE TREAT
EACH OTHER.
AND LET’S BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO
VACCINE FOR RACISM.
WE HAVE GOT TO DO THE WORK.
>> WHAT DOES THAT WORK LOOK
LIKE?
GIVE SMUSUS SOME SPECIFICS.
WHAT MORE CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO
TO FORCE THAT CHANGE IN AMERICA?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO NAME WHAT’S HAPPENING
HERE, WHICH IS WHAT JOE BIDEN
DID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN
WE SAW THE UPRISING THAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE STREET.
TALK ABOUT ONE OF THIS COUNTRY’S
FIRST ORIGINAL SINS.
THE RACISM, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO
TAKE THAT ON.
NOT DIVIDE US AS A COUNTRY BUT
BRING US TOGETHER AND HAVING A
REAL CONVERSATION, BRINGING
FORTH REAL POLICIES.
AND WE SEE THIS.
WE SEE THE RACIAL INEQUITIES
WITH COVID-19, WITH THE ECONOMY.
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CRISES IN
THIS MOMENT THAT WE’RE TRYING TO
MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT IS WHAT A BIDEN/HARRIS
TICKET HAS DONE.
THOSE ARE THE POLICIES THEY HAVE
PUT FORWARD.
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS THAT
REALLY TOUCHES ON EVERYONE, THAT
REALLY LIFTS UP EVERYONE WHETHER
IT’S THE ECONOMY, WHETHER IT’S
DEALING IN HEALTH CARE BECAUSE
OF THE DISPARITIES WE’VE SEEN
FOR SO MANY YEARS.
EVERY NIGHT THIS NIGHT, WE HAVE
SEEN A CONVENTION, A DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION THAT HAS SHOWN THAT
HAS REALLY SHOWN THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC THAT THIS IS WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS THE VOICE AND THE SOUND
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM REAL PEOPLE
EVERY DAY IN THIS CONVENTION
MAKING SURE THEY’RE REPRESENTED.
MAKING SURE THAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO
THEM.
WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE
ARE UNITED.
WE’RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DIVIDE.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO PUT CHAOS
FORWARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WHEN IT COMES TO COVID, WE’RE
NOT GOING TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT
IT IS.
THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE REAL
ISSUES.
AND NOT ONLY THAT.
NOT ONLY DO WE TALK ABOUT COVID,
HEALTH CARE.
WE TALKED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE
EXPAND -- HOW DO WE NOT REPEAL
HEALTH CARE?
WE TALKED ABOUT REDUCING GUN
VIOLENCE.
THIS IS WHAT THE PARTY IS ALL
ABOUT.
AND TONIGHT, JOE BIDEN IS GOING
TO CONTINUE, HE’S GOING TO LAY
OUT HIS VISION FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THIS IS A MAN WHO WAS MET, WHO
WAS MEANT TO LEAD US IN THIS
AMENDMENT.
THIS IS A MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS
THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE
PEOPLE’S HOUSE.
THAT HIS JOB IS NOT ABOUT --
IT’S NOT ABOUT HIMSELF, IT’S
ABOUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND
THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO SEE, AND
THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
TONIGHT AND MOVING FORWARD.
>> THIS IS A PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
EVERYBODY IS VOTING.
BUT IT’S THE SWING STATES.
IT’S THE SWING STATES THAT COUNT
MOST.
LET’S TALK WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN,
IOWA.
WHAT VOTERS DOES SENATOR HARRIS
BRING TO THE POLLS?
WHO ARE THEY?
>> LOOK, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING AS A
CAMPAIGN, AND I THINK THIS
TICKET SHOWS IS THAT WE’RE GOING
TO BUILD A COALITION.
WE’RE GOING TO EXCITE OUR BASE.
THAT’S THE KEY HERE.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO A
KEY CONSTITUENCY.
THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE’RE
GOING TO WIN AS DEMOCRATS IN
NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE BRING
THAT SAME COALITION THAT WE SAW
WITH THE OBAMA/BIDEN TICKET AND
BUILD FROM THAT.
AND THAT’S WHAT KAMALA HARRIS
BRINGS TO THE TICKET.
THAT ALSO SHOWS WHAT JOE BIDEN’S
LEADERSHIP IS.
AND WE’VE BEEN DOING THAT
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE
OTHER SIDE, PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO
DIVIDES, WHO TALKS TO HIS SMALL
BASE.
HE’S NOT EXPANDING HIS BASE.
THAT’S HOW WE WIN IN THE STATES
YOU MENTIONED.
WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA,
MICHIGAN.
IT GOES ON AND ON.
ALL THOSE KEY BATTLEGROUND
STATES THAT WE -- THAT HELPS US