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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Trump Rambles As Harris Rallies

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, Politics, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Former President Trump held a long, meandering press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Thursday, where he committed to a Sept. 10 debate with his main challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris. Meanwhile, Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are barnstorming the country and holding large rallies.

This podcast: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Stephen Fowler, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:24.6

Hi, this is Heather at Second Fortune Lake in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula.

0:29.0

I'm enjoying a few last quiet moments on a lovely summer morning before engaging in a time old tradition of dragging a variety of children around the lake behind a boat.

0:40.0

This podcast was recorded at 12.17 p.m. on Friday the 9th of August.

0:45.4

Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

0:47.6

Now on with the show.

0:55.0

That sounds like fun. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:58.0

I'm Tamara Keith.

0:59.0

I cover the White House.

1:00.0

I'm Stephen Fowler.

1:01.0

I cover the campaign.

1:02.0

And I'm Mara Liason senior national political

1:04.8

correspondent. And today on the show it is our campaign roundup and let us start

1:10.0

with the Trump campaign. Yesterday the former president held a meandering lengthy and

1:15.4

often rambling press conference that included numerous attacks against his

1:19.8

opponent Vice President Kamala Harris.

1:22.8

She's not doing any news conference.

1:24.2

You know why she's not doing?

1:25.2

Because she can't do a news conference.

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