Kamala's party

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Democrats call Black women the "backbone" of their party. We ask three Black women delegates in Chicago about making history, Gaza, and Black men voting for Trump. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andi Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Photo by Gerry Melendez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Image. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah! Ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight to officially nominate Kevin
0:09.7	Harris for President.
0:11.7	Night two of the DNC was more energetic.
0:14.3	Lil John, Barack Obama, Bernie, Michelle Obama had jokes.
0:18.4	Who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those
0:22.1	black jobs.
0:24.6	Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party goes an old saying and this
0:28.1	week they're out in force in Chicago as delegates.
0:31.6	They're young and excited. It gives me goosebumps. They're fired up. I'm going to tell the non-PC
0:36.7	statement because that's who I am. They've read Project 2025. Have you ever read Fahrenheit 451?
0:43.0	I was like, what am I reading?
0:45.0	They know Donald Trump is a strong adversary.
0:48.0	A lot of these black men, especially the young black men,
0:51.0	really, really like him that much. they're confused about where the policy came from.
0:55.8	They're coming up on Today Explained.
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1:08.3	Einez Bordeaux is a self-described Hellraiser who can relate, and she became an activist after being
1:14.4	caught up in the criminal legal system when she couldn't afford her bond and
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