Bakari Sellers and Elaina Plott Calabro: The Case for Riding with Biden

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The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This is not a moment for a politician's origin story or soaring oratory. Some think that means dancing with the one that brung ya. But maybe it’s a moment for someone who could prosecute the case against Donald Trump—making it a perfect time to reintroduce Kamala Harris to voters. Elaina Plott Calabro and Bakari Sellers join Tim Miller.

show notes
Elaina's story, "The White House’s Kamala Harris Blunder"

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Bullwork podcast I'm your host Tim Miller.
0:12.1	All right y'all we got a double-headed today. We'll have
0:14.5	Elena Plot Calabro did a profile on Kamala Harris in part two but up first my man
0:20.3	Bicari ratings sellers he's a CNN political analyst he's an attorney his My man, Bakari, ratings, sellers.
0:22.8	He's a CNN political analyst, he's an attorney,
0:24.8	his latest book, The Moment,
0:26.7	thoughts on the race reckoning that wasn't
0:28.6	and how we can all move forward now.
0:30.6	He also has the distinction of being the last grown man to make me cry in the last five minutes of our most recent podcast and he agreed to come back a little sooner maybe than he would of to kind of set me straight on some things right
0:43.0	but sorry I'm not setting you straight you have enough people at home to set you
0:47.4	straight but I'm looking forward to the conversation that's true I'm not
0:51.4	appreciate we might have some toddlers in the background. It's summer vacation. All right, we got toddlers everywhere in this in our two households.
0:59.4	All right, I do have one bone to pick with you before we get down to business if that's okay?
1:03.4	Sure. I saw you mention that you went to Essence Fest in my town this week. I didn't get a text, I didn't get a call.
1:09.3	Are you scared to be seen with me right now because of my traitorous opinions or we do we have a beef
1:15.9	what's happening? No no part of it is my fear to be seen with you especially at Essence Fest.
1:20.6	I didn't know you were in New Orleans. I thought you were in D.C. You're in New Orleans? I'm in New Orleans full time baby. Oh my goodness I had no idea we could have gone out. We we came down and enjoyed us off my wife and I got there Tuesday. We hosted an event for the next mayor of the great city of New Orleans,
1:34.8	Helena Moreno, on Wednesday night and then I came back to spend time with the kids at 4th of July and then I went back to do a book talk on Saturday.
1:43.0	Got out of their Saturday night.
1:45.0	Well, next time you have to call me, if I would have seen it live, I would have texted you.
1:48.0	We might have another disagreement on, I'm on the fence on Helena.
1:52.0	So you can pitch me on that offline.
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