The DNC Says Farewell To Biden, Hello To Harris
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🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On Monday night, President Joe Biden kicked off the Democratic National Convention. In his speech, a political swan song, Biden looked back on his major accomplishments during his term as president. And, somewhat awkwardly, many people clapping and cheering on Monday were the same people who pressured Biden to drop his re-election bid. The party is moving on with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket while Biden winds down his political career. Franklin Foer, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future," discusses Biden's legacy.
While the GOP had to settle for Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan, the Democrats will have no problem bringing the star power to the DNC. Olivia Craighead, a writer covering pop culture and celebrity for The Cut, highlights the famous folks throwing their support behind the Harris-Walz campaign this week.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, August 20th. I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:09.2 | And I'm Travel Anderson and this is What a Day day the show where we're giving you the |
| 0:13.6 | highlights from the first night of the DNC as President Joe Biden |
| 0:17.3 | ceremonially passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris. We're lowering |
| 0:21.6 | the cut the malarkey flag |
| 0:23.0 | to half-mast in his honor. |
| 0:25.2 | I want that flag. |
| 0:27.3 | If anybody has one. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, we're foregoing the headlines to bring you two conversations |
| 0:34.3 | about this week's Democratic National Convention or in other words crooked media |
| 0:38.5 | Super Bowl. Yes a little later I'm gonna get the tea about all the celebrity action at the DNC |
| 0:44.4 | including if Beyoncé and Taylor Swift might be involved because the |
| 0:48.7 | streets are talking jealousy. They are talking. The streets rarely know what they're talking about but maybe |
| 0:54.4 | this time they do. But first President Joe Biden kicked off the convention |
| 0:59.2 | Monday night with a reflection on his four years in office. With a grateful heart, I stand before you now on this August night to report that democracy has delivered. Democracy, democracy has delivered. |
| 1:21.0 | And now democracy must be preserved. |
| 1:24.0 | In his speech, Biden also ticked off some of his major accomplishments during his first and now only term as president. |
| 1:34.8 | He noted that he ushered the nation out of the COVID pandemic. |
| 1:37.6 | He passed major legislation to improve infrastructure, address climate change, and strengthen |
| 1:41.7 | gun control. He put an instrumental role in |
| 1:44.0 | uniting NATO to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and he said he led the |
| 1:48.4 | charge to stabilize American democracy in the face of deep political divisions. |
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