Harris & Obama campaign together for the first time

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🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Joy Reid begins tonight's ReidOut with the election's final stretch. We take you to a star-studded rally near Atlanta, a must-win for Democrats, featuring Bruce Springsteen and Spike Lee, headlining for Kamala Harris and Barack Obama. It is the first time Harris and Obama are campaigning together for her presidential bid, although they have a long history of collaboration. Despite this high-profile support, the media has largely fixated on Harris calling Trump a fascist, downplaying the fact that Trump's own former officials—like retired generals John Kelly and Mark Milley—have said the same. Listen now.

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0:00.0	We begin the readout tonight in the elections closing stretch, which is why a star-studded
0:09.6	rally near Atlanta is happening right now in must win Georgia.
0:14.0	That includes the boss himself, Bruce Springsteen,
0:17.0	who's on your screen right now
0:18.0	and you were just listening to, and Spike Lee,
0:20.0	headlining a Kamala Harris rally with Barack Obama. This will be the first
0:24.6	time VP Harris in the former president campaign together for her
0:28.5	presidential bid, but it is certainly not the first time they stumped
0:32.1	together.
0:33.2	Back in 2008 when Harris was serving as district attorney of San Francisco,
0:38.5	the rising political star campaigned for Obama,
0:41.6	speaking at the California Democratic Party State Convention.
0:47.3	And just a few years later, as California Attorney General, where she too, not just Obama, was getting called the future of the Democratic Party.
0:57.0	Harris made multiple appearances at the Democratic National Convention where Obama was nominated for a second term.
1:04.9	There is a longstanding political alliance between these two, and today Barack Obama is returning
1:09.6	the favor.
1:11.0	He is only one of the many A- listers making the case for Harris. Let's not forget the former
1:15.8	president also wrapped for her alongside M&M and M and after months of speculation over Beyoncée making an appearance in this campaign,
1:26.5	she too will appear tomorrow at a Houston rally for Kamala Harris with her mom, Tinales and country music icon Willie Nelson.
1:37.2	It should not surprise us all.
1:38.5	It definitely doesn't surprise me that the biggest names in music and pop culture are joining forces like this given
1:44.9	what's at state. Earlier today in Philadelphia the Vice President reminded
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