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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

All Things with Kim Strassel: Rep. Ro Khanna

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden's campaign finally bows out of the election, as Democrats unite around Kamala Harris to become their party’s nominee for President. But how will she fare against Donald Trump? On this episode of All Things with Kim Strassel, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna explains the merits of an open convention, his endorsement of Kamala for the top job, and his rationale for having two women on the ticket in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

0:21.0

this is all things with Kim Strasso, a Potomac Watch podcast.

0:25.6

Welcome to All Things with Kim Strosel, a podcast from the Wall Street Journal

0:31.1

opinion pages and I am here this week with California

0:34.7

Congressman Ro Kana as we talk about the momentous news of Joe Biden's

0:40.4

decision to withdraw from the race and as the party coalesces around

0:44.4

Kamala Harris. Congressman Connaught, thank you so much for being here.

0:48.8

It's obviously a very momentous time in politics. I do want to talk a little bit about this new

0:54.0

trajectory in the Democratic Party which looks to be around Kamala Harris but a

0:58.6

couple of questions about President Biden first. He's getting a lot of praise that this was the right thing to do to

1:04.4

step down and I think we can agree that is the case. I think we might also be able to agree

1:09.4

that he might not have done this had it not been for party leaders and elected officials both publicly and

1:15.7

privately pushing him to do so. Was that the right call for Democrats to join together and

1:21.7

push out their nominee.

1:23.2

I don't like the way it was done.

1:24.7

I think the president had 14 million votes and people could have expressed their concerns

1:29.3

to him privately, but it had to be his decision.

1:32.0

He obviously made that decision in consultation with his family,

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