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cause of this country is larger than any one of us, and those of us who cherish that cause cherish it so much, a cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. in recent weeks it's become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavor. i believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term, but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so i've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. >> president biden expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the honor and privilege of serving in elected office for so many decades. he also discussed what he still has left to do in his last six months, even making a little news tonight by saying one of the thing he's going to work on

is supreme court reform, something he was long resistant to. we have had reporting that something like this was in the works, but tonight but the first time we heard the president confirm it. and as president biden voluntarily relinquished some power tonight, he urged the american people to use their power to defend democracy. quote, the great thing about america is here kings and dictators do not rule. the people do. history is in your hands, the power is in your hands. the idea of america lies in your hands. joy, you know, rachel mentioned this, and it stuck out to me as well, the idea of america is something he talked about repeatedly in his remarks tonight. it's also something jd vance talked about and refuted in his convention speech saying america is not an idea, it is a nation. >> yeah. >> and it is, you know, as a nation it is dictated by these certain ideals. there's a fundamental disconnect, or there's a debate, shall i say, a raging one about what this country actually is.

>> yeah. >> and i wonder when you think about this speech -- we're thinking about it from the perspective of president biden's audience and the democratic party, but there's another group of people who are also listening to this tonight, including former president trump and jd vance. >> and the thing that's so fascinating is that joe biden's age would -- you would think match jd vance's vibe and beliefs, right? you would think jd vance is the one that's 82 years old -- the generation that joe biden came from is the generation when women stayed in the home. what was the generation when women couldn't open a bank account without their husband's permission. and yet he, to the point of evolution, has become someone who republicans think of as this woke, darn near communist. and he is one of the most centrist figures in democratic 30 party politics where to a point for a time he was thought of as too far to the right for a

lot of young democrats. and yet his views are so much more youthful than jd vance. jd vance's retrograde beliefs about women, about divorce, about whether they should be able to leave abusive relationships, get an abortion, his wildly retrograde views on race, joe biden is of the generation who you would think would have these views on race, but it's jd vance who has the young presentation but these very old fashioned views. and so it's sort of -- it's almost as if donald trump was trying to help the democrats become, you know, retain the white house by picking somebody who represents the odd sort of generation -- that many men of joe biden's generation have let go. why can't the republican eparty let it go? and they're still to this day using such vile, misogynistic, ugly, racist attacks against kamala harris, against vice

president kamala harris. as if there is anybody in a majority of america that would embrace that in a political party, it makes no sense. >> it also gets to where the selection is going to be decided. i mean, nobody who was at the republican convention cheering the selection of jd vance is anyone that any campaign should ever think of again, right? the last 106 days are the six or seven battleground states that will determine the election. there's nobody they persuaded with that. it was a choice born out of the luxury of their cockiness and hubris. because donald trump could not contemplate relinquishing power for something bigger than himself, because joe biden could never contemplate serving the country -- i'm sorry, donald trump would never econtemplate that, none of these -- not tonight's speech, not the decision to leave the ticket, not the decision to bestow all

that power and prestige of the first very successful, very popular term as president on his vice president, they are totally befuddled. they have no idea what to do. and they'll regroup. i mean, and they may land simply where they are now, on the misogyny and the hate -- they'll regroup. you see adam kin singer and kevin mccarthy, lifelong republicans, admonishing the racist and misogynistic attacks. >> you see members of the house republican caucus saying, hey, cool it on the racist language. as tim miller said, if you have to send out a memo saying don't be racist, chances are, you might be racist. >> well, i mean, truly. it just goes to show that to nicole and joy's point, that they didn't contemplate this. and because they do -- they cannot debate the merits of it, right? the one thing they want to talk about is the border. joe biden said in his speech tonight, border crossings are at the lowest that they've been in my presidency, lower than the

last president, donald trump. he didn't say his name, but that is a fact. the border is what they want to go to, and because they can't go to the border because that opens the conversation about donald trump and how he literally called house republicans and senate reps and told them -- instead of putting the country first and what the country needed. they can't talk about that, so they've resorted to racism and sexism. and i -- i think it would behoove democrats not to take the bait on it. they want to get mired down in a conversation about racism and sexism. they would like people to spend, you know, all five minutes in an interview explaining what dei really is. >> yeah. >> and that is a -- it needs to be called out. sit a distraction. but the -- it's the culture wars. and the culture wars, they are a distraction, but also they're a playbook. it's always been a playbook. it's especially been the playbook donald trump has run out of. and in this moment, i think that has just been highlighted more than ever. like donald -- all that talk about donald trump changing last week, that the very real

assassination attempt on his life somehow made him spiritual and the tone is going to be different and the lord is now speaking to him, okay, well, that's not the jesus i know. the jesus i know don't talk like that. >> it's such an astute point, and a good bit of strategy, simone. what has been so overpowering in the last four days is -- or three days, it feels like 19 -- is the optimism, the positivity, the good vibes, i mean, it's been so missing from american politics for what feels like 100 years, and i think, you know, democrats would do well to stay -- i mean, channelling the great michelle obama, you know, when they go low, we go high. obviously, people have had to get in the mud pit a little bit. >> sometimes you got to kick them in the knees now. >> fair enough. but there is something to this moment, you know, if you can keep it elevated, if you can -- people like feeling good. >> yes. there and they felt really bad for a long time. >> that is so true. and we spoke with -- every day's a continuum, so i don't know what day this was -- but we

spoke with senator cory booker about this the other night. he is probably one of the most optimistic people in the senate. it is just such a wonderful quality about him. when i asked him about this, he basically said she's going to define her own race. i mean, she is who she is. i mean, campaign, right? she is who she is, she's got to be fierce and strong, right? but you can't, to simone's point, take the bait and litigate every one of these things. when there's a bully, vladimir putin is a good example, you've got to punch them back. verbally, verbally, right? you can't go down the rabbit hole with them. that's what we've learned from a lot of people. some of these attacks -- as nicole has been saying, they can't quite figure out what their whole message is here -- so are a little hilarious. one is that she has not birthed a child. this is one of the things out there, right, to which the great -- sometimes twit ser crazy, sometimes it's good, and one of the hit backs on this -- because there's a lot of people hitting back on the k hive, you know who's never birthed a child?

anyone who sat in the oval office. >> that's real talk. good point. >> you've got to move back to the issues at hand, abortion rights, freedom, other things that matter. >> by the way, she has helped raise children. she is a stepmother. in the 21st century, if you can't get with the idea of a blended family, you are living under a rock. >> as a stepmother i took great offense. >> as a mother i took offense. >> it is a math -- it's just an equation of how many people can you add. they added nothing at their convention. the attacks on step moms, on people saying you're not a mom if you haven't given birth, that's attacking suburban women. how are you add something you've added jd vance who is literally -- there's an ap story about him and a couch, which is inappropriate even for primetime. i don't even want to discuss it, but if that's what you're doing, who are you adding with these -- the problem that they have is that joe biden definitely overperformed with white men. and so that is what vice president harris has to look at,

right? she has to perform as well as hillary clinton did with white women, get very close there, and perform as well with groups of color. and then she'll probably add a running mate that will help her with men, but at least they're thinking about the math. >> yeah. >> i don't see any evidence that the trump campaign is thinking about adding anyone. do they think that they can win with the 70 million loss last time? >> i think joe biden -- i mean, donald trump looks at the polls as sort of frozen in time. and i think he saw that he was ahead, picked jd vance, and he never contemplated a man like joe biden. i mean, it's the reason from the time he first was impeached, impeached twice. the fist time was about knocking out joe biden. >> joe biden, yeah. >> i mean, he continues to underestimate both joe biden's commitment to the country -- >> absolutely. >> -- how fiercely he will fight to save democracy -- >> mm-hmm. >> -- and the moves strategically he will make. they did not see this coming. >> when we talk about the negativity, the cloud of grievance that is just hovering

over the trump campaign, we should reflect back at just the gratitude that's been expressed by this president but also by the people in the white house that serve with him. tonight we have -- saying after the president's remarks he let left the oval for a few minutes and had a private moment with his family the the dining room. and then he took a photo with tv poolers and a separate photo with white house communication agency personnel. very nice of you as a former white house pooler, i will say thank you. and then he walked out to the rose garden where hundreds of staff awaited the president to surprise him with rousing and lengthy cheering. that's a picture from tonight. that's a surprise thank you, president biden moment. white house staff, the president grabbed a mic and addressed the staff for several minutes. jen, you know -- >> i love that. you know, after he did his first state of the union, we all waited right in the hallway when you walk off -- when you walk

out of the beast, as they call it. and we all waited. now, we waited for over an hour because he spent so much time shaking hands, it was like he was never coming. we were doing chants, we were doing cheers, it was a long time to cheer for him. simone said a lot of wonderful things, one of the things she said that was exactly how i felt, was when i started working for him i did not work on the campaign. i was worried i wouldn't be able to connect with him because i hadn't had that time. when you're press secretary and the spokesperson, you need that relationship. i felt a couple of weeks into that job like i had known him forever, because he has this way of engaging with people that is very down to earth, right? it is very pull up a chair at the desk, let's chat about what's going on and what people are asking about, and by the way, how are your kids? that's how w.h.o. he is, and i think that's one of the things you're seeing with the emotions of staff who are watching, the people who are waiting outside to cheer him on in the rose garden is that deep connection. not just with people of his yen

ration, with many, many people who are much younger than that. >> you see people weeping there, white house staff, joy? >> it is, you know, human. it's so human. and you actually have somebody that created affection rather than fear in the people around them. you get the sense that with donald trump, everyone around is just terrified and worried that he is going to attack them, tweet at them, or i guess they don't tweet anymore, whatever they're going to do. but there isn't this sense of affection. it's a cult mania, but it's not that, you know? it is a difference. it's a difference. all right, well, we've got -- we were talking -- you were just talking a little bit a moment ago, alex, about the lack of sort, joy. the joy is back in the democratic campaign. well, today president kamala harris delivered the keynote speech at a convention in minneapolis. she thanked the sorority for years of political advocacy. >> and for generations, the fine women of the sorority u

incorporated have fought to build that brighter future. and i will tell you when i was a united states senator, i would see this group of powerful leaders walking through the halls of congress in white and blue, and i always knew i was looking at some of the most powerful advocates for justice in america. truly. >> okay, she's vice president at the moment, but the president of the sorority, dr. stacey, introduced the vice president at that event today, and she joins us now. dr. grant, thank you so much for being here. first of all, just let us know how was it to be in that room with the vice president and presidential candidate? >> good evening, joy. it was magical. it's amazing to think that we are the first stop on the road to history having the sitting

vice president and presumptive democratic presidential nominee address us. even the vice president said the energy in this room is just amazing. it was an exciting opportunity to hear about the wins from the biden/harris administration. we, as our organization is nonpartisan, we don't tell our member who is to vote for, but we create space for them to make the choices that will affect not only their households but the communities that we serve. it's critical that we stick to the facts, to the truth, to what information is actually happening on the ground and not to get caught up with distractions that take us away from the opportunity for this country to create equity and access for everyone as the final women amplify extraordinary power of she through legacy, leadership, and impact. >> well, of course, vice president harris is a member of

alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated, one of the members of the divine nine, and of course, along with your sorority, the reality is if she becomes president of the united states, she would be the first howard university graduate to be president, obviously the first woman, the first asian american woman, the first african american woman, but she would also be the first member of the divine nine. and so -- >> yes. >> -- what does that mean in terms of the enthusiasm level that we're seeing potentially on college campuses. i know in my sorority, it's something like 300,000 members around this country a lot of them on college campuses. i'm sure with the zetas as well. what kind of activism should we look to see? what kind of enthusiasm? these are collegiate groups. >> collegiate groups and graduate members. we stay throughout our lifetime. and we collectively are unified in our approach to educate and

mobilize our members to get out to vote. all of us are committed, my colleagues of the divine nine, the other presidents of the other eight organizations, we are working together to make sure we are educating the electorate. they understand what's at stake, that we stick to informing and educating opportunity where is our members can support the community in getting access to the right information so they can make informed decisions at the poll in november. but the history that we get to make together is something that you can't really put into words. to think that someone who made history already as the first female vice president of these united states is now at the point where she is offering her continued excellence in leadership, her heart for this country, and truly america's top lady when you think about what

she has already done, her track record of success, no matter where you land across the aisle, you have to admit that this is an exciting time for the united states of america. >> i can see that you're just a little bit excited about this, as are so many, all of them, i'm not going to speak for the whole d9, but i will, because the members are thrilled. >> top lady. there's another top lady that's released a statement tonight, nancy pelosi, who played a fairly consequential role. tonight we saw president joe biden, one of america's most consequential presidents, show that he is not only on the right side of history but the right side of the knewture. america has been blessed by the wisdom and magnificent leadership of president joe biden has he has protected our democracy and lead our nation with progress, hope, and unity. he has made a tangible difference in the lives of the

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we must continue to stand together in defense of freedom. we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will make sure then that every american has the ability to cast their ballot and have it counted. >> vice president kamala harris has gained some truly incredible momentum in just the first three days of her presidential campaign. the numbers are dizzying. 44,000 black women mobilized on zoom sunday night raising $1.5 million for harris. in sunday's virtual win with

black men event, $1.3 million was raised. tonight latinas for harris are meeting as are south asian women for harris. and tomorrow night shannon watts is leading a virtual meeting of white women more harris. the campaign says its raised more than $126 million as of sunday. more than 100,000 new volunteers signing up across the country. according to vote.org, 38,500 new voters registered in the first 48 hours of the harris campaign. wow, jen? >> joining us now to talk about what he's going to do with all of that excitement and energy is the chairman of the democratic national committee, jamie harrison. i'm not going to go through all the numbers again because they are astounding. joy just gave a summary of them. there's such a tremendous amount of energy and excitement behind vice president harris and her as the presumptive nominee, but you're saying everything publicly, but you're in charge of all of the behind the scenes

me cans mek nations. >> well, jen, before i answer that, can i just give our president his flowers? >> and i was going to ask you about that, don't you worry, but yes please, go ahead. >> i just want to start this off, everybody knows how much i adore joe biden, and tonight's speech was masterful. joe biden's a good man. he's a decent man. he's a selfless man. and i can tell you this, folks, donald trump could have never, never given the speech that joe biden gave tonight. and i don't know if there's anybody in american politics, there are very few who could. and so i just want to say thank you, mr. president, thank you for what you have done for this nation. thank you for making this party the strongest party it has ever been. so thank you, jen, for allowing

me to do that. listen, there is so much excitement in the democratic party right now. i have not seen this much mobilization and energy in such a short window of time, probably not since, you know, the obama convention time, right, when people saw him in that stadium and there was so much energy across the party, but we see that right now in the democratic paurty, and it's amazing. and we're just trying to -- this is the great thing, for the last three and a half years, thanks to joe biden and kamala harris, we've been able to rebuild all of the parties in our 50 states so that they can now accommodate this energy and focus this energy into doing the grassroots activities that are necessary to win these close elections, and that's what we're going to do. and that's a stark contrast to the republican party. it doesn't have any field offices. they don't have any ground game. they're just hoarding money, i guess to pay donald trump's

legal bills. >> that is the theory. well, i know you love joe biden and thank you for saying that at the top, i know that means so much to so many people who are watching who love him, heard the speech, and felt the same way. so let me ask you, there's been a couple of big moments in the last months, weeks, the past few hours, one is the vice president selecting her running mate, but you've given deadline, not just you, the democratic national committee, has given a deadline of two weeks from now in order to make sure these two names can be on the state ballots, because their deadline is shortly after that. again, you're not going to give me names, but i'm sure you've thought about the qualities of a person that you would like to see or pick as a partner, as a running mate, talk to us a little bit about that. >> first and foremost, i think loyalty. you know, one of the things -- i grew up at the knee of jim

clyburn, and one of the things i learned in politics is you've got to be loyal. she needs -- joe biden as vice president was loyal to barack obama, and she has been loyal to joe biden. so if she is the nominee, the thing that i would suggest to her is get somebody that is loyal, that shares a similar vision for where they want to take the nation and what they want to do for the party, because i think that's also an important thing to understand that, yes, you will be the number one and number two in the nation, but you're also the number one and two in the party, and there's an obligation there as well to grow that. so to push forth the agenda for the party on a local level up to the federal level and just, you know, find somebody who will enjoy doing this work and getting out on that campaign and have fun. have fun talking with the american people. i think, you know, watching the vice president in wisconsin, she was on that stage, and she was having fun. she was having a good time.

and when you do that, the walls drop, and you're able to engage and connect with people in that way where you remember back in the day they said with george bush, i want to have a beer with him. let me tell you, hanging out with the vp and doug emhoff, the second gentleman, you like hanging out with them because they're good and they're fun. so if she is the nominee in the end as we go through this vote, i say have somebody that you like hanging out with that shares your vision, that shares your passion for where you want to take this nation. >> i love that. also, j d vance doesn't look like he's having fun. i can just assess that. dnc chairman jamie harrison, thank you so much for joining us. you have a lot on your plate, we appreciate your time. >> thank you, everybody. >> i have someone i like hanging out with who can also maybe help you with wisconsin. let's be real. we've got a lot more ahead, including senator cory booker,

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my fellow americans, it's been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years. nowhere else on earth could a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in delaware one day sit behind the resolute december income the oval office as president of the united states, but here i am. that's what's so special about america. we are a nation of promise and possibilities, of dreamers and doers, of ordinary americans doing extraordinary things. >> that was president biden telling the american public in a remarkable television address why he is leaving the democratic ticket. joining us now is new jersey senator cory booker. senator, thank you for being here. i know that you are invested in this ticket, the former ticket

of biden and harris and now the presumed ticket of kamala harris in a way that few others are. i wonder what you thought of the president's remarks tonight from the oval office. >> i think if you pull back the lens, i think we saw something amazing in american history. you know, joe biden began his career in washington 50 years ago at a time of unimaginable personal tragedy. the death of his wife and his daughter in a car crash as a very young man. and if you follow the arc of his career, it's coming to a conclusion now at a time of astounding patriotic triumph. he's a man that not only has had perhaps the most successful four-year presidency of my lifetime, but he's also shown a masters class in honor, dignity, and putting country first. i will tell you i have had ten years in washington, and my career started with joe biden. he asked me to raise my hand and swear my oath of office. and part of that oath is to

defend the constitution. i said those words, but tonight we saw joe biden live them to defend the constitution, to defend the democracy. he said he was stepping down because of that threat and the need to unify a party but really a desire to unify the country. so this is, to me, like witnessing one of the great fighters in a way like a great prize fighter who's been knocked down many times in his career but always got up, who faced impossible odds, and over performed. and tonight is the night that i think all of us in america, democrat, independent, republican should give honor to a great man. >> yeah, it was a real moment of true statesmanship. i, you know, i think we're all with you on the sort of seriousness, the gravity of the moment, hearing what the president had to say, but at the same time, you know, looking towards the future as the president did several times in this speech and just in the news

of the hour, there's certainly a lot of hope and momentum on the democratic side of the aisle. and i wonder if you could sort of give us the view from the nat where there's some tough races ahead, but it really feels like the sort of fundamental dynamic in this race has changed. what is it like amongst your democratic colleagues in the upper chamber? >> i think all of us feel like we've been through heart ache and pain and, you know, again, we all have this love for joe biden, but he knew, as many of us knew, that it was time to pass the torch. and almost with his courageous doing of that, it suddenly ignited this sense of joy. i mean, i hear from a long period of heavy hearts and worry and consternation to a period of joy, enthusiasm, excitement, and energy. and so what we're experiencing in the united states senate, i know is on the house side, but more importantly it's back in

jersey. i came out of states like philly -- states like pennsylvania, it's there in philly, in detroit, in wisconsin. the biggest 24-hour fundraising haul in the history of presidential politics for either party. people signing up to volunteer in the tens of thousands. this is a moment in america where we are turning a page, where we are seeing a generational shift, where we're going from the politics of the past to the politics of the future. and this race that's up just that, do people want us to go back to the time of donald trump and to the cynical, demeaning, degrading politics he represents that's about division, or do we want to go to the uplifting politics, the politics of hope and possibility that really lifts people up and doesn't tear them apart. i'm energized, and i know a lot of other folks in america are feeling it too. >> senator, as we talk about the

dynamics in the house and senate, there was a rare address to a joint session of congress by the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. i know you were in attendance at that speech, and i wonder if you could tell us a little bit about your decision to attend and also what you made of his remarks. >> yeah, well, i have to say, netanyahu has been one of the great disappointments in terms of his leadership from his undermining of his own democracy and doing horrific things that sent tens of thousands of people, which in america's terms would be hundreds of thousands of people, he's allowed federal violence and illegal settlements. he's undermined palestinian leadership, and ultimately on october 7th when other generals and those responsible for taking responsibility and willing to step down, he pointed fingers. and so it was a very tough decision to go. i didn't go for netanyahu. i have a lot of problems with

his leadership. i went because of the indispensable nature of the relationship between israel and the united states because of our shared values. and at this time, i'm hoping with president biden at the helm, we can bring a resolution to this crisis that brings hostages home, that ends the suffering of palestinians in gaza, and that ultimately ends -- brings about a permanent ceasefire and a just and lasting peace for israelis and palestinians. >> certainly president biden has said he is working towards that in his remarks tonight. senator booker, thank you for your time and thoughts. we really appreciate. >> thank you, thank you very much for having me. >> now that they are running against kamala harris, three little letters have taken over conservative politics, and i do not mean gop. i'm talking about dei, and so are republicans, even though their leadership has asked them to cut it out. that story is next, stay with us. story is next, stay wit us

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while democrats coalesce around kamala harris, elected republicans and conservative media are lobbying one of their favorite lines of attack at the de facto nominee, that she is a dei hire. >> the only reason kamala is in the white house is because of the dei deal biden cut with bernie to seal the nomination. >> and of course, her whole history is dei, diversity, exclusion, and equity. >> intellectually, just really

kind of the bottom of the barrel. i think she was a dei hire. >> she would be the queen of dei if she were elected. >> are you suggesting she was a dei hire? >> 100% she was a dei hire. >> this is, of course, one of the many conservative attacks on vice president harris, but these racially charged comments have gotten so bad that house republican leadership has stepped forward to tell its own members to basically knock it off and instead focus on vice president harris' record and not on her race and gender. i'm going to say it again, when you have to send a memo saying stop being racist, it's a good indicator that you're a racist. >> it is very problematic. i will also say again that i do not think democrats should spend their entire time discussing this. however, semicolon, it's important to call it out and address what they're saying.

this is something that not just black people, people of color period, women, they deal with often, someone suggesting in a meeting or at your workplace or you're standing in line at the starbucks that you are where you are because someone gave it to you. i regret to inform folks, but you know, women in this country, black women in this country especially, women of color, they do not get anything handed to them. okay? you have to -- you literally have to be three times, four times as good as the white man you are standing next to. sometimes you are 15 times better, and it is still not enough. they still question your qualifications. they still question your qualifications they all have the same experience. they said when we first moved in the neighborhood, they all lived in the neighborhood. people would come up to them anh say what does your husband do?

one woman's husband is very wo tall and they all said basketball. one woman is single and they kept coming up to her, neighbors, saying is your husband coming anytime soon? essentially saying how can you afford to live here if you don't have a man? this is a real phenomenon. like we saw with justice ketanji brown jackson. you have to address it and not get mired down in it. >> adam kinzinger pointed out, republican congressman adam kinzinger, that what makes this so ugly as it reveals a truth that is broadly held within hi republican circles. that white men by definition when they have a job earned it and deserve it and anyone but a white man is a dei hire, meaning it was handed to them without them earning it. george w. bush became president because his father was president. john f. kennedy in e many ways his political rise was because

his father paid for it. s paid for a film to be made about his service in world war ii to make them more popular. donald trump became president because he was on the apprentice. ce the reality is, if vice president kamala harris becomes president, she will become l president because she was a d.a. who got elected to be the attorney general in the largest state in the country, which could be its own country and where that was not done because the state of california is overwhelmingly black, it is only about 6% black, so she was elected by the broad spectrum as attorney general and then got elected to the united states te senate. meaning that she could not possibly be handed the jobs that she had because she had to are not a few votes, but millions of votes. she did not get elected in wyoming where there are more cows than human beings. t by definition she has earned every position, but to have

even women come forward and try to make salacious accusations about her and essentially undermine her and all of the voters who supported her. she was elected vice president as one of the most qualified people to ever take the office. much more so than dan quayle. i don't even remember what he did to become vice president. the reality is they are revealing not just to us on the panel, but to every suburban b voter in philadelphia. to every woman who has ever worked at a job where they felt passed over for a position that a man received or got the job and had it questioned. ue talking about women in general. i'm talking about anyone who has ever felt slighted. you can talk about working- class people. based on class they are told they don't deserve to be there. every person has a story about the moment you were told you don't belong here. all they are doing is turning those voters into voters for kamala harris. just as a matter of strategy it

is absolutely stupid. it is also deeply offensive. >> i am right with you on how revealing these attacks are of a certain worldview and i will say that extends to donald trump's favorite moniker or proposed moniker, laughing kamala harris. sophie gilbert is an astute observer of that phenomenon and writes in the atlantic the sort of history of tagging women as laughing. women who laugh in public have historically been associated with a lack of social modesty, with hysteria and even with madness. in assisting that her laugh is somehow a sign of depravity or narcotic induced, conservatives are doing their best to couple kamala harris and people subconscious with a specific reaction, discussed. >> first of all i love her laugh and i hope she continues it. it is also this effort that i think happens to women more than happens to men, to put people in a box. you can be joyful and have a

great laugh and also be serious and smart and a bad prosecutor. of course you can be both because human beings are both and that is what people need to remember. >> we contain multitudes. >> we contain multitudes. we are all many things. i hope that what joyce said is what happens. you see this in some of the reporting. to make people feel out there, women, yes, women of color, yes, that this is not possible. that the country is not ready to elect a black woman, and asian american women to the presidency. they are projecting that on people so that people feel le suppressed by that view and that is an important thing i think to call out, too. >> to keep alive the sense of possibility that is covering this moment. much more special coverage ahead of president biden's historic televised speech cementing his legacy and passing the torch. a huge night for the election.

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