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The NPR Politics Podcast

What VP Kamala Harris Told Us About Their Post-SCOTUS Strategy

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The administration sees outrage over Supreme Court rulings as a major force in animating their base voters ahead of next year's presidential election and the vice president has played a central role in the White House response. She spoke to NPR's Michel Martin about their strategy — and whether or not she's ready for the top job.

This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House reporter Deepa Shivaram, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

The podcast is produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Kaylee from Milford, Massachusetts. I've just finished unpacking my last box

0:06.5

since moving two weeks ago and we've moved four times in 10 years with the military.

0:12.4

Hopefully this will be our last move for a long time. This podcast was recorded at 1.15 pm on

0:19.2

Monday, July 3rd, 2023. Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be organizing

0:24.4

the house for months to come. Okay, here's the show.

0:30.9

Okay, I feel that I hate moving and I've moved so many times. I was going to say no one likes moving.

0:36.0

It is the worst so God's feed to that woman. I love the use of net sound though,

0:40.8

when they taping the box. Yeah, that was impressive. She should be a producer.

0:45.2

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics. I'm Deepa Shiver

0:50.3

on. I cover the White House. And I'm Domenico Montenegro. Our senior political editor and correspondent.

0:55.0

Vice President Kamala Harris is out in the country. She's been talking to voters to mark the one

0:59.4

year anniversary of the DOBS decision when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and allowed

1:04.4

the states to restrict abortion. Harris spoke with Morning Editions, Michelle Martin on Friday in

1:09.6

New Orleans about how she sees her role in the White House. I think about my role as Vice President

1:14.7

of the United States and what that means both in terms of the bully pulpit that I have

1:20.0

and the responsibility that comes with that to hopefully inform folks of things I might be

1:26.0

aware of but also to elevate public discourse and hopefully cut through the the missed information.

1:36.7

So let's talk about how the White House might proceed after a slew of major Republican wins

1:41.6

at the Supreme Court. Domenico Dobbs was a big motivator of course for Democrats in the midterms.

1:47.5

And I imagine the administration hopes that these recent decisions will keep that political

1:52.3

energy going for them. Yeah, I mean, you know, the 2024 presidential election is going to be the

1:57.0

first presidential election that's fought after the DOBS decision. And we saw that that was a huge

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