Despite lost time, can Kamala Harris gain ground on Trump?

KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Days after dropping out as the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office, pledging his commitment to finishing his term and restating his support for Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement on the November ballot. A whirlwind of donations and support for Harris has re-energized Democrats — does that effort qualify as “grassroots?”

Both Trump and Harris spoke following the candidate change. Trump called for Harris to be “fired,” while she cited her prosecutorial experience dealing with perpetrators who are “Trump’s type.” Though she inherited the Biden/Harris campaign operation, Trump will be up against a potentially new platform and may have to switch his strategy. The question on everybody's mind: How will Harris fare against Trump?

Utah’s Senate Bill 287 attempts to regulate websites that distribute pornography by requiring age verification to protect minors from accessing the potentially harmful content. The Free Speech Coalition challenged the bill in court, raising concerns about privacy and more. The bill was upheld. The protection of minors is something The Left, Right, and Center panelists all agree on — but is age verification the answer?

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is left right and center. I am David Green. We are doing the show
0:05.2	this week from here in Washington DC. I'm in studio with Moelithi who is back from
0:11.0	a week off. Sarah ISKers away this week, but on the right in for Sarah is Jason Willick,
0:16.2	who is an opinion columnist at the Washington Post.
0:18.6	And Jason, we ran into you at a public broadcasting conference in Seattle and you offered to come on the
0:25.8	show if we needed a fill in for Sarah and I'm glad you weren't lying to us.
0:29.4	Thank you for doing it.
0:30.4	You took me up on it.
0:31.4	We did.
0:32.4	Yeah, thanks for being here and Mo welcome back.
0:34.0	Good to be back. I think we need to just digest another stunning week, yet another stunning week in our politics. President Biden is now
0:46.9	gone from the presidential race. He declared his support for Kamala Harris
0:51.8	as his party's nominee and after battling about of COVID
0:56.0	the president addressed the nation from the Oval Office saying that presidents in the United
1:01.0	States of America are not kings.
1:03.2	My fellow Americans, I'm speaking to tonight
1:06.6	from behind the Resiluteusque in the Oval Office.
1:10.1	In this sacred space, I'm surrounded by portraits of extraordinary American
1:14.8	presidents.
1:16.3	Thomas Jefferson wrote the immortal words that guide this nation.
1:20.7	George Washington showed us presidents are not kings.
1:25.0	Abraham Lincoln, who implored us to reject malice.
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