MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 08-02-2024-222451

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

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0:00.0	Have you been watching the Olympics? If you have, then you know that yesterday
0:05.4	Simone Biles, the American Gymnastics Phenom, took home her sixth gold medal for
0:10.6	Team USA. That in and of itself was awesome, but it's also an amazing comeback story.
0:16.7	Biles' earlier battle with mental health led her to withdraw from the team competition at the
0:21.4	Tokyo Olympics in 2021. And now as of yesterday
0:25.6	Simone Biles is officially the greatest of all time, the goat. GeoAT, the most
0:32.4	decorated US Olympic gymnast in history.
0:35.0	And as part of her big moment,
0:39.0	Miss Biles chose to redirect a little of her spotlight on to Donald Trump not in a good way.
0:46.3	Earlier this week if you call Trump doubled down on his claim that immigrants are taking
0:51.5	what he called black jobs.
0:53.4	This was said while he was speaking to the National Association of Black Journalists.
0:58.2	And today, Simone Biles turned Trump's comment on its head, celebrating her Olympic victory with a tweet,
1:05.0	reading, I love my black job.
1:10.1	That clapback is the capstone to what has already been a very bad week for Donald Trump.
1:15.6	By contrast, Trump's opponent, Kamala Harris is having what could be called even impartially
1:21.1	a banner week.
1:22.8	Starting yesterday, the Democratic Party
1:24.7	has been holding its virtual roll call
1:27.6	to select its nominee.
1:29.5	As of this afternoon, Vice President
1:32.0	Kamala Harris has secured the necessary 1,976 delegate votes to become
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