What voters and uncommitted delegates expect from Harris as the DNC draws to a close
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🗓️ 22 August 2024
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| 0:00.0 | All right, let's go this evening to the convention floor where our White House correspondent |
| 0:05.4 | Laura Barone Lopez is standing by. |
| 0:07.4 | Laura, what can we expect to hear from Vice President Harris later this evening? |
| 0:11.7 | Jeff, a campaign official said that Vice President Harris is going to share her personal |
| 0:16.0 | story, the story of being raised by a single mother in a middle class neighborhood, and also share |
| 0:21.8 | her story of her decision to become a prosecutor to protect others. |
| 0:25.5 | She's also going to emphasize what Democrats call the dangers of Project 2025 and fundamentally |
| 0:31.3 | underscore her patriotism and where she wants to take the |
| 0:35.9 | country striking a contrast with Donald Trump. |
| 0:38.2 | Laura, as we've heard again and again from speakers, it's just over two months to go until |
| 0:42.4 | election day and |
| 0:43.4 | you've been speaking with Democrats and with voters what do they want to hear |
| 0:46.7 | from Vice President Harris tonight? |
| 0:48.7 | I'm know many of the Democrats that I've spoken to including lawmakers don't want detailed white papers from |
| 0:54.8 | Vice President Harris. They don't think that she needs to be putting out 10-point |
| 0:59.0 | policy plans, but I spoke to Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii who said that he wants Harris to really emphasize |
| 1:06.2 | her vision and direction for the country in an honest way for voters and do that over and |
| 1:11.2 | over again. |
| 1:12.2 | But not to box herself in because you never and do that over and over again. |
| 1:13.0 | But not to box herself in, because you never know what the makeup of Congress is going to be |
| 1:17.3 | if you're trying to negotiate on legislation. |
| 1:20.3 | And also, a number of voters have told me and Democrats that they want to hear her really |
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