Kamala Harris defends her values in first interview since her campaign launch

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Today on a special, two-hour edition of The ReidOut, Joy Reid leads with Vice President Kamala Harris, who discussed key issues while Donald Trump rambled about the wind and bacon, and flip-flopped on abortion, aligning with Democratic positions despite pressure from his far-right base to stay in line. Plus, the fight over book banning continues, with a Louisiana librarian, who has faced years of harassment for opposing censorship, now joining us to discuss her new book. Additionally, we highlight the power of the Latino vote, with over 36 million voters, as both campaigns vie for this significant and diverse constituency. Listen now to this special edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Today on a very special two-hour early bird edition of the readout.
0:08.0	I'm very proud of the work that we have done that has brought inflation down to less than 3%.
0:14.6	The work that we have done to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors.
0:19.2	Donald Trump said he was going to do a number of things including allowing Medicare to negotiate
0:23.1	drug prices never happened. We did it. Some people don't eat bacon anymore and
0:28.3	we are going to get the energy
0:33.4	down.
0:34.4	This was caused by their horrible energy wind.
0:37.6	They won't wind all over the place.
0:39.8	Dude what?
0:41.4	As Vice President Kamla Harris was discussing the issues, Grampi Trump was
0:45.4	rambling about the wind and bacon or something. And now he's trying out a new pitch on abortion,
0:50.5	literally flip-flopping to the Democratic positions, while his
0:55.0	far-right handmaid's tail base is warning him to get back in line under his
1:00.3	eye. Also tonight, the fight over book banning is far from over.
1:04.7	I will be joined by a Louisiana librarian who has faced years of harassment after speaking
1:10.0	out against censorship and she has written a new book about it.
1:13.7	Plus the power of the Latino vote more than 36 million voters strong and how
1:20.3	both campaigns are trying to win this huge and diverse constituency over.
1:29.1	But we begin tonight with the And according to Nielsen ratings, it was a ratings hit. Six million Americans
1:46.3	tuned in to watch. What they saw was a roughly half hour long discussion.
1:51.8	Were only four of the questions for were not based on
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