August 18 — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sen. Lindsey Graham

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🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The race for the White House has dramatically shifted, with VP Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss the state of the race in her own state of battleground Michigan. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) talks about former President Donald Trump’s strategy for campaigning against Harris. Mary Ann Ahern, Matt Gorman, Kelly O’Donnell and Symone Sanders-Townsend join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday the new campaign.
0:03.0	After President Biden withdraws from the race,
0:08.0	Donald Trump faces a new opponent in Vice President Kamala Harris,
0:12.0	upending the campaign dynamics. in Vice President Kamala Harris,
0:12.8	upending the campaign dynamics
0:15.0	with just two and a half months until election day.
0:18.1	I think I'm entitled to personal attacks.
0:20.5	I don't have a lot of respect for it.
0:22.2	If you want to know who someone cares about,
0:25.0	look who they fight for.
0:27.0	Will the renewed enthusiasm help Democrats?
0:30.0	My guess this morning,
0:32.0	Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and
0:34.9	Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Plus, her story.
0:39.9	Kamala Harris prepares to make the biggest speech of her political career at the Democratic Convention in Chicago.
0:47.0	Now is the time to chart a new way forward.
0:53.3	What is Harris's vision for the country and how will it differ from President Biden's?
0:58.6	Joining me for insight and analysis are, NBC News Senior White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell.
1:04.1	NBC 5 Chicago political reporter Mary Ann Ahern.
1:08.3	Simone Sanders Townsend, former chief spokesman for Vice President Kamala Harris. And Republican and Republican strategist
1:15.0	strategist Matt Gorman.
1:17.0	Welcome to Sunday, It's Meet the Press.
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