Harris-Walz Ticket Gives Young Voters New Hope
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🗓️ 22 August 2024
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Summary
The Democratic National Convention continued Wednesday night as Tim Walz formally accepted the nomination for Vice President. He went full "coach mode," whipping supporters into a frenzy as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to receive the nomination as the Democratic Presidential candidate on Thursday. Meanwhile, protestors outside the convention center continue to challenge Democrats from the left on issues like the war in Gaza, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ freedom. Chicago journalist Shawn Allee brings us the perspectives of young voters from the convention as they share which issues matter most to them at the ballot box.
In anticipation of Vice President Kamala Harris' nomination, we talked to Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer for the New Yorker, about the Harris campaign's lack of details on policy proposals. With just over two months remaining until election day, we asked him what people want to hear from Harris as she gives her much-anticipated acceptance speech this evening.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, August 22nd. I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:05.0 | And I'm Alexis Johnson guest hosting today, and this is, what a day, |
| 0:09.0 | the show where we're still basking in the glow of Michelle Obama |
| 0:12.3 | ripping Donald Trump to shreds in her DNC speech |
| 0:15.2 | Tuesday night. |
| 0:16.2 | And she did it so elegantly too. |
| 0:18.3 | I feel like I just had a spa day, like her outfit, her look, her skin, her words, all that was very cleansing. |
| 0:26.2 | I feel spiritually cleansed, you know. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, we talked to New Yorker, writer Jay Caspian Kang about what he |
| 0:34.5 | wants to hear from Vice President Kamla Harris tonight. But first, |
| 0:37.4 | Night three of the Democratic National Convention, all eyes were on Tim Walls. |
| 0:42.5 | He accepted the nomination for VP before going into coach mode and revving up Democrats |
| 0:47.5 | to fight for their freedoms. |
| 0:49.6 | Let me finish with this team. It's the fourth quarter. We're down a field goal. We're on offense and we've got the ball. We're driving down the |
| 1:05.4 | field and boy do we have the right team. Kamala Harris is top. Kamala Harris is top. |
| 1:13.3 | Kamala Harris is experienced, and Kamala Harris is ready. |
| 1:18.5 | Our job. |
| 1:20.6 | Our job, our job, for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling. |
| 1:28.0 | Well the current Vice President Kamala Harris's entrance into the race has been a game changer when it comes to the youth vote. |
| 1:36.6 | Among voters under 30, the Vice President leads Donald Trump in most polls by 15 to 20 percentage points. |
| 1:43.7 | Those numbers have been lagging under President Biden. |
| 1:46.8 | Some experts dismissed the significant of the youth vote, |
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