from WNYC studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Friday,

September 27th. We want to take a close look now at a major speech that Kamala Harris gave in

Pittsburgh on Wednesday, that she

hopes will be a turning point in her campaign. We'll play what I think are some key clips from

the speech, invite your reactions, and get analysis from Washington Post economics columnist

Heather Long. Here's the context. As we discussed a couple of days ago, Harris, since she got the nomination,

has already succeeded in energizing the Democratic base to donate, volunteer, and probably show up to vote.

We all know that. But the race is tight, and the voters most being identified as undecided,

tend to cite the cost of living as their top concern,

tend not to be enthusiastic about either Trump or Harris,

but tend to think that Donald Trump is the better candidate to help with inflation.

However, Trump's lead on the economy has been shrinking in recent polls.

And as the Washington Post puts it, Harris's speech sought to further erode Trump's

advantage on economic issues.

So let's start with a few clips.

First, we know Trump is out there calling Harris a Marxist and a communist that may be ridiculous

on its face if you know what actual communism and

Marxism are, but in American politics, and not just with Trump. If you think government has any

kind of role to play in helping poor people or the middle class, someone on the right is going to

say, you belong in the Soviet Union. So one of the first things that Harris did on Wednesday

was to try to plant her flag

by using the C word. Look, I'm a capitalist. I believe in free and fair markets. I believe in

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