Biden Passes the Torch to Kamala

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In a historic moment in what was already a norm-shattering campaign, Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential race and endorses Kamala Harris. As the rest of the party moves to unite behind the VP, Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy talk how Biden arrived at his decision, the particular strengths that Harris brings to the race against Donald Trump, and how the GOP will look to blunt the new burst of Democratic energy and excitement.

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favreau. I'm John Lovett. Tommy Vittor. I'm John Favro. I'm John Lovett.
0:22.8	Tommy Vittor. I'm Dan Fyfer. Well, holy shit.
0:25.2	We have just lived through what I'm pretty sure were the most shocking 52 days of any
0:31.2	presidential campaign in our lifetime.
0:33.4	Definitely.
0:34.4	On May 30th, Donald Trump became the first presidential nominee in history to be convicted
0:38.3	of a felony.
0:39.5	On June 27th, Joe Biden had a debate performance so catastrophic that most Democrats and Democratic
0:44.4	voters eventually called on him to step down.
0:46.9	On July 13th, Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt a few days before picking
0:51.7	J.D. Vance as his running mate and accepting
0:53.6	the Republican nomination for the third time in a row and at 146 p.m. Eastern on July
0:58.8	21st. Joe Biden posted a letter on Twitter announcing that he'd be withdrawing from the race.
1:04.7	Shortly after that he posted a message fully endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place,
1:10.5	and since then she's won endorsements from dozens of Democratic officials and most importantly
1:15.0	just about every single potential challenger for the nomination. The Vice President made her first
1:20.4	appearance this morning at the White House during an N-W-A-P sports event, here's what she
1:25.2	said about Biden's legacy.
1:27.2	Biden's legacy of accomplishment over the past three years is unmatched in modern history. In one term he has already, yes you may laugh.
1:37.0	In one term he has already, yes you may laugh.
1:41.0	In one term he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who have served two terms in office.
1:50.8	So we're going to discuss everything but let's just start with a quick sentence or two reaction from everyone. I'll just start like
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