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PBS News Hour - Segments

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the sustainability of Harris' campaign momentum

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the momentum behind Vice President Harris' campaign, Democrats labeling Trump and his allies as "weird" and the criticism surrounding the pick of JD Vance as the Republican vice presidential candidate. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

And for some analysis of one of the busiest weeks of the 2024 presidential race so far.

0:06.0

It's our Politics Monday team. That's Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

0:12.0

Hello, hello. Hello. report with Amy Walter and Tamra Keith of NPR.

0:12.7

Hello, hello.

0:14.3

So Vice President Harris' campaign launch

0:16.5

was greeted with enthusiasm, energy, and a ton of money

0:20.2

from Democrats, Tam.

0:21.7

The question is, how can her campaign sustain this

0:24.1

momentum for the next 99 days into election day? Right well the good news for them

0:28.6

is that there's only 99 days until election day. The campaign says that they got a hundred and so sorry you go.

0:38.3

A hundred and eighty million right?

0:40.8

Almost two hundred million million to do that.

0:44.0

Look, there has been, we were talking about this before we went on there,

0:46.9

there has been a pent-up enthusiasm among Democrats

0:50.4

for someone, anybody who could prosecute the case against

0:53.7

Donald Trump they have that now in Kamla Harris but do you want okay and then I'm

0:58.5

gonna keep going and they finally have that ability in Kamla Harris to make that case.

1:06.6

Now, look, that's, I think that's not the part that she has to be as concerned about right now is keeping enthusiasm up among

1:14.8

Democrats because it's not as it some of it is about her but it's really as it's long

1:20.9

been about not being Donald Trump and having somebody who can make the case against

1:26.1

Donald Trump.

1:27.1

One more question for you, Amy, is Tim.

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