An Interview With Kamala Harris on What’s at Stake in 2024

The Run-Up

The New York Times

News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Vice President Harris believes that democracy is once again on the line in a presidential election. She is key to the Biden campaign’s strategy for getting that message to its skeptical base — and winning over groups of voters that Democrats can't afford to lose. As 2024 comes into focus, Astead Herndon sat down with the vice president to discuss her life and work before Washington, and the fight ahead for her party.

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0:00.0	So without further ado the moment you've been waiting for, please join me in welcoming
0:10.8	the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.
0:15.0	This August in Chicago.
0:19.0	Hey everybody.
0:21.0	Vice President Kamala. everybody.
0:24.0	Vice President Kamla Harris addressed a crowd of around 2,000 people.
0:28.5	A group of mostly Democratic activists focused on the issue of gun control.
0:33.0	As Vice President of the United States, I am acutely aware of the fact that gun violence is the leading cause of death of the children of America.
0:45.0	It's the kind of event she's doing more of in the lead up to 2024
0:50.0	as she plays a key role in the Biden campaign's efforts to win over a skeptical base
0:55.0	and afterward
0:57.0	She sat down with me
1:00.0	Hello
1:01.0	Are you doing?
1:02.0	How are you doing? How are you?
1:03.0	Good.
1:04.0	I'm doing well.
1:05.0	I appreciate you taking some time off.
1:06.0	Wow, we're like on a talk show.
1:09.0	By the time of this interview in Chicago,
1:12.0	I had been reporting on Harris for five months as part of a writing project I took on at the beginning of the year.
1:18.0	An 8,000 word profile of the Vice President for the New York Times magazine.
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