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The Playbook Podcast

October 25, 2024: Texas is the stage. But Harris’ audience is elsewhere.

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

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3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We’re 11 days out from the end of the election, so naturally, Kamala Harris is campaigning in … Texas? Today, the VP will travel to Houston to deliver a message aimed squarely at voters in other states: That Texas’ abortion ban is a result of Donald Trump’s court appointments, and that if he returns to the White House, those restrictions will only spread. Politics reporter Megan Messerly walks Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels through what we can expect from one of Harris’ marquee end-of-the-campaign events.

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0:00.0

Presented by BP.

0:05.5

Good morning, everyone.

0:07.0

I'm playbook co-author Eugene Daniels.

0:08.7

It is Friday, October 25th.

0:11.3

Here is what's driving today.

0:13.1

First up, President Joe Biden says he will formally apologize today for the country's role in forcing indigenous children for more than 150 years into boarding schools.

0:25.7

Investigations found many of them were abused and more than 950 died.

0:31.8

The apology comes after his Interior Secretary, Deb Holland, launched an investigation into the system shortly after she became

0:38.9

the first Native American to lead the agency. Biden will make remarks and the apology in his first

0:45.0

diplomatic visit to a tribal nation right outside Phoenix. On Thursday, as he left the White

0:50.9

House, he said, quote, I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago to make a formal apology to the Indian nations for the way we treated their children for so many years.

1:01.7

And don't miss this week's episode of Playbook Deep Dive.

1:05.0

Rachel is sitting down with Jason Miller, political strategist, and one of Donald Trump's right-hand men.

1:11.5

They chatted about this final stretch of time before the election, how the campaign is betting on podcasts.

1:18.0

Hello!

1:19.1

And new media to reach voters.

1:21.1

And whether leaning into his perceived relatability, as the campaign puts it, will be what gets Trump to 270 on Election Day.

1:30.2

That episode is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.

1:34.3

On the other side of the aisle, Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to Houston, Texas today.

1:40.1

That's right, Houston, Texas, the Ruby Red State, just 11 days before the end of voting.

1:47.1

The vice president will hold a star-studded rally in the Long Star State.

1:52.5

And here to talk with me more about that is politics reporter.

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