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The NPR Politics Podcast

Kamala Harris Makes Her Case: DNC Night Four

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, News, Daily News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In her speech formally accepting the Democratic party's presidential nomination, Kamala Harris emphasized her record on abortion access and voting rights. She also painted a dire portrait of America if Trump is re-elected.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, campaign correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0

Christian Nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule.

0:08.0

If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.

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I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely American,

0:16.0

I'll take you inside the movement.

0:18.0

Listen to Extremely American, from Boise State Public Radio,

0:22.0

part of the NPR Network.

0:25.0

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:31.0

I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics. I'm Frank Ordonez I cover the campaign.

0:34.8

I'm Asmachala, I cover the White House.

0:36.5

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

0:40.0

And it is 1046 PM Central time on Thursday, August 22nd

0:45.0

and Vice President Kamala Harris gave her acceptance speech

0:48.0

for the Democratic nomination just a short time ago

0:51.0

here at the United Center in Chicago where we can still hear the balloons popping.

0:56.2

In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences, but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the

1:10.6

White House are extremely serious.

1:13.0

Harris made history tonight in many ways,

1:15.0

the first black woman, the first Asian American woman

1:17.6

to accept a major party nomination.

1:19.7

And just a month after President Biden bowed out of the race, Asma, this might have been one of the most important moments of her

1:25.9

political life what did you make of the speech look I've heard a lot of

1:29.4

Kamala Harris speeches these last few years I heard her when she ran for president in 2020. I have

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