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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

The Majority View: Dems Put Diversity and Joy on Display at DNC

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki outlines the stark contrast between the Republican and Democratic national conventions - and explains why the Democratic party's joyful vision is more representative of our country's majority view. Senator Cory Booker joins the show to reflect on the historic convention. Next, Jen is joined by New York Attorney General Letitia James to discuss the dire stakes of the upcoming election, as Trump continues to obfuscate his plans for a potential second term. Later, Dan Pfeiffer joins the show to discuss how Democrats can maintain their momentum through November. Finally, Jen shares some thoughts on RFK Jr. dropping out of the race and endorsing Donald Trump. Kerry Kennedy joins Jen to discuss why her family has so vehemently spoken out against RFK Jr's conspiracy-driven campaign.

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0:00.0

Okay, after an intensely joyful and pretty flawless Democratic convention, the Harris campaign is riding a wave of momentum, and the contrast in the race has never been more clear.

0:11.3

Senator Cory Booker is one of Kamala Harris's closest friends in Congress. He addressed the convention this week, and he's coming up first.

0:19.0

Plus, after the prosecutor against the criminal framing was put on

0:22.1

full display in Chicago, I'll talk to somebody who knows a lot about that dynamic, New York

0:27.6

Attorney General Letitia James. And later, RFK Jr. endorses Donald Trump and what members of his

0:34.0

own family are calling a sad end to a sad story.

0:38.4

RFK Jr.'s sister, Carrie Kennedy, is speaking out, and she joins me live in just a few minutes.

0:52.2

Well, that was one hell of a Democratic convention.

0:56.2

I mean, like so many of you sitting at home, I laugh sometimes, I cried, I cheered, I was inspired.

1:01.7

It all overall felt like the message and the vibes of a winning campaign.

1:06.4

And then, just this morning, the Harris campaign announced some new numbers behind all of their momentum.

1:12.6

$540 million raised since the vice president took the reins of the campaign.

1:16.5

That was a month ago, by the way.

1:18.5

Volunteers have signed up for nearly 200,000 shifts since the start of the convention.

1:23.8

But beyond how things felt in Chicago, one of the things that's really been on my mind and

1:29.5

really stood out to me is the dramatic contrast with what we just saw a few weeks ago at the

1:35.0

Republican Convention.

1:37.5

I will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations.

1:46.0

We are indeed a nation in decline.

1:49.9

You can always trust me to put country above party and self.

1:56.5

We become a dumping ground for the rest of the world.

1:59.6

It is now our turn to do what generations before us

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