Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Reacts to Trump's Attacks on Harris

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Pres. Trump's campaign speeches over the last few weeks have included some attacks against Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris, including one today when he mocked Harris during a rally in Pennsylvania and said, “She will not be the first woman president — you can’t let that happen.” It also seems he has gone out of his way to mispronounce her name. Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee reacts to the president's tactics. Airdate: October 26, 2020 Guest: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And good wondering, if you're wondering what it looks like when the White House truly
0:05.4	goes all out to get something done, here's the result.
0:08.2	The confirmation vote on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to be the newest member of the
0:12.2	Supreme Court.
0:13.2	The administration and Senate Republicans truly spare no effort focusing on a goal and
0:17.3	on the cusp achieving it.
0:19.5	If all goes as expected, Judge Barrett will be sworn in tonight at the White House.
0:23.4	And yes, you heard that right.
0:24.7	The White House, site of her nomination, slash super spreader event last month, which
0:29.3	was quickly followed by all the highlighted people in the photo here, contracting
0:32.5	COVID.
0:33.5	Oh, and the site of a new COVID cluster as well.
0:36.2	At least five people close to Vice President Pence now have the virus, including his
0:40.2	chief of staff and two sources tell us his so-called body man, which only underscores
0:45.3	how even what his supporters might see as a triumph by the president is infected literally
0:49.2	in this case by his greatest and most consequential failure.
0:52.3	Here's what that looks like.
0:53.8	New coronavirus infections are now averaging close to 70,000 a day, and that figure is rising.
0:59.7	Not as the president likes to claim, because we're testing more.
1:02.5	As you can see, the number of people sick enough to need hospital care has been climbing
1:06.2	as well.
1:07.2	And if you look at a map of the country, you'll see there is not one single state in
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