In Conversation With Kamala Harris

Latino USA

Futuro Media and PRX

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As Vice President Kamala Harris ascends as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate this November, we revisit Maria Hinojosa’s sit-down 2023 conversation with the vice president.

We also hear from our Latino USA listeners about how they feel about VP Harris and what they expect from her should she become the next president of the United States.

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0:00.0	Part of what is wrong right now with what is happening in our country is there is some perverse kind of suggestion that the
0:16.8	strength of a leader is measured based on who you beat down instead of who you
0:21.3	lift up. From future media and PRX, it's Latino USA. I'm Marianne Hosa.
0:31.0	Today, Kamala Harris, we revisit my one-on-one interview with the VP,
0:36.6	the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Dear Latino U listener, well, the last few weeks in U.S. politics have been quite a
0:49.8	whirlwind to say the least. From President Joe Biden's disappointing debate
0:55.3	performance against Donald Trump in late June. Right now as we speak there is a
1:00.2	deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party.
1:04.5	To the assassination attempt against former President Trump.
1:08.5	And new details tonight on the suspect here.
1:10.6	Sources now telling ABC News that he looked up Donald Trump.
1:13.4	To the mounting calls asking for President Biden to step down as a candidate.
1:19.0	We've got up to 20 House Democrats now calling for the president to step aside, two out of three voters,
1:24.7	according to a lot of both Democratic voters.
1:27.1	And then we reached a major flashpoint on Sunday afternoon of July 21st.
1:34.0	President Biden has just announced that he is ending his re-election bid.
1:38.0	Just moments ago, the president tweeted out,
1:40.0	it has been the greatest honor of my life
1:42.0	to serve as your president. Well, it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president.
1:43.3	Well, it has been now a presidential candidate stepping out so close to an election
1:48.6	is something that hasn't happened since 1968 when then President Lindenmee Johnson said he would not seek
1:55.8	re-election. President Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his
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