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PBS News Hour - Segments

Strategists examine latest campaign messages from Harris and Trump

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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President Biden spoke from the White House Wednesday night explaining his reasons for ending his reelection bid. It comes as Vice President Harris is closer to the Democratic nomination and as former President Trump focused his attacks on her. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Democratic strategist Guy Cecil and Republican strategist Kevin Madden. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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And for more analysis of the rapidly changing state of the presidential race,

0:05.0

we're joined now by Democratic strategist Guy Cecil and Republican strategist Kevin Madden.

0:10.0

It's great to have you both of you here.

0:13.1

So, Guy, there's an old saying in Washington

0:15.5

that a presidential candidate will never

0:17.1

have a better day than the day that follows their announcement.

0:21.8

And Kamala Harris, this huge fundraising hall,

0:24.4

lots of enthusiasm from the base.

0:26.6

Moving forward, though, how does she handle a tax

0:29.2

on her record, both as a prosecutor and as vice president.

0:32.7

Yeah.

0:33.4

Well, most candidates when they're announcing

0:34.7

have a little more time to prepare

0:36.6

when they're announcing for president.

0:38.6

Look, I think this is a great opportunity

0:40.5

for Kamala to introduce herself to the country.

0:43.7

She's done so in the sense that she's been the vice president in this administration,

0:46.9

but now is the time for her to present herself, her own views, her own contrast against

0:51.9

Donald Trump. And we've seen a lot of that as you've said

0:54.1

she's been in Indianapolis she's headed to Texas she was in Delaware

0:58.2

she will be traveling the country she was in Milwaukee you're gonna see a very strong contrast, not just on the

1:04.2

Biden administration's record, but also on her entire career as a prosecutor. And I

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