'The American people deserve better': Harris responds to Trump's attacks on her race

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a rally in Texas today, after Trump questioned Harris' race at the National Association of Black Journalists. And Senator Cory Booker gives his thoughts on what's at stake with the 2024 election, and the current state of the race. Hans Nichols, Jon Allen, Michael Steele, Tim Miller, Molly Jong-Fast, and Nayyera Haq join The 11th Hour on this Wednesday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump's lie-filled attacks about her
0:06.8	race as she prepares to hit the road with her future running mate.
0:10.3	Then Harris campaign scores a key endorsement from the United Auto Workers Union.
0:15.0	Plus New Jersey Senator Corey Booker is here on the state of the 2024 race and a whole
0:21.0	lot more as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.
0:29.1	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule.
0:31.5	We are now just 97 days away from the election, and both
0:34.9	Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were on the campaign trail today in a big way.
0:39.7	In Houston tonight, the Vice President responded to Trump after he attacked her identity at the National
0:45.3	Association of Black Journalists Conference. Just take a listen.
0:48.6	It was the same old show, the divisiveness and the disrespect.
0:58.8	And let me just say, the American people deserve better. The American people deserve better.
1:03.0	The American people deserve better.
1:06.0	The American people deserve better.
1:07.0	The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth, a leader who does not respond with
1:17.4	hostility and anger when confronted with the facts. We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not
1:29.0	divide us. They are an essential source of our strength.
1:35.0	Our own Garrett Heake has the details on Trump's controversial appearance earlier today.
1:41.0	Former President Trump facing fierce backlash tonight after falsely claiming Vice President Harris, who went to a historically black college and is a member of a black sorority did not identify as black.
1:53.7	I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black
1:58.4	and now she wants to be known as black.
2:00.5	So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black I respect either one but she obviously
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