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Laura Coates Live

Harris Goes On Offense On Immigration As Trump Attacks Record

Laura Coates Live

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Vice President Kamala Harris went on the offensive on immigration at her rally in Atlanta Tuesday. Plus, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran, Iranian state media reported. Also, Mehdi Hasan joins to make the case for Tim Walz as Harris’ vice presidential pick.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, so forgive me, maybe I've been to too many of my son's basketball practices these days.

0:12.0

But you know that saying that the best offense is a good

0:14.9

defense? Well that might explain what we're seeing from Vice President Kamala Harris on the

0:19.2

campaign trail because tonight she tried to flip the script on one of her most vulnerable issues in this election.

0:26.0

Immigration.

0:27.0

On the same day the Trump campaign put out this ad, dubbing her the so-called border czar,

0:32.0

and laying the problems at the border at her feet exclusively.

0:36.7

Harris tonight tried to, well, swap that attack down.

0:42.1

He tanked, tanked the bipartisan deal because he thought it would help him win an election.

0:50.0

Donald Trump does not care about border security.

0:53.8

He only cares about himself.

0:56.6

I will bring back the border security bill

0:59.6

that Donald Trump killed, and I will sign it into law.

1:05.0

Now remember that bipartisan Senate bill would have given the president the power to shut down the border once crossings hit a certain threshold. It would have also

1:14.7

made it much harder to get asylum. But Republicans you recall said it wasn't good

1:19.7

enough. Now Harris-Atlantic immigration played very well with the friendly

1:24.0

Democratic crowd there for her in Atlanta but those of course aren't the

1:28.0

independent voters that she needs to win over in this incredibly tight race.

1:33.2

And poll after poll has shown

1:35.8

that voters think of the Biden-Harris administration

1:38.4

is who failed on the border.

1:40.3

Now, the question is, will her point of the finger

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