Revenge of the Childless Cat Ladies

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Another week in which the fledgling Kamala Harris campaign seemed to click on all cylinders while Donald Trump and JD Vance had trouble finding their footing. The Trump campaign tried out different themes for attacking the Vice President, but none landed squarely and drew some broad rebuke. Mara Liasson, Zerlina Maxwell, and Jacob Weisberg join Harry to consider whether Harris is riding a false crest and whether, as recent polls suggest, she has indeed brought the election back to a genuine tossup. patreon.com/talkingfeds See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Talking Feds, a round table that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests for a dynamic discussion
0:15.1	of the most important political and legal topics of the day. I'm Harry Littman.
0:19.9	In their efforts to pivot to a campaign against Kamla Harris, Donald Trump and J.D. Vans have been
0:27.3	noticeably unsteady on their feet.
0:31.3	At an appearance last week before the National Association of Black Journalists,
0:35.4	Trump insinuated that Kamala Harris is a changeling who in mid-career had assumed
0:42.3	her identity as a black woman solely for political gain.
0:47.0	This plain lie Harris's strong identification as a black woman dates to her days in college and before, landed with a thud,
0:56.2	drawing widespread condemnation to which Trump, of course, reacted by doubling down.
1:02.1	In her response Harris declined to engage Trump in a
1:06.8	national debate over racial identity and authenticity and simply said
1:11.4	America deserves better.
1:15.0	J.D. Vans, Trump's Vice Presidential pick,
1:18.0	floundered significantly with his outlandish culture war critiques
1:22.0	about childless cat ladies. with his
1:25.0	cultural war critiques about childless cat ladies and uninspired humor.
1:27.0	Vance's missteps prompted what seemed to be growing buyer's remorse
1:32.0	among Republicans, who began to murmur that he might have been a poor
1:36.3	choice with some even speculating that Trump could soon utter his infamous phrase,
1:42.8	you're fired.
1:44.4	To chronicle the state of play as we move past
1:48.5	the initial Kamla Harris euphoria
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