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candidate and considered one of the best orators of his time. you to the front page of today's "new york times," headline there, kamala harris joins in ticket. -- biden ticket. a 55-year-old daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants. that picture of her on the front page of the new york times. we are getting your reaction to joe biden making his vp pick. the lines are open. .epublicans, (202) 748-8001 democrats, (202) 748-8000. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 debbie, flint, michigan. democrats. you are up. caller: i think it is a great pick. picking kamala harris is a not to the law and order crowd.

i am a retired paralegal. i think that joe may have done this to kind of put a damper on the defund the police. i don't think any of the moderate democrats believe that. kamala harris wants them to all wear the body cameras. i think that is a great idea. john, one more thing. you hear a lot of republicans pointing out people talking about defunding the police. i agree, the fund is not the proper word for it. however, the republicans have sat by and watched donald trump defund the epa, defund the consumer action bureau, defund the pandemic office. he has defunded the state department by not putting people in there. thes essentially defunding inspector general positions by firing them. great pickk it is a

for joe. i think a lot of people do not believe in defunding the police. i live in flint, michigan. we don't have horrible crime, but we still have crime. they've gotten that largely under control. i think flint, michigan, a lot of people ought to come to flint and see how we live here. we get along better than these it is more like 20% black and 80% white. host: that is debbie in flint, michigan. bedford, texas. republican. her thoughts on the pick? i really love c-span and i really want to tell you why. it is because of c-span that i have seen kamala harris legislate in the senate and i'm thankful for that, because even though she is a democrat i know who she is. she is a good person and you guys do a great service.

met: tony, since you gave the opening, kamala harris appearing on c-span 195 times. that is how many times she is in our video library. we open that up for anyone to view a special page highlighting her appearances at c-span.org. caller: do you know who else is? all of the other people who represent our government. thank you, c-span. i don't need snapshots from the internet or fox or any of the news channels when i can get c-span. thank you. host: thank you, tony. appreciate that. helen. reidsville, north carolina. independent. caller: i've got several things i want to comment on. , i think sometimes you let people talk way too long and deprive other people of their opinion. i would also like people to know agreement withan

kamala harris when that nondisclosure agreement of something that happened, i think when she was out in california. this woman will do and say anything to get elected. does when that she she was working in california is just absolutely pathetic. host: what is an example where you think she flip-flopped? about, well, she talks you know, the police and then now they want to, oh, it is not defunding the police. humiliated mr. kavanaugh in the hearings. her own daddy made a remark about her. i would like for people to find out about this disclosure agreement she signed.

don't let people talk so long, sir. you asked a question, let them answer it and go on. some people go for five minutes. you are depriving other people to voice their opinion. thank you and you have a good day. host: you have a great day too, helen. it comes to kamala harris' policies, the headline from the times today, she is aligned with biden, that is left of center. you were talking about policing and justice issues. this is what they had to say. ms. harris released plans outlining her vision for criminal justice reform and how to stand up for black america. as part of those plans, ms. harris called for ending mass incarceration, cash bail, and the death penalty, creating a , making attending historically black colleges free for students.

stand on capital punishment has drawn scrutiny as san francisco's district attorney ms. harris, -- -- as attorney general she appealed this decision, declaring california's death penalty law unconstitutional. perhaps the most memorable moment of her campaign came during the first round of the democratic primary debates when ms. harris confronted mr. biden about his recollections of working with segregationist in the senate. up about hered personal history with school busing. [video clip] >> there was personal and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their thetation and career on segregation of race in this country. butit was not only that, you also worked with them to oppose busing.

it was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools. and she was bused to school every day. and that little girl was me. so, i will tell you that on this subject it cannot be an intellectual debate among the crowds. have to take it seriously. we have to act swiftly. as attorney general i was proud to put in place a requirement that all of my special agents would wear body cameras and keep those cameras on. biden namedday joe kamala harris as his running mate in the 2020 election. taking your phone calls, getting your thoughts about that news. sherry, dallas, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i love the idea that biden chose harris. this is wonderful.

it is time for a change and a change is coming. think this makes people any more likely to vote for joe biden? do you think this changes the dynamic of the race? caller: yes. he get that not only do more votes for black people, but he get votes for white people, men, young people who are coming out of high school -- excuse me, coming out of college. i think this is an awesome decision overall rate i am overwhelmed with the decision they made. this is great. you can really tell that times are changing. and it is time for times to change. host: i should note that joe biden and kamala harris set to appear today in wilmington, delaware. we are expecting to see that event at some point today.

c-span.org for listings and timings on that. , republican.lorida good morning, you are next. caller: good morning. how is it going? host: going well. caller: the first thing i would like to say is, the democratic devious the party of tactics and subterfuge. all they want to do is get in power. what they charge the conservative party and the principles is that they are guilty of what they are attacking us for. because joe biden is a racist, kamala harris's anti-police. she was an attorney general, so it seems to me that they are getting everything backwards. they want open borders.

down in california -- this is , they- the high school had a meeting for parents. and the parents who could not speak spanish had earphones on to interpret the meeting that was held in spanish. i think this country is going to the dogs. anything goes is what the democratic party stands for, as long as they get in power. it is sad because this country was not built on those kinds of machinations that they are putting in place right now. host: sean is next. baltimore. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say that i am extremely disappointed in this pic. i'm so disappointed to the point -- let me just say, i am a black trump. does not support this might make me support from. i'm tired of the pandering.

kamala harris is far-left. it is ridiculous. this pic really angered me, what sheid you hear said about health care? she wanted to get rid of insurance. then she went back on it. he knew with the question was. he wanted to get rid of insurance. she wanted state run insurance. also, she hates school choice. i am for school choice. i like public schools, but i think in the black community, in the hood, we need school choice. kavanaugh, treated that was ridiculous. i'm not saying kavanaugh is in a , ite, but at the same time was no type of evidence. they couldn't prove he did do it, so if you didn't like the man, just vote no and keep it

moving. host: who would you have liked to have seen? caller: maybe jennings. what made me mad about joe biden was, why did he get pushed into this corner saying, hey, when they ask him about, are you going to pick a woman? he could have said, i'm going to pledge to pick the best candidate. it is getting crazy. i'm getting tired of the democrats, i'm getting tired of the last -- left. left thinks they can talk for black people. 81% of black people want police. let me tell you, i used to be all for democrats but it is really, these leftists, the democrats will not condemn anti fa.

these people are out of their minds. they need to look at what happened to the soviet union. they need to look at cuba. it is bananas. woke,woke folks, they are but they don't know what malcolm x said about the white liberals. i see it happening. my whole point is, kamala harris it.joe biden, i can't do i'm not voting joe biden. i can't say i'm going to vote for trump. i most definitely i'm not voting democrat. host: that is sean in baltimore. sean said he could have seen himself supporting val demings. here is a few of her tweets from yesterday after the harris pic was announced. a girlings writing, for who grew up poor, black, and female and the south, to be considered has been an incredible honor. she writes, to see a black woman

--inated promises to ticket restore america's faith that we can defeat covid-19 and restore honor and integrity to the white house. and expand access to health care and opportunity for all. some of the comments from val demings. she had several more tweets yesterday. charles is in north carolina, a democrat. what did you think of the pic? caller: i thought the pic was pretty good. i think she will do a good job. but to comment on the guy who just talked about, he might not vote, i've never seen anything so sickening to hear. we've got a man of the white house doing whatever he wants to do. then you find people trying to do the right thing -- not saying she is perfect, but we know what we got in the white house.

saying you're not going to vote, that is stupid. you want to put the same man back in there doing the same thing even worse than what he is doing now, then you were going to say you're not going to vote? don't go vote. you don't need to be here. if you can't pass judgment on right and wrong and you see trump doing wrong, but you want to say you don't want to go vote. please, don't do that. , ifard another person say it picked a black woman, what is wrong with a woman? there's nothing wrong with a woman helping to run the country. maybe that is what is needed, , heaven helpaid me, then joe biden picks a black woman. it shows that it is not like it used to be. republicanske the have, just white folks on the ticket.

joe biden shows that we can be diverse and have black-and-white working together. host: that is charles in north carolina. in pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: hello. a collar on the earlier segment the tape ofou show harrissi gabbard-kamala during the primary debate. you are always quick to pull up those, but i haven't seen it yet. are you going to show that? host: i don't have it at my fingertips, but explain why you would like to see it and what you think it shows about kamala harris. caller: i think it is a good tape to show. people need to see it. host: why do you think people

need to see it? caller: tulsi gabbard lays out everything that anyone needs to know about kamala harris. this is jim, brownsville, oregon. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. it is amazing, and i'm so happy about the pic. this't think trump and administration is happy, that is for sure. just got off, by this lastrior to gentleman made it so clear. those guys are so afraid of harris because harris is going that thisre administration answers the question as to why he cannot say anything bad about putin but can say everything bad about the

people running against him, his own intelligence agency. what is it about him? what is it with him and putin he can't say anything about this man? he is scared to death of him. what does putin have on him? look, over 160,000 people are dead. most of them are senior citizens. they are still dying because of what this man did not do. you know? who wants him back in the office? why would anyone put this person back in the office? he is not for america. he is not for our democracy and he calls people nasty and say, people hate america. he does nothing for america. it is all about himself. how can we put this man back in the office for another four

years? going to be great to have someone in the office now that people treat black people and who loves america. that is going to be wonderful to see again. seen this who haven;t in so long, they're going to realize how terrible this president has been. please, america, please do not put this man, this administration -- pens, none of them -- don't put them back into office. another four years, we will not have a democracy. this morning i told the previous call it that i did not have that clip. of kamala harris and tulsi gabbard. i do now. thanks to my producer. here is that clip, about 40 seconds of it. [video clip] >> i'm deeply concerned about this record.

there are too many examples the site, but she put over 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it. she blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. she kept people in prison beyond their sentences. she used them as cheap labor for california. [applause] place thatsystem in impacts poor people in the worst kinds of ways. host: the august 2019 democratic debate that cnn debate. to your phone calls. this is john in jonesboro, georgia. republican. your next. caller: good morning. doesn'tler from oregon know his politics, i can assure you of that. trump has been the best president we have had since lincoln.

blacksdone more for the than obama and biden ever did in eight years. i'm going to tell you right now, the reason that he didn't pick susan rice, she has got too much baggage. especially when it comes out atet she was in on the spyg on the trump campaign. das harris was the worst that the state of california ever had. she locked up more blacks in one year than any other district gave themnd she sentences way beyond what it called for. georgia,t is john in mentioning president trump. president trump discussed the kamala harris pic yesterday at his press briefing. here is what the president had to say. concerned,s kemal is

she is a big tax-razor -- raiser. she has got a lot of difficult things that she is going to have to explain. plus, she was very, very nasty to -- one of the reasons that surprised me -- she was probably nastier even than pocahontas to joe biden. she was very disrespectful to joe biden and it is hard to pick somebody that is that disrespectful. she said things during the debates, during the democrat primary debates that were horrible about slippage of. -- sleepy joke. host: that was president trump at the white house. for more from senator kamala harris you can go to our website at c-span.org. some 195 appearances in the video library that you can browse. among them, the senator's

comments shortly before the chamber's final vote on the impeachment trial of president trump back in february. this is senator harris. justice in this trial as yet another example of the way that our system of justice has worked , or more accurately, failed to work. he is the thing. frederick douglas also told us struggle,here is no there is no progress. " he went on to say that power concedes nothing without a demand. and he said it never did and never will. to wrestle power away from the few people at the very their power, the american people are going to have to fight for the voice of the people and the power of the

people. we must go into the darkness to shine the light and we cannot be deterred and we cannot be overwhelmed and we cannot ever .ive up on our country we cannot ever give up on the ideals that are the foundation for our system of democracy. we can never give up on the meaning of truth, justice. it is part of our history, our past, clearly our present, and makeuture that in order to these values real, in order to make the promise of our country real we can never take it for granted. there will be moments in time and history where we experience incredible disappointment, but the greatest disappointment of up.will be if we give

fighting ever give up for who we know we are. bemust always see who we can , unburdened by who we have been. that is the strength of our nation. host: that was senator harris on the senate floor back in february of this year. back to your phone calls this morning. this is ruth in illinois, an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. on kamala harris, she said if she became president she would write an executive order to take our guns away. and she wants health care run by

the government. and if you have private health care, she will take that away. it will be all government. should haven , but for onlyher one reason -- she didn't give the rest of the story on biden on the bussing. why he did not want the bus was because he was afraid his kids would grow up in a segregated jungle. that is kamala harris and joe biden. host: and that is ruth in illinois. when it comes to gun control measures, the new york times story, taking a deep dive into senator harris' policy issues takes a look at gun control saying, ms. harris also has committed to using her executive

an arrayput in place of gun-control measures like mandatory background checks and more stringent galatians of gun manufacturers. she also promised to close a loophole that allows some domestic abusers to buy guns. the new york times story today a lookas kaplan taking at various policy issues. in plainfield, new jersey. a democrat. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. i think it is laughable that this president would call anybody nasty. for the last four years all this man has done is called names. clipnstance, you play the in which he referred to the senator of massachusetts, senator elizabeth warren, not pocahontas. years: --he last four all he does is call people names.

which has the hint of anti-semitism. he called our nominee for the president. for him to be: out somebody for being nasty is like having a sumo wrestler call you overweight. secondly, i hear people talking about the radical left is taking over the democratic party. this month marks three years since this president looked at a bunch of neo-nazis marching ,hrough charlotte virginia referring to them is very fine people. if not caesar considered fine people, it stands to reason that nazis have taken over the republican party. let me say this in closing. you had a collar on from georgia talking about how kamala harris was responsible for having more black people put in jail than anybody else. i think for a right wing collar talking about somebody else putting black people in jail,

that too. i think that is laughable. thank you for giving me my time to speak, sir. you have a good day. avenuehis is eric columbus, georgia. republican. good morning. caller: hi, sir. i have so much to say. i'm a black man. i wasn't into any party at all. what made me go to the republican party was how i was seeing the condition of how the world was going. the united states was turning under barack obama. i was never actually a democrat. i always thought the best man should win. saying that our president now is a racist, and he was, that is what they are saying. they are also saying joe biden is a racist, that he was, and that he is making up for it by getting a black woman. the president we have now is also doing things to make up for his past. he is doing it in more than

three years. pickint is, if you have to , and they are saying, black man, people died for you to vote. ok, going to vote. but i'm going to vote for the lesser of the two evils. the lesser of the two racists. these are my choices. they forced that black woman on that man because she is stronger than that and, and she is going to be running the country. that is how that is. this is all politics and again and we need a man with a strong hand to take back our united states. i look forward to him making america great again. i'm a black man and i'm telling you this. i know i'm going to get a lot of feedback because a lot of us black people do not want to take responsibility for our actions. he is doing the right thing and i hope he gives them none of the money they're asking for to build back there burned down cities. host: eric mentions former president obama, former

president obama weighing in on twitter about the harris selection. this is what he said in part. "i've known senator harris for a long time. she is more than prepared for the job. her life story is one that i and so many others can see ourselves in. a story that says, no matter where you come from, what you look like, how you worship, how you love, there is a place for you here. it is a fundamentally american perspective. it is a perspective we can all rally behind now. to say, michelle and i could not be more thrilled. go when this thing.: " and thankod morning you very much. kamala like to say that harris is a good pick because

joe biden is going to need some prosecutorial advice to clean up of the last four years. with, well,nfected i won't say that. but in regards to your last guest, mr. coleman, i would like to remind americans that there are 2 million people wishing in jail, which by the way, state and local. i mean federal and state, which are covert hotspots, by the way. that were coerced into the same that flynna-bargain was. just by the sheer fact that he has been singled out isn't favoritism. right? it's obvious. host: we had that flynn

discussion in our 8:00 a.m. our. we are back to the discussion about the pick of senator harris to join the democratic ticket. a lot of callers want to talk about that topic, including nelson in colorado springs. it democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. this is me personally. isst of all, senator harris an american first. then she is a woman. and then she is a person of caller. of color. host: nelson, i lost you for second there. go ahead. caller: i think the republican party is scared of what she thing.for and another as american people we are broken

down into race. first of all, then a black person in america, you are considered a black american, now they call you an african american. youare a native american, are a hispanic american, but no one says nothing about the white race. you have to come from somewhere. do, you come from europe. youron't you address heritage, just like yourself? you would say, you are a white man. where did your heritage come from? addresses the one white heritage. host: that is nelson in colorado. this is john out of california, republican. morning. caller: good morning. for taking my call.

a lot to say. i think that what this points out is how weak joe biden is on how he negotiates. first of all, he committed right up front months ago that he was going to pick a black woman. that just narrowed down his a very small people. he passed over a lot of good people to get there. justlegraphed it and it is something that is a weak point in joe biden. as far as kamala harris, i think california, i wouldn't trust anybody in government from california, to tell you the truth. all of the people that hate trump and are going to vote for anybody besides trump, that is a big mistake because what you are going to get is a lot of, you

are going to get your guns taken away, you're going to get higher taxes, you were going to get inflation, you are going to get a lot of stuff you don't want. think about it. even though trump is kind of a tough guy, he handles money. and he is good with the economy. and you can say a lot of things about him, but the democrats don't handle money well and they are going to give it away. and kamala harris is just going to take your tax money and increase your taxes, take your guns away, take your civil liberties away. the guy from new jersey -- i would like to say one more thing if i could, that i am a white guy. i am 72. i grew up in l.a. in the 1965 watts riots i was down there. i worked in l.a. do?: what did you caller: i was a sales rep for a

huge lumber company. hill.d was at 35th and i would go into factories, this ,as in the 80's, and down there south central, and i would go in and it would be filled with illegal immigrants. taking the locals' jobs. he would be filled. -- it would be filled. and leftd work less into a house and they just made the whole community lower. host: john out of california. john started talking about senator harris' credentials. this is how the washington post puts it. calling her a running mate ready to lead. she has been elected statewide three times in the nation's most populous state. as attorney general, running what amounts to a parallel justice department, she earned

respect for her administrative skill. as a senator she gained , and as a experience presidential candidate she faced the pressures of the campaign trail and debate stage. it is a plus for the nation that the qualified person by then settled on is also a woman and a woman of caller. -- of color. a presidenteplace who is celebrated incompetence, mr. biden needed to choose a running mate respect public service and has served well. in senator harris he has found such a partner. the editorial board of the washington post today. , missouri.etersburg caller: thank you for taking my call. i just wanted to comment and say ist i think kamala harris the vice president for the democratic party was a horrible choice.

i'm not a huge trump fan and i got very disappointed when they chose joe biden as the democratic presidential candidate. it is apparent that joe biden, he has some mental deficiencies. not really as sharp as he once was. with him, staying in his basement and not taking questions by the media other media, i find that very concerning. host: do think the dynamics of the race fundamentally changed as today with this pick? caller: for me it did. i think that by choosing kamala harris, i think that it is just going to pull the democratic ,arty further left, which is

which i don't think is a good thing at all. her policies that she has, she wants to give illegal immigrants health care? use our taxpayer dollars to pay for that? gun control that she wants to do? i just think it was an absolutely horrible choice to pick her. now, who would be a better choice? you know, i will be honest with you, i'm really not sure who would be a better choice. i'm just very, very disappointed in his pick. to be quite honest, i really don't think that he even picked her. i think it was pretty much to himto him -- told that he would be picking ever -- her as his running mate. host: by who?

caller: by the democratic party. the dnc, the democratic national committee. i think that they pretty much picked her for him. host: got your point. this is janet out of north carolina, a democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for allowing me to speak. woman,proud, as a black as a matter of fact, as a biracial black woman, i am proud to have, -- have kamala harris as joe biden's running mate. i will tell you the truth. this has been the scariest years of my life with trump in office. he is ignorant, arrogant, just stupid. i don't even think the man has the money he claims he has. i have never seen a rich man

acted so ignorant. yet people are giving him credit? for what? destroying the country? because people are dying and he is up there talking about the stock market. not how many people have died, not about a cure for covid. i mean, he is talking about money. money can't do you any good if you are dead. so yes, i am grateful. i hope that if there is a god he has a part in this. thank you very much. host: before you go, can i read a little bit of the piece in today's new york times to you and get your reaction? this is what she writes, "the significance of this decision and weaning for black women cannot be overstated. like women's commitment to the party has often gone unacknowledged, that they have been tirelessly loyal to the democratic party for generations. now comes the unanswerable

question. does the selection of harris simply symbolic, a token gesture, or does it truly recognizes the importance of black women for democrats?" do you think the answer is? caller: let me tell you this. do you remember when trump stood over hillary clinton's back and deliberately tried to terrify her? i dare him to stand over kamala harris' back and say one word out of the way to her. she would give him what he needs. awful. he is god he is just awful. i believe -- you know what? scamieve that little yesterday where whoever got shot, i don't doubt if he did not set that up. missouri, anin independent. good morning. caller: good morning, john. i'm kind of disappointed with

this pick. because i believe that kamala harris and cory booker, during their campaigns, both proved to be prejudiced themselves. i hate what is in the white house today. it is a terrible thing for our country. the man has no morals, no ethics, and he is a racist, but joe big day racist to replace a racist. i don't like that one bit. you know, like the other caller -- it waslieve he was forced on him by the democratic party. we saw what happened to john mccain when they forced that goofy woman on him. host: was it -- what is an example of the prejudice she demonstrated on the campaign trail? caller: just, you know, and she brought up bussing with joe. everything out of her mouth was

to help the black people. she didn't care about the white people one bit. example, i can't really give you one. i heard plenty of them in the debates. they said, trump is the death of this nation. i guess now i will just vote the down ballot and not vote for president. i hate that, and again, the democratic party has screwed america. thanks for listening. host: bob, how often has a vice presidential pick up in the turning point for you on a presidential candidate? has it happened before? bob, you are going in and out there. we will go on to mary lou in new jersey. republican. good morning. caller: good morning, john.

thank you for c-span. i want to make two comments. the first one regarding kamala harris, that i think when over a lot of people's heads. there was a remark made that kamala harris had dealings with joe biden's other sun -- other son.i would want to know what that involved in my question would be, is that why she was picked? because she knows certain things that they know she knows and they don't want it to come out. host: we did you read that? caller: that was on fox. they said it last night. they said she had dealings early in her career involving banking and some other areas with his e that she wasa a close friend of the biden family. u. we know about burisma, i would certainly want that investigated thoroughly.

the other thing i want to say is -- and this is to the people who are thinking of voting democratic. i'm not a democrat. i would not be a democrat, but i personally feel very badly for joe biden and what this party is doing to him. they are using him as a magnet to draw in moderate democrats. i'm telling you right now, that man is not going to be in the presidential position. he's either going to leave voluntarily because he is going to come to realize he cannot make it physically and mentally, or they are going to push him out, pusher up to the presidency, and the vp will be someone even more radical. when democrats think of voting democrat, remember joe biden is not going to be in the picture. it is going to be kamala harris, you know very little about, and somebody else they are going to bring in at the last minute.

how old is too old to run for president? don't necessarily go by age, john. i go by physical and mental acuity. host: mary lou in the new jersey. this is steve in minnesota, democrat. what did you think of the pack? caller: good morning. all want to say is, a breath of fresh air that we got more diversity coming in the government. rising stars is a and she probably will be president at some point. she has paid her dues. she has done everything she's got to do. are,f these people that that's all i got to say. host: andrea, denver, independent. morning. caller: thank you very much for taking my call. i think that his pick of come all of us not one of the best

choices he could have made. one being, like people have to deal with the judicial system as well as the police system. if she wants to do anything to reform, she should also reform the judicial system itself. i also want to put up there that i think we need to stop talking about democrat and republican, because what this came down to is wealth. rich people are running our country. they are turning white people and black people, who are everyday people, against each other. if you remember in the were in the debates, biden wasn't even up there. they got him out of the way like they did hillary. the same with kabbalah. she was out of the running, allowedmoney i'll -- biden and kemal are to be up there. the wealthy are running this country to stay wealthy and keep us as pawns on the board of

chaz. i think it was not the best what we have to do is start voting locally and put everyday people in washington. that is a bubble, and they all live in the bubble. we need people who understand everyday issues that are starting to run this country and really care. host: is there one person in washington you think is the kind of person? caller: this is the sad part about it, no. is, onceington does you get into washington, you have to start playing the game. for whatever reason, you don't ever get to come into everyday people. i'm not confident with washington at all. host: can you trust anybody that goes to washington, even if they are a everyday person on the campaign trail? caller: i believe you can.

not that i agree with those young ladies who, i think the one woman, omar or something, but that shows is that the one up there. in my opinion the way they went up there was a little too aggressive. i believe that we start running our country locally first, then if we stop letting people sit in office for 20 years, i think we will start seeing country where we can build the country for our children and our children's children. right now what we are doing, we are building a country for the wealthy and the rest of us are struggling with coronavirus because we don't have health care. there is just some basic humanity that needs to take place with everyday people. the wealth this country has divided the sun, it must stop. -- divided us on, it must stop. host: less than five minutes left. did want to acknowledge the

folks who continue to weigh in on facebook and twitter. here are a few of their comments. greg and, kentucky rights, pens, cheney, quayle, agnew. the republicans have no standing to question the vp pick. this is stephen saying, there is nothing wrong with a black woman as long as they are sure they are not being used as a pawn in a game of political chess. this is what should disturb people of caller. -- people of color. this from daniel saying, this hilarious people are so critical of kamala harris' past, but can overlook trump's past. time for a couple more calls. ryan in the pittsburgh, republican. you are next. caller: good morning. how are you? i think amol harris, unfortunately -- i used to be a democrat for 20 years.

trump was the first time i voted republican. it is because the democratic party has turned into a party of optics. i think that's all they do anymore. kamala harris is another example of this. of thought or diversity of past, that it is ray's politics now. i don't like that. i think it is divisive and it hurts the country. i think he was pigeonholed into this decision. he needed to pick a woman, and asked to be a woman of caller. here is someone that for 10 years opposed legal -- marijuana legalization in california. when she becomes a presidential candidate, now she comes out for. i don't think she has a strong reputation of integrity. i think she was just a token, just offensive. i don't see it going well for the democrats. ryan in the pennsylvania. tom out of new

york, line for democrats. what did you think of the pick? harris.i like kamala she was a great pic, because it is about time we have a woman. colo hasr anything to do with it. she has a reputation as a strong woman. she has done a lot for california. she has the experience to do it. one of your other collars just brought up how could donald trump us with his money. the man filed bankruptcy how many times? that just speaks for itself. then all of the insults he gives to the news media. i can hear you. host: go ahead, we are listening to you. caller: i just think that the harris.was about kamala it should not be about race. it should be the fact she is a woman.

both things in this country have been bad. when they got treated bad, like people got treated bad. everybody recognizes that. instead of calling it a black-white thing, call it a man-woman thing and let the reputation speak for themselves. . good wednesday morning to you. you can go ahead and talk calling him right now as we show you how the joe biden for kamala harris played out on the front pages of several major national papers. this is the front page of "the washington post." "a historic move." ine first woman of color number two slot for a major party." front pages of new york tabloids, from "the new york daily news," "yes we kam."

"kamrades," is what they went with. frome political headlines, huffington -- poo huffington post, making history. we want to hear from you this morning about your thoughts on that pick and as you are calling in, we want to remind you where kamala harris came from before this pic was announced yesterday . here's some of her background, ,orn in oakland, california 1964, as we said, the daughter of jamaican and indian , she was the san

francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2000 11, leaving to become the california attorney 2017, thenm 2011 to leaving to become the u.s. senator from california elected steen and she announced her presidential run in january of 2019 in oakland, california, ending her pain in early december of 2019 -- campaign in early december of 2019. getting your thoughts this morning, gil is up first out of jamestown, north carolina. democrat. good morning. i wholeheartedly support the election of kamala harris for vice president. but just doesn't urgent, i would like to give my opinion and prediction on the cabinet on the veryd qualified people that ran in the primaries. going down the line quickly -- host: we don't have to do an

entire cabinet, but give us a few. caller: michael bloomberg, secretary of defense, kristin care -- kristen gillibrand, director of the v.a. andrew yang, secretary of commerce. theklobuchar, director of guy. cory booker, chief economic advisor. joe stiglitz, secretary of health and human services. dr. fauci, secretary of housing. mitch landrieu, secretary of education. michelle obama, she would be fantastic in that director chief of staff. so at the powers, with secretary of energy, i would like to see someone of the caliber of dr. muniz.chu or ernest someone, a physicist or engineer. host: one question, susan rice was one of the people haps in

the running for vice president. why her at labor? caller: no, secretary of state. host: ok. caller: sec. of labor would be andrew yang. all of these individuals that were so qualified in the eye mary's would form an excellent cabinet. thank you for the call, gil. although there is an election. kristen is next, arizona. republican, good morning. for taking myyou call. i just wanted to say that kamala harris has one of the most treacherous records in the criminal justice system. this woman's staff, while she was attorney general of california, stood in front of multiple panels of judges with exculpatory evidence in their

hands and they refused to admit that they did wrong. they refused to admit -- they refused to even turn over the evidence favorable to the defendant. these were classic brady violations that her staff defended and even when the judge said -- no, your job is not to simply obtain convictions, your job is to administer justice -- you are ministers of justice. and why, why is kemal and her staff ministers of justice? in their oath it says that they must faithfully exit the duties of the office. that word, faith, is trust. belief, assurance. full credit. moral conviction. understanding the difference between right and wrong. breathable, equitable,

open-minded. it has all the things of being fair in the criminal justice system. this is one of the reasons why people fall for whatever the media says about her record, because they don't have wisdom. that is why, pun intended, the faith is grounded in the word in the word and the word says wisdom is the principal. host: got your point there. carl is next, virginia. good morning, how are you? caller: -- host: doing well. caller: i think that joe biden did a good thing by picking her this is running mate. a lot of the black community orld not have voted for him nominated him for president if

herid not, you know, choose . or susan rice. you know, so he did the right thing by choosing her. as far as the other stuff these other people are speaking of, it's amazing how they love to put the bible into the political realm when it fits their purpose , but then if they look at the whole thing, anybody that goes abortion, you know, they are going against god's word, right? the lease you done to my little ones you done to me. host: gene, louisville, kentucky, what did you think of the pick? caller: i think she's a good pick, but i digress. like mitch mcconnell, you know what i'm saying? he will legalize heroin before

he legalizes, legalizing hemp, before he legalizing weed. host: let's stick to the vice president pic. did you think it fundamentally check -- change to the race? yeah, well, fundamentally, she got her own tax plan and biden is going to go off of her tax plan. you know? the tax plan that he got, he's taxing too much, you know? she got a good tax plan where you know, you can donate the right off to charity and stuff like that and have a tax break, you know what i'm saying? her plan is better than his. that's why he picked her. you know? she was one of the few that had their own tax plan and everything like that. she got everything in a row, all her ducks in a row, stuff like that. that's why he picked her.

he wasn't going to pick what's .er name, the white woman senator, i forgot her name, you know, he wasn't gonna pick her because she's talking about taxing the rich and taxing everybody to sense on the dollar and everything like that, you know? is puttingthe 1% back into the economy. they buying food, they buying agriculture, buying food for black communities and stuff like that. the 1% is doing good, better than the old 1%. this morning, talking about kamala harris in her policies. deep dive on that today in "the themork times," comparing on a variety of policy issues, left of center is what they say in the paper version headline.

among the policy issues they look into is racial justice and leasing. obviously a major issue this election cycle. they write that is harris planned out her vision for criminal justice reform, standing up for black america, as part of the plan she call for ending mass incarceration, cash bail, death penalty, and a review board, making attending historically black colleges and universities debt-free for students, and every -- and many other measures on capital punishment. she chose not to seek the death penalty in major cases on moral grounds. as the attorney general she appealed the decision declaring the death penalty law unconstitutional. they wrote that perhaps the most memorable moment of her presidential campaign came in the first round of the debates when she confronted mr. biden about his fond recollections of working with segregationists in the senate and opened up about her personal history with school

busing. here is that moment from that democratic presidential debate. [video clip] >> it's personal. actually, it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who tilt their reputation and career on the segregation of race in this country. it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. you know, there was a little girl in california who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools. she was bussed to school every day. that little girl was me. on thisll tell you that subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among democrats. we have to take it seriously and act swiftly. as the attorney general of california i was proud to put in place the firemen that all my

special agents wore body cameras and kept them on. host: kamala harris there, from that democratic presidential debate key moment. by the way, want to go back and watch the moments throughout her rear and public service, she has 195 appearances on the c-span video library. we put together a playlist of clips highlighting some of those appearances, including her presidential campaign announcement, or swearing in as , and some of her key moments in senate hearings. all of it available to you for free on our website, c-span.org. , republicancollege mine, what did you think of the pick? i'm actually pretty confused about the choice. i imagine that his main goal is to appeal to the radical left.

take a look at this, during the primary debates she insulted him, more or less called him a racist on national television, therefore as the democratic party slides further to the left , vice president biden has made a poor choice. those that he's trying to appease, they are overwhelmingly anti-police. why would he pick someone with somewhat of a sketchy record as the district attorney and attorney general of california, the second-largest justice department in the united states, only second to the federal doj, why would he pick her to appeal to the bases trying to get to. you understand? you know what i mean? host: that was ben, pennsylvania. richard, independent mine. good morning, you are next. thatr: i wanted to say c-span ran her presidency

nomination speech and i thought it was a terrific speech read i'm thrilled that she's running and i think she is tough enough to handle the presidency read i just wanted to sound off on that. host: democratic line, good morning. jeffrey. caller: i get tired of these republicans talking about leftal left, -- calling bad. this president been doing bad since he's been in office. i think it was a good choice. to me, just because what she said about buses back then, at that time the laws was kind of difference. you had to do the busing thing. but then you realize, there was a lot of crimes in the black community and places. why they want to hold that against her? i believe she going to do a helluva job. when trump gave $6,000 to her campaign and his daughter gave $4000. now he want to call her nasty

because she went after cavanaugh. why she go after cavanaugh? democrats took back the house. people didn't judge her for all of that. if anything it gave democrats more power. i don't think trump will come after her too much. i thought it would be rice, but i'm glad he made that choice and i'm happy with it and i hope the beingicans stop hypocrites. thank you, sir. host: jeffrey and marilyn. president trump, reacting to the kamala harris announcement today -- yesterday, including a campaign and that he tweeted out, a 32nd campaign at that phony,. her as that's phony kamala. kamala. we will show you that added just a second.

cary, new jersey, independent mine, good morning. caller: i don't think the nomination will mean anything different as far as getting black people on board. she tanked in her primary, you know? once everybody started looking at her record, once tulsa gabbard expose her for what she was, she started -- tulsa gabbard exposei her for what she was. she started sliding off. joe biden has a terrible record towards the black community. you have amy klobuchar, all these democratic primary people, when you look at their records, it's bad records in the black community. we are supposed to just take

that? i'm black independent. i'm a baby boomer lack >> embracing bernie's plan for socialized medicine. attacking joe biden. voters rejected harris. they spotted a phony but not joe biden. he is not that smart. biden calls himself a transition candidate. he is handing over the reins to kamala while they embrace the radical left. slow joe and tony kamala, --

phony kamala wrong for america. to your phone calls. marshall, beltsville, maryland. good morning. caller: i'm a democrat from maryland and i'm just thinking them died and made the right biden made the right choice as far as we once for vice president. it is not even issue about color. it is about respect. he forgave her on the comment she made back then and it is ok. why was it the right choice marshall? ler: because it is time for america to get back on track. this country is in turmoil. the situation with the coronavirus that seems like trump is not paying attention to do, does not really care about and we need to get act to basics, get back to running the country the right way. and i votedtitan

for kamala harris and i feel like i've has answered my prayers. -- and i voted for joe biden and kamala harris. host: his column today taking a look at the pick. '" joe biden selection was historic and conventional. the firstssue becomes black woman and first asian-american to join a major party ticket but conventional because in the intent sheet -- in the end she up it to be the safest of the short list. he goes on to say in the last paragraph, joe biden is in a good position as he had towards his convention. he holds a strong lead in national polls and elite and many of the most important battleground states. he was in no position to take a risk with his presidential choice and in the end he did not have to." from the washington post. independent, good morning. ler: good morning to you.

the last comment from the newspaper she might be the safest person, -- but when i see ise if she can move the black young vote, i doubt it -- sayingden, he just these garbage things. she is not going to common clean all sh he is going to say purchase not going to say that. the only thing would be on the woman spoke. the so-called woman vote. he said hee, biden would choose only black woman. so i do not know how the white woman feel about this. picks. the game is on the woman. the woman who does not like trump go for her, he might win.

the race card is not going to help him because trump is a racist president and this kamala person, you're also racist. is a funny -- by biden racist president. , yous feeling, vp, kamala are also a racist. for me, she cannot move the white suburban so-called mom. -- but is the case, other than that, between biden .imself and trump that's it. for me, it is the police, i do not believe that. is mike, silver spring, maryland. democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, how are

you? you hear the confusion on the republican line. that means it was the perfect is from you kamala can say the conservative wing. are from theden conservative wing of the democratic party. ok. so that is the middle to so he pulled it back to the middle. labeledulled from being a socialist or that radical left, which is leaning over that way, he pulled them back. he pulled back with kamala and him. they are further away from the socialist label. biden did not hold no grudges when she attacked him about busing. he said, holds no grudges. andt is just like reagan daddy bush.

where daddy bush labeled ronald reagan his economics of voodoo economics. then all of a sudden what did reagan do? picked daddy bush for vice president. and the dude had all those serving senators in the cabinet, that was the most insane thing that i have ever heard in my life. servingno currently senator, biden is not going to because in the cabinet, she wants to have control of the senate. so he does not want to lose in the senate. because she isla from california and the governor from california's democratic. so he is going to replace her with a democratic senator. so there will not be no loss there. t: democrats have a ways to

go before they take over the senate. you think that is going to happen in november >> all they need is what is it 51-27. if joe biden is present, they would only need 50 seats in the senate because then, harris -- kamala harris would be the tiebreaker. : exactly because it is 47 democratic senators now. up probably are going to pick the senate but like i said, it is not a loss with picking kamala because governor newsom is going to replace her with another democrat. host: one more question before you go. we do not have to go to the cabinet, since were talking about the other caller who named his potential biden cabinet. who would you have as ag and secretary of state? ag, your condo looking

at kamala being ag but now she is out of the picture. , butnot know about ag secretary state i would say susan rice because she is the foreign-policy expert. so that would be good for susan rice. ag, becausew about -- you know it is not going to be any senators because we cannot afford to have in any of those states that those senators would any of thoselose 47. . think about it we will talk about it down the road. conservative editorial board of "the washington journal. this is how they described it this morning. the california senator fits the

.recious -- progressive party she was one of the nastiest questioners of brett kavanaugh which is a high bar. is a party figurehead more than a leader. in adding harris it to the -- harris to the ticket, it is not nearly a vote to oust trump, it is a vote to dominate the democratic party. they mentioned kamala harris'question of brett kavanaugh. justice kavanaugh. here is one moment from the confirmations between senator harris and the nominee. [video clip. sen. harris: had discussed robert lawler or his discussion with anyone? have you discussed it with anyone.

-- robert mueller or his discussion with anyone? have you discussed his investigation with anyone at the law firm founded by president trump's personal lawyer? uh.tt kavanaugh: sen. harris: be sure about your answer, sir. brett kavanaugh: i am not remembering but if your something you want to. sen. harris: are you certain you have not had a conversation with anyone at that law for? at that law firm, the law firm founded by mark caso wits, president trump's personal lawyer. have you had any conversation about robert mueller or his investigation with anyone at that firm? yes or no? brett kavanaugh: is there a person you're talking about? sen. harris: yes or no. brett kavanaugh i am not sure i

know everyone who works at that law firm. sen. harris: who did you talk to? : i am notnaugh remembering but i'm happy to be refreshed or tell me. sen. harris: are you saying that was all you remember? you have an impeccable memory. you've been speaking for eight hours about all source of things you remember. how can you not remember whether or not you had a conversation about robert mueller or his investigation with anyone at that law firm? the investigation is only been going on for so long. been going on for so long, sir. brett kavanaugh: i am trying to think, do i know anyone who works at that firm? sen. harris: i am wondering if you had any conversation with someone who works at that firm. it is a specific question.

i think you are thinking of someone and you don't want to tell us. thoseif you want to watch clips from the c-span archive, it is available at c-span.org. someone hundred 95 different appearances -- some 195 different appearances featuring kamala harris in a speaking role. our next color, democrat line. good morning. this is going to be a show -- you have a prosecutor who asks very embarrassing questions and the person on the opposite end will delay, stumble, and fumble through the answer, no yes or no and they don't answer that -- they have to drag it out. and confused by a prosecutor who knows what she's doing and she has a scholarly education to back it up.

she is very accomplished. she won an election by a narrow yes, but it is a popular vote. post: the vice presidential is in october. can you wait for that? : i cannot wait for that. pence will be tied up for the first time in his life. pence, i would like to see pence , but she'll up asked numerous questions and it will be embarrassing, and she will be giving him the third degree. host: cecil in north carolina. sherry in new york city, republican. go ahead.

caller: good morning. to let the the need world know how happy i am with joe biden's pick. as a -- i attended an hbcu myself. i happen to be a lawyer myself. host: are you a republican? you are calling on the republican line. caller: yes, i am a registered republican. i did not vote for donald trump, in case my mother is listening. i have been registered as a republican and democrat. i do not know how unusual that might be, but nonetheless, i am so pleased with joe biden's pick. accomplished.o experience, i

believe she has the temperament, and she kind of looks like me and a whole bunch of people. are, we want to see ourselves in these positions. there are no longer questions about qualifications. her qualifications are above reproach. it is really about the opportunity, and i am so pleased i am.oe biden, i'm am probably going to switch back to democrat. that's all i wanted to say. i just felt that i needed to let my comment be known. host: sherry in new york city. this is billy out of russellville, it tennessee, independent. good morning. caller: yes. i think that joe biden picked the wrong one.

i'm independent, but harris, she talked about joe there isionally, and no way i would pick a running mate that talked about me when i was in my primary. what's going on is the presidential, his campaign group is the one that had him to have her as his vice president. if joe gets sick or anything, you are going to have a lady president -- there is nothing wrong with a lady president, don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that. the way she has been talking, the way she is -- she is not very honest. to me, i will be voting donald trump all the way in the selection. got to. billy in tennessee, a donald trump supporter. here is president trump from the white house, giving his thoughts

about kamala harris being picked as joe biden's vice president of running mate. [video clip] raiser, shebig tax is a big/or of funds for the military and she's got a lot of difficult things that she is going to have to ask -- explain. very, very nasty -- she was probably nestor than even pocahontas to joe biden. she was very disrespectful to joe biden, and it's hard to pick somebody who is that disrespectful. she said things during the debates, during the democrat primary debates that were horrible about sleepy joe, and i think that he wouldn't have picked her. the presidentm last night, and here's the thoughts of vice president mike pence yesterday on kamala harris being picked as the vice

presidential running mate. [video clip] >> i don't know if you all heard the news, but on the way here i heard that joe biden named his running mate. california senator kamala harris will be the democrat candidate for vice president. >> four more years. four more years. >> let me take this opportunity to welcome her to the race. know -- look, joe biden and the democratic party have been overtaken by the radical left, so given their promises of higher taxes, open borders, socialized medicine and abortion on demand, it is no surprise that he shows senator harris to be his running mate. you might like to know that the vice presidential debate will be held on october 7 in utah. [cheers and applause] >> so my message to the

democratic candidate for vice president? congratulations. i'll see you in salt lake city. [cheers and applause] vice president mike pence yesterday. here is your reaction from social media and our text messaging service. from kenley in richmond virginia very disappointed in biden's vp choice. it was obvious who he was going to pick, so he should have announced this months ago. waiting months to make an announcement was giving democrats high hopes you might chosenoos -- he might have someone else. i'm tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. i will not vote in 2020, period. anothert in chicago, candidate could offer that. governor whitmer, mayor keisha or senatorms,

duckworth with military experience and expertise could pull voters. represents the child of immigrants, hard worker, compassionate, smart and inclusive. she all but called joe a racist. she prosecuted drug cases -- i could go on. look at her record. no, i'm not racist. i just prefer competence over color, is what jim out of buffalo says. richmond,olor from virginia, democrat. good morning. morning, america. i'm ecstatic about senator harris being joe biden's running mate. hers always a supporter of as president, and a was disappointed when she dropped out of the race for moneys sake. knows all good and he

things, and it's going to work out. all these haters, get ready, because the world is getting ready to be good again. that's my comment. thank you. host: paul, fort lauderdale, florida, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. now we have two women, not just one, who can look after joe biden. he's got his mommy wife who keeps an i on him to make sure and now he'sss up, got a woman who's called him a racist who is descended from jamaican slaveowners. what a great ticket they've got. is anow, kamala harris advocate for jussie smollett. i would like anyone who is for kamala harris to explain to me why she makes a good candidate when she is and apologize or and advocate for jussie smollett.

more from president trump ia twitter, saying senator harris started strong in the democratic primary and ended with fleeing the race little support. that is the kind of opponent everyone dreams of. wayne in wisconsin, a democrat. good morning. caller: how are you doing? i love the pick. kamala harris, she came up through the ranks. she did the work. concerned, she's got a great personality. like i said, she works, she did the work. all these people who are saying that she didn't have anything to do with anything, let me tell you what -- what did pence do? he did nothing? .

host: have you watched her in senate hearings? is there a moment or line in questioning that stands out to you? when she was questioning these when she wasller: questioning these people, yes or no answers, they couldn't answer it. it is baffling to me that she is you knowosecutor and -- it just amazes me that people think she's a bad pick. she is a great pick. thank you. host: another high-profile moment from a senate hearing, this is senator harris questioning attorney general bill barr back in 2019 on the mueller report. [video clip] >> has the president or anyone at the white house asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? i wouldn't, i wouldn't --

>> yes or no? >> could you repeat that question? i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no please, sir. >> the president or anybody else. >> seems like you would be able to remember something like that, be able to tell us. >> i am grappling with the word "suggest." there are discussions of the matter out there, they have not asked me to open an investigation -- >> suggested -- >> i would not say that -- -- you don'tferred know. ok. in your march 24 sunray, you wrote that "after reviewing special counsel's final" -- >> [inaudible] >> i'm asking a question.

you wrote that after reviewing the special counsel's final report, you have concluded that the evidence is not a -- that theo president committed obstruction of justice. i've led to believe this nterviews,itnesses' i emails, former fbi director comey's memos, and the president of the public statements. my question is in reaching your conclusion, did you personally review all of the underlying evidence? >> no. we took -- >> did mr. rosenstein? >> no. we accepted the statements in the report as factual record. we did not go underneath it to see whether or not they were accurate. we accepted it as accurate. >> you accepted the report as the evidence? >> yes.

>> you did not look at the underlying evidence that supports the conclusions in the report? >> no. host: you can watch that full exchange on our website at c-span.org. 15 minutes left in this segment of the washington journal, but if you don't get in, we will be talking about it later on in our program, a three-hour show, of course, that and that 10:00 a.m. eastern time. john is next, rochester, michigan, independent. good morning. caller: i watched the democratic debates and kamala harris was very active during those. when we took polls afterwards, she dropped out, but had only 2% of the american population's endorsement. i'm trying to figure out what changed between the times of the debate to now. has she done something that i'm not aware of that would put her front and center as a pick for

the vice presidency? he had tos itself -- pick a democrat. that cuts out half the population of the country. ok. --n he had to pick a woman ok. that cuts off another 25% of the population. now your choices going to come from 25% of the population. now it has to be a woman of color, which drops it down to .nother 15% he is taking from 10% of the population rather than trying to pick who is the best candidate to be a vice presidents, to represent this country and run it, on the half of the american people. the process itself set the precedent. -- 85% to 90%% of of the population and from that 10%, he has to choose the best of those 10% that's left. he picks a woman that debated on

the television and won 2% of the population in this country's endorsements. ok? what has changed since those debates and now that makes her such a fantastic person to be our vice president and to run this country? host: got your point. that is john out of michigan. peter in lakeland, florida, democrat. caller: no, no -- i was on the independent line. been an independent for four years now. peter, anhead, independent in lakeland, florida. caller: i think it was a bad pick. i think with all these tapes of pull a tapeneed to during this segment of tulsi gabbard pointing out kamala's record as prosecutor in california. a --.s as ruthless as

she kept people in jail when she was ordered to release them to use them as prison labor to fight the fires. she kept innocent people in jail on murder charges. andlet steven mnuchin go his bank had 1000 cases of mortgage fraud. steven mnuchin actually gave her a campaign donation. she is a corporate democrat that's going to bring nothing, and she loves prosecuting people for marijuana, the poorest black people, brown people and white people all had to do time because of her. show the tulsi gabbard clip. it only was two minutes. host: that's peter in lakeland, florida. one of the columns on the opinion page of usa today is solece, and

the headline, i worked with kamala harris. she was the most progressive district attorney in california. this is what she writes in part. coming from one of the public defenders out there. da, harriscisco refused to seek the death penalty, even on a case where a very respected police officer was tragically killed. marijuana cases were reduced to misdemeanors and possession cases were not on the court stockett. they were not charged unless there was a large grow case or unique circumstance. this was the four minded approach that da harris took in her office. the accusations about marijuana prosecution being harsh during her tenure are absurd. they were quite the opposite. harris also formalized the court for young adults, resulting them and getting a second chance. if you want to read more on the public defenders thoughts on as da,harris's record

you can go to usa today. adam from brooklyn, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you guys? host: doing well. caller: congratulations to kamala harris. she is a great pick and i think we need that today. full disclosure, i am a white man, and since trump became president i am ashamed to be a white man. i have a warning for anybody who does not like what's going on at the white house. he has bill barr, who is not going to do anything about him stealing the elections again in got to vote,you you got to get out there, and you got to go to polls. otherwise we are going to have another four years of this, and this is not the united states anymore. thank you. ee, south carolina, democrats. your thoughts? kamala will do a

very good job. for the callers calling, saying she called joe biden a racist, that is not true. i commend joe biden for having has, becauset he he has the faith to forgive people. president trump says [indiscernible] i think she is a very good pick. thank you. host: kevin in pennsylvania, independent. nexy.e t. caller: hi, thank you for taking my call. senator harris is not really a good cake. she is not even a black woman. she said that herself. she is not a woman of color. she never said she is a woman of

color. she is not. host: she is the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants. woman ofhe is not a color. her father even suggested, saying that in the primaries, that she is not a black woman. she is a jamaican woman. do notmaican women consider themselves a black american woman. the only reason obama won the election is because he is white. she is going to go down with the rest of the women. int: that's kevin pennsylvania this morning. less than 10 minutes left in this segment of the washington journal. talking aboutue the vp pick a little later in the program, but also i do want to let you know about some of those results, the primaries that took place yesterday. some high-profile races, roll call was a wrapup of a few of them.

congresswoman ilhan omar won her matchup in minnesota. omar --mar -- ill on r beats by far one of the best funded primary challengers of the four primary challengers who sought to take on the freshman lawmaker. roll call said vindication for the so-called squad of progressive female freshman who toe pushed house leadership the left. omar is the last of three squad members to face primary challengers in a cycle that has seen three democratic incumbents fall to challengers backed by progressive groups. president trump lost her minneapolis-based district by 55 points, so her nomination all but assures her a second term in congress. one of the race being watched in georgia, the headline there from on marjorieqan

,aylor greene wins the runoff one of three this cycle for congressional hopefuls linked to movement conspiracy represents a headache for gop leaders who have tried to recruit a diverse class, saying that the organizational it is a -- alleges a wide used a plot against president trump. that raceene winning and a conservative district, so the primary means that she will likely be coming to congress. bonnie is next in psalms very, north carolina, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. there was a gentleman all -- saying all this stuff about kamala harris, what she did when doing her reign as attorney

general. have they forgot all the stuff trump has done? kids in cages? all kinds of horrible stuff. ishink kamala harris excellent. they are scared of her. they are trying to scare people. it won't work. she is too well-known, two well-liked.- too her policies are great. the rest of the administration is scared because they know their administration is coming to an abrupt end. frank is next, a republican from fort lauderdale, florida. want to mention how when kamala harris was attorney general of california, she who was a reporter investigating planned parenthood, and she charged him with 15 felonies. he's been in the courts fighting this for years. for