The Coronation of Kamala Harris

Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This week, hosts Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson are joined by Washington Post associate editor and columnist Ruth Marcus. They President Joe Biden’s big step down, how the race is evolving with Kamala Harris stepping in as the presumptive nominee, and the fallout of the Secret Service. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Ethan Oberman and Cheyna Roth Research by Ethan Oberman Public.com+Public Investing: All investing involves risk. Brokerage services for US listed securities, options and bonds in a self-directed brokerage account are offered by Public Investing, member FINRA & SIPC. Not investment advice. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank.Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1828849), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. . See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest. For Thursday, July 25th, the Kamala Coronation Edition.
0:20.2	I am Emily Bazlan from the New York Times magazine and Yale Law School.
0:23.8	David Platz is away this week, but we are very lucky to be joined by Ruth Marcus, who is an
0:29.7	associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post. Hi Ruth! Hi, do anything happen? See but I think maybe. And also of course joining us is John Dickerson
0:44.1	of the CBS News Daily Report.
0:46.5	Hey John.
0:47.5	Hi, I'm here, but I'm foggy.
0:50.6	Well, yes, there was a lot of news this week. I was supposed to be on vacation, and yet it kept coming.
0:58.0	So the race for the presidency of the United States
1:03.2	has transformed with a dizzying speed.
1:06.3	On the show today, we will talk about Joe Biden's decision
1:09.3	to step aside.
1:10.8	How and why did he decide to leave the race and what is his decision say about him and the Democratic Party?
1:17.0	Our second topic is Kamala Harris.
1:20.0	How has it come about that she has an apparent lock on the nomination within just a few days from
1:27.1	Biden's decision?
1:28.6	And what are we learning so far about her candidacy and how the Trump Vance campaign will respond to their new reality.
1:37.2	Our third topic is the Secret Service and the self-described utter failure of law enforcement
1:42.2	to prevent the assassination attempt against
1:44.3	Trump of a couple of weeks ago. What went wrong and what does it mean for the
1:48.6	agency whose mission is to safeguard the nation's top officials.
1:52.9	And finally, we'll have cocktail chatter
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