Crunch Time: Trump Labeled "Fascist to his Core" Three Weeks Out from Election Day

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

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4.5 • 664 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Jen Psaki breaks down the state of the extremely close presidential race, which is tied despite Donald Trump's torrent of lies and increasingly anti-democratic rhetoric. Veteran political strategist James Carville joins to discuss how Harris can take a more aggressive approach, urging Americans to believe General Mark Milley's warning that the ex-president is "fascist to his core" as Trump calls for militarizing the US election. Next, Jen is joined by former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal to discuss how Trump and his allies may attempt to defraud voters again in 2024, as well as JD Vance's latest refusal acknowledge the fact of Trump's loss in 2020 and his bogus claim that the transfer of power in 2020 was "peaceful." Senator Mark Kelly also joins to share his reaction to General Milley's warning and discuss recent polling in his home state state of Arizona. Jen debunks Trump's claims that he is a champion of the first amendment, explaining how he and his allies only appreciate free speech when it benefits them. Finally, Jen is joined by Senator Tammy Baldwin to discuss the state of her tight Senate race in Wisconsin as well as VP Harris' handling of hurricane relief disinformation.

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0:00.0	Okay, right now the presidential campaign feels a little bit like everything, everywhere, all at once.
0:06.0	Kamala Harris is on the trail today in North Carolina.
0:09.0	Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are out campaigning for her, and Donald Trump is ratcheting the disinformation machine up to an 11.
0:17.0	Legendary Democratic strategist, James Carville, is here to cut through the BS as only he can.
0:22.6	Plus, our friend Neil Katiel is sounding the alarm about Trump's plan to steal this election.
0:27.6	And he's going to join me here in studio to talk about it.
0:30.6	And later, Senator Mark Kelly on the State of Play in Battleground, Arizona, and Senator Tammy Baldwin on the fight of her political life,
0:38.6	with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.
0:49.8	Okay, everyone, we have just over three weeks until Election Day.
0:55.2	So let's start with the good news.
0:57.4	People voting across the country.
0:59.1	The Harris campaign has far more money than Trump, a far better organization.
1:03.5	She and her running mate Tim Walls have been all over the media for the last week and have more plans in the weeks ahead.
1:09.1	And right now, she has two incredibly popular former
1:12.6	presidents on the trail for her. Former President Bill Clinton is campaigning for Harris in Georgia
1:17.3	today. Former President Barack Obama was in Pennsylvania and will continue campaigning for Harris
1:22.6	in Arizona and Nevada this week. And the vice president herself is campaigning in North Carolina
1:27.4	today ahead of stops across the Midwest in the coming days. And the Vice President herself is campaigning in North Carolina today ahead of
1:28.1	stops across the Midwest in the coming days. And we could hear from Harris Live this hour. If we do,
1:33.9	we'll bring that to you. We're going to watch it very closely. The point is this. The Harris Walls
1:39.3	team, they're pulling out all the stops. They have all the people out there. They have tons of money.
1:43.3	They have an amazing organization. That's all good news. Now, here is the absolutely mind-bending part we have to
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