‘Completely unhinged’: Harris allies blast Trump’s meltdown at NABJ interview

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

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Guests: Kadia Goba, Stuart Stevens, Alencia Johnson, Fernand Amandi, Margie Omero During the National Association of Black Journalists convention, Trump insulted the moderators, repeated lies, and melted down over the course of an interview that was cut short by his own campaign. Plus, Kamala Harris speaks at a sorority event in Houston, and our panel reacts live.

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0:00.0	Good evening from Washington, D.C. I'm Michael Steele, feeling in for my friend Chris Hayes tonight.
0:10.0	We are awaiting an appearance by Kamala Harris in Houston, Texas in just about 15 minutes from now.
0:17.0	And we're going to bring that to you live because, oh man, does she have a lot to talk about?
0:24.1	This will be the first time the vice president
0:27.8	will have a public event since her opponents,
0:31.8	you know him, Donald Trump Trump had an incredible debacle earlier today.
0:36.7	When Donald Trump went on stage to take questions at the largest annual convention of black
0:41.0	journalists, it is a challenging room to begin with for any politician to work,
0:46.2	even in the best of times.
0:48.6	But especially for Trump with his history of controversial and racist statements just booking this
0:54.4	interview caused resignations in the leadership of the National Association of
0:58.2	Black Journalists and now I can understand why. I don't know if you saw the session, but it started late and it
1:08.1	started with an announcement from moderator Rachel Scott, the ABC News
1:11.6	correspondent congressional reporter that Trump's answers would
1:15.0	be fact-checked in real time on social media.
1:19.0	And from the very first question, Trump handled it all like a consummate professional.
1:25.0	No, I'm actually just kidding.
1:27.0	It was Donald Trump.
1:29.0	You have used words like Animal and rabbit to describe black district attorneys.
1:35.0	You've attacked black journalists calling them a loser saying the questions that they
1:38.6	ask are quote stupid and racist.
1:41.6	You've had dinner with a white supremacist at your Maralaga resort.
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