Why the Harris campaign and Democrats are leaning into calling Trump 'weird'
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🗓️ 2 August 2024
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| 0:00.0 | The Democratic National Committee announced today that Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the number of delegates in a virtual roll call to win the party's nomination, which will be made official after voting ends on Monday. |
| 0:14.0 | While on the campaign trail the vice president is trying some new language on for size |
| 0:19.0 | like calling her opponent Donald Trump weird. |
| 0:22.0 | Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez has more. |
| 0:25.0 | On a fast track campaign for the White House, Vice President Harris is trying |
| 0:32.0 | something new to call it as she sees it. |
| 0:35.0 | He and his running mate sure seem to have a lot to say about me. |
| 0:39.0 | And by the way, don't you find some of their stuff to just be plain weird? |
| 0:45.0 | It's a notable change from when President Biden was in the race. |
| 0:50.0 | Do you really want to go back to the chaos of Donald Trump as president? |
| 0:54.6 | Much of his language focused on Donald Trump as an existential threat to the country. |
| 0:59.4 | It's about your freedom. |
| 1:01.3 | It's about democracy. |
| 1:03.2 | Now, campaign press releases call Trump, |
| 1:06.2 | old and quite weird. |
| 1:08.2 | And Democrats across the board are leaning into Harris's blunt approach. |
| 1:12.6 | From possible vice presidential picks commenting on Trump's behavior. |
| 1:16.3 | Have you ever seen the guy laugh? |
| 1:18.2 | If he has laughed, it's at someone, not with someone. |
| 1:20.9 | That is weird behavior. |
| 1:22.4 | To leaders of the party addressing |
| 1:24.1 | resurface clips of jadie vants every day vants it comes out vants has done something |
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