Episode #417: The Unfathomable Rise Of Kamala Harris

Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Ken Rudin

Politics, News

4.6 • 633 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Dan Morain, a journalist who spent decades at the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee, and who is the author of “Kamala’s Way,” the first biography of Vice President Kamala Harris, talks about her rise in California politics that has led her to the doorsteps of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
PLUS: A look back at the Harris-Trump debate, the intrusion of Taylor Swift into the political battle, and how the inclusion of Laura Loomer into Trump’s inner circle has shaken up the Republican Party.
Music heard in this episode:
Cool for Cats by Squeeze
Freedom by Beyonce

Transcript

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0:00.0	Harris out debates Trump, Taylor Swift outranks Mrs. Mahomes,
0:05.0	and could you imagine someone inviting a 9-11 conspiracy theorist to a 9-11 memorial service?
0:12.2	Sadly, you can on the political junkie.
0:16.0	You like Ike, I like like, everybody likes like,
0:19.2	for president.
0:20.1	Add like to you, and think to me, I don't care how you quoted.
0:24.0	Come on and vote for Kennedy, vote for Kennedy, and we'll come on top.
0:30.8	Vote for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabotloplas, because they're the ones to lead the USA.
0:41.6	Thanks for joining us and welcome to episode 417 of the political junkie.
0:47.6	I'm Ken Rudin.
0:49.4	They're eating the dogs, the people that came in.
0:52.4	They're eating the cats.
0:53.7	They're eating the pets. they're eating, they're eating
0:55.8	the pets. And this is what's happening in our country. And it's a shame. We had no idea what
1:02.2	to expect at Tuesday's debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald
1:07.6	Trump. One thing was pretty likely, though. Democrats would be much better off than the candidate they had in the June debate against Trump, Joe Biden.
1:17.1	A performance so disastrous that it ended his presidency.
1:21.7	Well, Harris and Trump had their thing, and as it turned out, nearly every poll showed Harris with a convincing win,
1:29.0	though Trump didn't exactly see it that way.
1:31.9	We had a 92% rating in one poll.
1:34.4	80 to 20, I told that to Brett Baer, and we sent him a lot of polls, and we sent you a lot of polls this
1:40.5	morning.
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