Kamala Harris' big moment — Rep. Donna Edwards and Douglas Brinkley weigh in on a historic week at the DNC

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president after a historic week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which focused on messages of freedom, optimism, and unity. On this episode of the GZERO World Podcast, former Congresswoman Donna Edwards and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley join host Ian Bremmer to share their insights on a truly unprecedented DNC and history-making month in US political history.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast.
0:05.8	This is where you can find extended interviews with guests from my show on public television.
0:10.6	I'm Ian Bremmer, and this week All Eyes were on Kamala Harris, Democratic National Convention
0:16.2	in Chicago.
0:17.9	Her party now has its nominee, and just as importantly, Democrats have a reason
0:22.7	to hope again. After staring down the brink of an all-but-insured defeat against Donald Trump
0:28.3	as recently as late July, the tables have turned faster than a brisk late Michigan wind.
0:35.0	Right now, it's looking like a very tight race. Today, I'm talking about the
0:40.0	historic nomination of the first woman of color to the top of a presidential ticket and the road
0:45.2	ahead for her. Joining me from the DNC in Chicago, our former Congresswoman Donna Edwards,
0:50.9	the first black woman to represent Maryland, and presidential historian Douglas
0:54.7	Brinkley. That sounds like the makings of a heck of a conversation, so let's get right to it.
1:16.1	Don Edwards, Douglas Brinkley, welcome to GZero World.
1:17.0	Thank you.
1:17.8	Thank you.
1:29.7	And, Douglas, I want to start with you as the presidential historian and to place this Democratic National Convention, what's already been a pretty dramatic and different 2024 year in broader historical context?
1:33.3	I think it's extremely important because, you know, if you just cut to March and April,
1:38.5	the Democrats were worried that they were doomed.
1:41.2	They thought they had Joe Biden as their nominee.
1:44.0	He was having about a 36% approval
1:46.7	rating. Other presidents that are one-termers like Jimmy Carter losing in 1980. He was about 36%. Or
1:54.7	George Herbert Walker Bush in 1992, sitting president lost with about 36%.
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