VP Harris gains support of majority of pledged Democratic convention delegates

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid leads with the raucous crowd that greeted Vice President Kamala Harris at her first campaign rally since crossing the delegate threshold to become the clear frontrunner for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. Also tonight, New York Attorney General Letitia James joins Joy. She knows all about prosecuting Donald Trump and will share how she thinks Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor herself, will make the case against America's first-ever convicted felon candidate for president. Plus, you may have heard that Vice President Harris pledged a certain sorority when she was a student at Howard University. We have two of her line sisters from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. with us tonight to talk about the Kamala Harris they know, and they know her best. Listen now to this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:05.0	We have doors to knock on, we have phone calls to make, we have voters to register, and we have an election to win.
0:15.0	So, Wisconsin to win.
0:17.0	So Wisconsin today I ask you are you ready to get to work.
0:28.0	A rockis proud for Vice President Kamala Harris at her first campaign rally since crossing
0:36.5	the delegate threshold to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.
0:41.2	Also tonight, New York Attorney General Letitia James joins me. She
0:45.2	knows all about prosecuting Donald Trump and will tell us how she thinks
0:49.6	Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor herself,
0:53.1	will make the case against America's first ever
0:55.7	convicted felon candidate for president.
0:59.4	Plus, you may have heard that Vice President Harris
1:01.3	pledged a certain sorority when she was a student at
1:04.1	Howard University back in the day. Well, I have two of her lion's sisters from Alpha Kappa
1:10.5	Alpha sorority incorporated with me tonight to talk about the Kamala Harris
1:15.2	they know and they know her best.
1:17.7	But we begin tonight with the remarkable and historic speed in which Vice President
1:25.4	Kamala Harris went from being President Joe Biden's running mate to the
1:30.0	de facto Democratic nominee for president of the United States.
1:33.6	Just let this sink in, okay?
1:36.1	In the 53 hours, since President Biden announced that he was no longer running for re-election
1:41.2	and endorsed VP Harris, She has raised more than
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