Harris' Ellipse speech lays out Trump's threats to democracy

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid leads with Kamala Harris responding passionately to a demonstrator in Pennsylvania, following her powerful rally at the Ellipse, as Donald Trump hints at plans to contest a Harris victory. Meanwhile, Trump offers no apology for racist remarks directed at Puerto Ricans during his recent rally, spurring prominent Puerto Rican figures to denounce him and endorse Harris. Additionally, Trump’s vision for a second term includes appointing vaccine conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. to lead health agencies and billionaire Elon Musk to oversee government spending, with Musk ominously forecasting "temporary hardship" for Americans. Listen now.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout. We are six days away from an election and ours is about
0:09.9	a fight for democracy and your right to be heard.
0:15.0	That is what is on the line in this election.
0:18.0	Look, everybody has a right to be heard but right now I am speaking. A passionate Kamala Harris
0:28.0	responding to a demonstrator in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on the heels of her blockbuster rally on the
0:34.8	ellipse last night as Donald Trump lays the ground to work for a challenge to
0:40.1	a Harris victory. Plus no apology from Trump for the racism directed at the Puerto Rican
0:46.0	people at his weekend rally as more prominent Puerto Ricans denounce Trump and announced
0:51.7	support for Harris.
0:54.0	And Trump's dangerous second act.
0:56.0	He would put vaccine conspiracist RFK Jr. in charge of health agencies
1:02.0	and billionaire troll Elon Musk in charge of government spending
1:06.6	with Musk promising temporary hardship for the American people.
1:18.0	But we begin just six days out from election day. In this final stretch, both Vice President Kamal Harris and Donald Trump
1:22.0	are hammering home their closing arguments to voters hoping it resonates as Americans fill out their ballots.
1:29.0	If last night's crowd in the backyard of the White House is any indication. The Vice President's
1:35.1	message has stuck the landing. According to the Harris campaign at least 75,000
1:40.8	people filled the ellipse and spilled out onto the National Mall.
1:45.3	It well exceeded the MAGA crowd who showed up in that very spot nearly four years ago
1:51.9	on Trump's behalf
1:53.4	before the capital insurrection.
1:55.9	Yes, sorry, Donald, her crowd's side was bigger,
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