Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

I must mahale they cover the presidential campaign.

And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.

It is 6.04 pm on Wednesday, August 12th.

And Joe Biden and Kamala Harris held their first joint event today in Delaware.

Rebiden talked about his history-making running mate, the first non-white woman to run on

a major party ticket.

And this morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black

and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities.

But today, today just maybe, they're seeing themselves for the first time in a new way

as the stuff of President and Vice President.

Clearly he was making a nod there to the history-making elevation of Kamala Harris.

When he talked about brown and black girls, Mara, did you get a sense of what other sort

of big broad themes this campaign is going to be pushing in the home stretch?

Well, to me, there were two things about today that made a difference in other Vice Presidential

announcements.

First, was the history-making nature of it, as Kamala Harris herself said.

Today, he takes his place in the ongoing story of America's March toward equality and

justice as only, as the only, as the only, who has served alongside the first black president

and has chosen the first black woman as his running mate.

So she's cemented her place in the history books no matter what happens.

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