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latosha brown, let's begin with you.r response to president biden dropping out of the presidential race and almost immediately endorsing kamala harris and what you think should happen next. >> i think he was courageous and had a lot of integrity in doing that. i think it has created a whole different kind of energy that has gone in the party. i think it was a really smart moved away i think you made the announcement and separated the two announcements. what josÉ going forward, this is a moment the party -- we have less than four months. we have a major threat to democracy on the others of the trump and vance ticket. this is the time i think we need to be organizing, buckle down, and literally go forward going into this convention not necessarily saying an open process. i think there should be a process of the rules committee set in place but let's be clear, there were 14 million people in the primary that voted for the biden-harris ticket. with the full endorsement -- i don't think was just about personality what people
latosha brown, let's begin with you.r response to president biden dropping out of the presidential race and almost immediately endorsing kamala harris and what you think should happen next. >> i think he was courageous and had a lot of integrity in doing that. i think it has created a whole different kind of energy that has gone in the party. i think it was a really smart moved away i think you made the announcement and separated the two announcements. what josÉ going forward, this is a...
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latosha brown, it will be an interesting year to be an organizer. >> fair in my phone.f you know any, you will hear from them. >> they are not assist -- side group. >>> there has been some news breaking. one of the things we started talking about was the process and what needs to happen in order for the torch to pass from president biden to vice president harris says the next nominee. a lot has happened just since we have been on the air. now it is three state parties. north carolina, south carolina and tennessee where those parties are officially pledging their delegates to vice president harris. north carolina, south carolina and tennessee they are pledging to kamala harris. we know there was a phone call of all the state shares that happened this evening. we are going to be speaking with the tennessee chair. both to talk about that but also the decision that all delegates are now being moved to harris. there is also interest in reporting, the finance chair of the victory fund which is the big one. the joint committee. the national finance chair tells nbc, after a day
latosha brown, it will be an interesting year to be an organizer. >> fair in my phone.f you know any, you will hear from them. >> they are not assist -- side group. >>> there has been some news breaking. one of the things we started talking about was the process and what needs to happen in order for the torch to pass from president biden to vice president harris says the next nominee. a lot has happened just since we have been on the air. now it is three state parties....
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i'm joined by latosha brown, cofounder of black voters matter and founder of the southern black girls consortium. when all of the talk started about whether biden should stay or go, there was one person i wanted to talk to and you were on vacation. please come back to america so i can talk to you. you are one of the signatories. it's up to more than 2,000 or maybe 2600 melanie campbell texts me, 2600 black women have signed this letter urging president biden to not leave the race. explain to me why you think not, and also, as somebody who would actually be the person trying to turn out votes, what do you make of this idea that he cannot win the election? >> you know, there's three things kind of why we wrote the letter and even a week before that, we put out a statement saying this is not the time for us to go in being confused and for chaos. people need clarity, and we need to literally do the work and go move forward. ultimately, what we wanted to make sure is we are sending a sign loud and clear that at this late in the game, to really be able to make, to create when we have not he
i'm joined by latosha brown, cofounder of black voters matter and founder of the southern black girls consortium. when all of the talk started about whether biden should stay or go, there was one person i wanted to talk to and you were on vacation. please come back to america so i can talk to you. you are one of the signatories. it's up to more than 2,000 or maybe 2600 melanie campbell texts me, 2600 black women have signed this letter urging president biden to not leave the race. explain to me...
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geoff: latosha brown -- laura: latosha brown said one of the young people she has been talking to wasnees who said she was on board -- her niece who said she was not happy about president biden running. i spoke to an arizona organizer who said that the shift has already happened and they have been knocking on doors, that they used to hear questions about whether or not president biden was going to stay in the race and now, they are more energized and some undecided latinos in that state are saying they are curious about harris and they want to learn more about her. geoff: let's return to this issue of young voters. what is your reporting suggesting about that? amna: we spent some time in michigan. my producer and i. in april, we held a roundtable with young voters under the age of 30 including two young women of color. one of them is an uncommitted voter, those voters who are not happy about president biden's response to israel and gaza and she said that she is unsure if she will vote for harris but that she is much more open to her then she wants to president biden and we also checke
geoff: latosha brown -- laura: latosha brown said one of the young people she has been talking to wasnees who said she was on board -- her niece who said she was not happy about president biden running. i spoke to an arizona organizer who said that the shift has already happened and they have been knocking on doors, that they used to hear questions about whether or not president biden was going to stay in the race and now, they are more energized and some undecided latinos in that state are...
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i want to bring in latosha brown, latosha, thank you for being here. we talked the other day as the democratic party was in a different place, where there was still this kind of escalating campaign from donors and members, for president biden to step down now that has happened, from an organizers point of view, because one thing that really stood out to me and a lot of civil rights organizations, they said wait a minute, the group doesn't seem to be at this table deciding this decision were the people with the turnout votes. that is why i was so excited to talk to you the other day on my show. how are you processing, and how is your organization processing this news that president biden will not be the nominee and that he has now endorsed vice president harris? >> i have literally gotten phone calls nonstop. i do want to lift up the integrity and character and courage that president biden had, and you know, part of what we are getting called up with elections around personalities because of who we have, trump on the other side, and the millions of peop
i want to bring in latosha brown, latosha, thank you for being here. we talked the other day as the democratic party was in a different place, where there was still this kind of escalating campaign from donors and members, for president biden to step down now that has happened, from an organizers point of view, because one thing that really stood out to me and a lot of civil rights organizations, they said wait a minute, the group doesn't seem to be at this table deciding this decision were the...
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. >> they say harris should not be constrained to picking a straight white man, latosha brown. she is the co-founder of the voter outreach group, black voters matter. and she's encouraging democrats to think outside out of the box. she argues a bold choice will only extend the momentum. democrats are currently enjoying, and that americans are ready for something different. erin? >> all right, eva, thank you very much. i want to go out from now to mayor victor trevino, the mayor of laredo, texas home to one of the largest border crossing points in the u.s. and i know merrick, you were just is that the vice president harris, his residence in washington for that event with latino community leaders. i appreciate your time you know, interesting what eva was talking about that organization that's saying that she does not need to go with a straight white male in terms of her vice presidential selection. so far we do know at least from the shortlist that we've reported, several governors are on it. does senator, a cabinet secretary they're not all straight. they are all white they are
. >> they say harris should not be constrained to picking a straight white man, latosha brown. she is the co-founder of the voter outreach group, black voters matter. and she's encouraging democrats to think outside out of the box. she argues a bold choice will only extend the momentum. democrats are currently enjoying, and that americans are ready for something different. erin? >> all right, eva, thank you very much. i want to go out from now to mayor victor trevino, the mayor of...
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brown and cliff albright.probably doesn't even know who they are from black voters matter who actually doing the real work that people who are knocking on doors, who are registered voters and what we're doing is we're highlighting that disconnect within our party, something that was it took someone like bronco bomber to bring those factions together and he went whomever, if, if president biden is someone who steps aside when kamala harris assumes that role. if that's the case, then she may be somebody who can unify that. but my disappointment lies in the inability for us to two to lead this country at a time where we need to be able to keep our business outside of the tabloids to want to run two morning joe in the morning and sit down across from him and and continue to bastardized president of the united states to have these disconnects. like we saw yesterday from a former leader. i mean, i'm just disappointed from top down. and what we're going to have to now and then as someone who comes in somebody who com
brown and cliff albright.probably doesn't even know who they are from black voters matter who actually doing the real work that people who are knocking on doors, who are registered voters and what we're doing is we're highlighting that disconnect within our party, something that was it took someone like bronco bomber to bring those factions together and he went whomever, if, if president biden is someone who steps aside when kamala harris assumes that role. if that's the case, then she may be...
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brown, telling me this afternoon, the bottom line is now that we are ready to go, we are grateful for biden surface and that's why we fought with him for him until the end. we expect the full democratic apparatus to now support vice president harris. and if they don't, they will lose and so these are the voices that really should be listened to at this moment because they are so key to the democratic coalition. lots of those black female organizers will be he on a phone call tonight she's been very active in the last few weeks out there, very visible on the campaign trail. >> and she has been raising significant sums of money for the democratic ticket as well. and you've been there along the way watching it all unfold. xi clearly, i assume, was bracing for this possibility well, she certainly wasn't telegraphing that the wolf everyone on her team was really disciplined. she was really on message. she was focusing on reproductive rights. she had events with former republican women in michigan trying to show in that pivotal battleground state that the administration could be one that ha
brown, telling me this afternoon, the bottom line is now that we are ready to go, we are grateful for biden surface and that's why we fought with him for him until the end. we expect the full democratic apparatus to now support vice president harris. and if they don't, they will lose and so these are the voices that really should be listened to at this moment because they are so key to the democratic coalition. lots of those black female organizers will be he on a phone call tonight she's been...