The Michael Knowles Show - Scamala： Kamala Harris Unmasked ｜ Episode 2 - That's Senator to You

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00:00:30.500 Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Knowles here

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00:00:35.160 Skamala.

00:00:36.520 Kamala Harris Unmasked.

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00:02:15.020 Now, let's dive into Skamala, Kamala Harris unmasked, 0.94

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00:02:21.680 When most Americans first became aware of Kamala Harris,

00:02:24.900 she was already a senator,

00:02:26.060 and she'd already been touted by the legacy media

00:02:28.160 as a potential presidential candidate.

00:02:30.000 There's a great district attorney in San Francisco

00:02:32.240 whose name is Kamala Harris.

00:02:33.720 She's brilliant, she's smart,

00:02:35.580 she doesn't look anything like anybody

00:02:37.100 you ever see on Law and Order,

00:02:38.380 yet she's tough and she's got a big future.

00:02:40.600 They call her the female Barack Obama.

00:02:42.680 There was a reason for that.

00:02:43.920 From the day Barack Obama called her

00:02:45.720 the hottest woman in American politics,

00:02:47.740 I happen to mention that Kamala Harris

00:02:49.520 is the best-looking attorney general in the country.

00:02:51.800 She had been treated as the next big thing,

00:02:54.240 a female Barack Obama. 0.86

00:02:55.780 But something funny happened on the way to the presidency.

00:02:58.340 The public got to know Kamala Harris,

00:03:00.420 and the more they saw her,

00:03:01.640 the less they liked her.

00:03:02.860 Her grasping, manipulative inauthenticity 0.97

00:03:04.900 grew stronger with every public display.

00:03:07.700 The more Kamala Harris wanted it, 0.99

00:03:09.100 the less the American public wanted her. 0.97

00:03:17.080 Kamala Harris was sworn into the United States Senate

00:03:19.340 as a senator from California in January 2017.

00:03:22.520 She was determined to make her mark,

00:03:24.320 not in terms of legislation or policy,

00:03:26.460 but in terms of celebrity.

00:03:27.880 The day after her inauguration,

00:03:29.460 she spoke at the Women's March, 0.96

00:03:30.920 where she praised the pussy-hatted brigade 0.97

00:03:32.880 for their bravery. 0.97

00:03:33.660 What a beautiful sight I see.

00:03:36.640 What do my eyes behold?

00:03:39.020 This is an extraordinary day,

00:03:41.740 and we all should be extremely, extremely proud.

00:03:46.600 The circus had begun.

00:03:48.280 Kamala's chief role in the Senate was to play prosecutor.

00:03:51.020 But where she had once appeared even spoken

00:03:52.800 and even somewhat genuine,

00:03:54.320 she now had developed verbal and linguistic tics

00:03:56.480 that made her annoying and cloying.

00:03:58.700 She nodded her head in vehement agreement with herself.

00:04:00.760 Her hand motions were too large,

00:04:02.800 too practiced,

00:04:03.660 her voice ranged into nasal indignation at every turn. 0.99

00:04:06.960 And every questioning was a righteously furious assault.

00:04:09.820 So are you aware that there are local law enforcement...

00:04:12.260 ...finish once before you interrupt me?

00:04:14.540 Sir, with all due respect.

00:04:16.280 With all due respect, Senator.

00:04:17.700 Desperate for attention,

00:04:18.860 Kamala tried to play up her supposed authenticity 0.86

00:04:20.980 and, at every turn, became more inauthentic.

00:04:23.960 Well, the first thing we've got to do is to speak the truth.

00:04:26.720 And the truth is that these folks are playing politics

00:04:29.720 with public health.

00:04:30.560 So they're engaged in all of this happy talk

00:04:33.840 that is not truth.

00:04:38.380 Let's just go into 2018 and be joyful warriors.

00:04:41.520 I like that term, joyful warriors.

00:04:44.100 Kamala was active in the ouster of Senator Al Franken.

00:04:46.540 After the Minnesota senator was caught with his hands

00:04:48.480 in the cookie jar,

00:04:49.140 or rather, near the breast of a talk show host years before

00:04:51.880 in a picture captured while that host was asleep,

00:04:54.520 Kamala quickly came out for Al Franken's resignation. 0.93

00:04:57.400 That, conveniently enough,

00:04:58.760 opened up a slot for her on the Judiciary Committee.

00:05:01.140 And it was from there that Kamala truly began

00:05:03.020 to unleash her unpleasant persona. 0.99

00:05:05.080 In 2017, interviewing Attorney General Jeff Sessions,

00:05:07.920 she would not allow him to answer questions

00:05:09.500 and talked over him.

00:05:10.380 The policy is based...

00:05:11.620 Did you ask that it would be shown to you?

00:05:14.280 The policy is based on the principle

00:05:16.820 that the president...

00:05:18.440 Sir, I'm not asking about the principle.

00:05:20.280 I'm asking when you think that you would be asked

00:05:22.260 these questions and you would rely on that policy.

00:05:24.960 Did you not ask your staff to show you the policy

00:05:28.360 that would be the basis for you refusing to answer

00:05:30.460 the majority of questions that have been asked of you?

00:05:31.780 The witness should be allowed to answer the question.

00:05:33.860 In the aftermath,

00:05:34.740 she would complain of being interrupted.

00:05:36.360 The media would predictably pick up that narrative.

00:05:38.260 But Kamala's Senate starring role was yet to come.

00:05:42.240 That starring role came in 2018

00:05:43.740 when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

00:05:45.800 resigned at the age of 81.

00:05:47.540 President Donald Trump,

00:05:48.600 guided by the scholars at the Federalist Society,

00:05:50.580 picked D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh

00:05:53.020 to fill the slot.

00:05:54.460 Kamala saw this as her time to shine.

00:05:57.140 She would single-handedly destroy Kavanaugh 0.98

00:05:59.640 and save the Constitution.

00:06:01.540 She immediately released a statement

00:06:02.920 minutes after his nomination,

00:06:04.520 calling him a, quote,

00:06:05.200 direct and fundamental threat to the promise of equality.

00:06:08.260 At the very first hearing,

00:06:09.640 she launched into a long speech 1.00

00:06:11.200 introducing herself to the American public

00:06:13.840 as a presidential candidate.

00:06:15.440 I was starting kindergarten.

00:06:18.100 And I was a bus, in a bus,

00:06:20.740 a school bus,

00:06:21.780 on my way to Thousand Oaks Elementary School

00:06:24.420 as part of the second class of students

00:06:28.200 as busing desegregated

00:06:30.280 Berkeley, California public schools.

00:06:32.660 All of this was merely the beginning

00:06:34.340 of Kamala's dishonest pyrotechnics.

00:06:36.560 At the time of the Kavanaugh hearings,

00:06:38.040 the Robert Mueller special investigation

00:06:39.580 into supposed Russian collusion

00:06:41.340 with the 2016 Trump campaign

00:06:42.940 was the top story in the news.

00:06:44.860 So Kamala decided to ask Kavanaugh

00:06:46.440 about whether he himself

00:06:47.580 had been involved in some way in the case.

00:06:49.960 To do so, she threw out a weird theory

00:06:51.980 that Kavanaugh had talked with someone

00:06:53.800 at the firm of Kasowitz, Benson & Torres,

00:06:56.840 the law firm for President Trump,

00:06:58.260 about Robert Mueller.

00:06:59.480 Kavanaugh clearly had no idea

00:07:01.100 what Kamala was getting at,

00:07:02.500 but she persisted.

00:07:03.440 Have you had any conversation

00:07:05.880 about Robert Mueller

00:07:08.180 or his investigation

00:07:10.160 with anyone at that firm?

00:07:14.880 Yes or no?

00:07:16.280 Well, is there a person you're talking about?

00:07:18.380 I'm asking you a very direct question.

00:07:20.100 Yes or no?

00:07:21.280 I need to know the...

00:07:22.860 I'm not sure I know everyone

00:07:24.080 who works at that law firm.

00:07:25.460 I don't think you need to.

00:07:26.520 I think you need to know

00:07:27.160 who you talked with.

00:07:28.340 Who'd you talk to?

00:07:29.240 The next day,

00:07:29.960 all of the focus was on Kamala.

00:07:31.760 Who was she suggesting

00:07:32.980 Kavanaugh had talked to?

00:07:34.660 What sort of corrupt arrangement

00:07:36.020 was she uncovering?

00:07:37.520 The answer?

00:07:38.460 She had nothing.

00:07:39.420 The entire accusation

00:07:40.340 was total nonsense.

00:07:41.820 She literally tried to manufacture 1.00

00:07:43.300 a gotcha out of whole cloth

00:07:44.720 in an attempt to catch Kavanaugh

00:07:46.260 in what is called a perjury lie,

00:07:47.860 where somebody lies by accident

00:07:49.620 and then is prosecuted.

00:07:51.040 It didn't work.

00:07:51.980 But all of that was prelude

00:07:53.160 to the big show.

00:07:54.540 On September 16th, 2018,

00:07:56.220 the Washington Post came forward

00:07:57.860 with an extraordinary accusation

00:07:59.340 against Kavanaugh.

00:08:00.360 An accusation from California

00:08:01.660 professor Christina Blasey Ford.

00:08:03.600 Ford alleged that as a teenager

00:08:04.960 some four decades before,

00:08:06.420 she had attended a party

00:08:07.300 where Kavanaugh and his high school friends

00:08:09.040 were drunk and attempted to hurt her.

00:08:10.900 She could not name the location,

00:08:12.320 the date,

00:08:12.920 or the time of the party.

00:08:14.120 She could not name any of the other people

00:08:15.380 present at the party.

00:08:16.820 It turns out that Ford

00:08:17.760 had attempted to make the allegation

00:08:19.320 anonymously originally.

00:08:20.600 She had called Representative Anna Eshoo

00:08:22.540 of California,

00:08:23.500 who had referred that story

00:08:24.460 to Senator Dianne Feinstein.

00:08:26.200 Feinstein had asked for a letter

00:08:27.240 with the details.

00:08:28.500 Presumably,

00:08:29.100 Feinstein didn't find the story

00:08:30.300 all that compelling

00:08:30.940 because it went nowhere.

00:08:32.340 Later, Eshoo went to Kamala Harris.

00:08:34.520 And then,

00:08:35.100 all of a sudden,

00:08:35.940 the information began leaking

00:08:37.020 to the press.

00:08:37.880 Before Ford's testimony,

00:08:39.140 Kamala did an interview

00:08:39.880 with CBS News

00:08:40.620 in which she touted Ford's heroism

00:08:42.040 and said she believed Ford

00:08:43.260 even though she had never

00:08:44.100 actually talked to her.

00:08:45.140 I believe her.

00:08:46.120 Blasey Ford eventually testified

00:08:47.340 before the Senate.

00:08:48.460 Her testimony was vague

00:08:49.780 and questionable.

00:08:50.640 I was pushed onto the bed

00:08:52.240 and Brett got on top of me.

00:08:55.120 He began running his hands

00:08:56.880 over my body

00:08:57.760 and grinding into me.

00:08:59.440 I believed he was going to

00:09:01.700 me.

00:09:03.000 I tried to yell for help.

00:09:05.380 Brett's assault on me

00:09:06.460 drastically altered my life.

00:09:09.080 For a very long time,

00:09:10.520 I was too afraid and ashamed

00:09:12.360 to tell anyone these details.

00:09:15.660 But Kamala stepped in again 1.00

00:09:16.760 to call her a hero.

00:09:18.020 You are sitting

00:09:18.880 here before members

00:09:21.060 of the United States Senate's

00:09:22.720 Judiciary Committee

00:09:23.820 because you had the courage

00:09:26.220 to come forward.

00:09:29.040 I want to thank you

00:09:29.660 for your courage

00:09:30.220 and I want to tell you

00:09:30.800 I believe you.

00:09:32.080 I believe you.

00:09:34.320 And I believe many Americans

00:09:35.660 across this country

00:09:36.380 believe you.

00:09:37.040 None of this stopped Kamala,

00:09:38.300 who questioned Kavanaugh savagely.

00:09:39.940 Judge Kavanaugh,

00:09:40.620 have you taken a professionally

00:09:41.820 administered polygraph test

00:09:43.360 as it relates to this issue?

00:09:44.920 So I'm going to ask you

00:09:45.720 one last time.

00:09:47.380 Are you willing to ask

00:09:49.160 the White House

00:09:50.160 to authorize

00:09:51.300 the FBI

00:09:53.020 to investigate the claims

00:09:54.180 that have been made

00:09:54.660 against you?

00:09:55.400 Do you agree

00:09:56.240 that it is possible

00:09:57.640 for men

00:09:58.720 to both be friends

00:10:01.140 with some women 0.97

00:10:02.360 and treat other women badly?

00:10:05.760 These were scurrilous attacks

00:10:07.100 designed to destroy

00:10:07.980 Brett Kavanaugh

00:10:08.720 as a judicial nominee

00:10:09.620 and as a man.

00:10:11.060 Kavanaugh would defend himself

00:10:12.080 in passionate terms.

00:10:12.940 This whole two-week effort

00:10:14.860 has been a calculated

00:10:16.520 and orchestrated

00:10:17.680 political hit

00:10:18.680 fueled with apparent

00:10:21.060 pent-up anger

00:10:21.980 about President Trump

00:10:23.300 and the 2016 election,

00:10:26.900 fear that has been

00:10:28.480 unfairly stoked

00:10:29.780 about my judicial record,

00:10:32.180 revenge on behalf

00:10:33.340 of the Clintons,

00:10:34.780 and millions of dollars

00:10:36.660 in money from outside

00:10:38.240 left-wing opposition groups.

00:10:40.140 This is a circus.

00:10:44.180 And indeed,

00:10:44.760 Kavanaugh would be confirmed

00:10:45.700 by the Senate

00:10:46.220 on October 6th, 2018.

00:10:48.200 Akamala had her moment

00:10:49.500 and the launch point

00:10:50.620 for her presidential campaign.

00:10:52.260 Indeed,

00:10:52.680 she announced for the presidency

00:10:53.680 just months later,

00:10:54.720 January 21st, 2019.

00:10:56.720 I stand before you today

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00:11:02.900 and what has to be done

00:11:04.880 and what has to be done.

00:11:06.540 With faith in God,

00:11:08.540 with fidelity to country,

00:11:11.700 and with the fighting spirit

00:11:14.300 I got from my mother,

00:11:16.100 I stand before you today

00:11:23.300 to announce my candidacy

00:11:25.760 for President of the United States.

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00:12:42.740 Kamala's campaign

00:12:43.520 for the presidency

00:12:44.140 started like a house of fire.

00:12:45.660 The media,

00:12:46.300 focusing on her

00:12:46.940 intersectional credentials,

00:12:48.140 a black woman,

00:12:48.980 a second Obama, 0.65

00:12:50.060 saw her as an early front runner

00:12:51.680 in what would undoubtedly

00:12:52.760 be a crowded field.

00:12:54.260 Early polling put her

00:12:55.080 at the top

00:12:55.500 of the Democratic heap,

00:12:56.560 second only to Bernie Sanders.

00:12:58.120 Whom it was broadly believed

00:12:59.140 would decline

00:12:59.900 as the field consolidated.

00:13:01.400 Kamala Harris launched

00:13:02.220 her presidential campaign 0.68

00:13:03.120 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

00:13:04.560 with a rally

00:13:05.260 in her hometown

00:13:05.880 of Oakland, California.

00:13:07.220 The event drew

00:13:07.660 an estimated 20,000 people

00:13:09.000 and she attempted

00:13:09.780 to position herself

00:13:10.600 as both the underdog

00:13:11.540 and the popular choice

00:13:12.740 of the black community

00:13:13.580 like Barack Obama

00:13:14.440 before her.

00:13:15.340 Ditching her

00:13:15.780 tough on crime,

00:13:16.940 top cop talk,

00:13:18.020 she spoke of herself

00:13:18.780 as a progressive prosecutor,

00:13:20.560 ready to bring justice

00:13:21.440 and equality

00:13:22.020 to the forefront

00:13:22.660 of American politics.

00:13:23.960 I'm running

00:13:25.140 to fight

00:13:26.280 for an America

00:13:27.320 where no mother

00:13:29.280 or father

00:13:30.480 has to teach

00:13:32.460 their young son

00:13:33.640 that people

00:13:35.340 may stop him,

00:13:37.300 arrest him,

00:13:38.860 chase him, 1.00

00:13:39.800 or kill him 1.00

00:13:41.120 because of his race. 1.00

00:13:43.100 She was positioning

00:13:43.740 herself on the left

00:13:44.640 of the Democratic Party

00:13:45.520 in an attempt

00:13:46.200 to shoulder out

00:13:46.900 potential competitors

00:13:47.680 like Beto O'Rourke

00:13:48.500 of Texas

00:13:48.920 and Elizabeth Warren

00:13:49.700 of Massachusetts,

00:13:50.320 both of whom

00:13:51.220 were widely perceived

00:13:52.020 as direct competitors.

00:13:53.860 America's story

00:13:55.160 has always been written

00:13:57.680 by people

00:13:59.200 who can see

00:14:00.220 what can be

00:14:01.700 unburdened

00:14:02.980 by what has been.

00:14:04.360 She branded her campaign

00:14:05.620 Kamala

00:14:06.240 for the people.

00:14:07.660 That branding

00:14:08.140 was a mistake.

00:14:09.400 Kamala had never been

00:14:10.320 a populist politician.

00:14:11.740 She'd always been

00:14:12.260 the candidate

00:14:12.660 of the elite Democratic Party.

00:14:14.600 Her logo

00:14:14.960 was a disaster area,

00:14:16.120 confusion of too many words

00:14:17.460 and bizarre color scheme.

00:14:18.800 And her

00:14:19.060 for the people slogan,

00:14:20.320 a riff on the prosecutor's

00:14:21.420 introduction in court.

00:14:22.660 Kamala Harris

00:14:23.240 for the people,

00:14:24.180 Your Honor,

00:14:25.000 fell absolutely flat.

00:14:26.500 Nonetheless,

00:14:26.960 she raised huge cash

00:14:28.140 out of the gate.

00:14:28.980 During the first 24 hours

00:14:30.060 of her campaign,

00:14:30.960 she cleared

00:14:31.300 $1.5 million

00:14:32.400 in donations,

00:14:33.540 tying Bernie Sanders'

00:14:34.620 2016 launch record.

00:14:36.440 Within weeks, though,

00:14:37.360 she would begin to flounder. 0.83

00:14:38.600 In February 2019,

00:14:39.840 an actor named

00:14:40.420 Jussie Smollett

00:14:41.160 alleged that he had been

00:14:42.240 beaten in the middle

00:14:42.880 of the night

00:14:43.300 on the streets of Chicago

00:14:44.420 by two white men

00:14:45.980 wearing red hats.

00:14:47.440 The two men

00:14:47.960 had been shouting,

00:14:48.780 This is MAGA country 1.00

00:14:50.060 as they looped a rope

00:14:51.140 around his neck

00:14:51.780 and threw bleach on him.

00:14:52.840 Who

00:14:53.240 says

00:14:55.640 empire

00:14:56.700 this MAGA country? 0.73

00:15:00.080 Seeking to be the first

00:15:01.080 out of the gate

00:15:01.520 to capitalize

00:15:02.060 on this sensational story,

00:15:03.840 Harris tweeted

00:15:04.380 that this was

00:15:04.980 a modern-day lynching

00:15:06.160 and suggested

00:15:06.900 that the alleged incident

00:15:07.860 serve as the basis

00:15:08.760 for pushing a law

00:15:09.520 she supported.

00:15:10.580 As should have been obvious

00:15:11.460 from the outset, however,

00:15:12.540 the story was a lie.

00:15:14.120 Harris had to backtrack.

00:15:15.600 She also jumped 0.55

00:15:16.200 into controversy

00:15:16.880 surrounding Joe Biden,

00:15:17.840 her chief rival

00:15:18.460 from the Democratic

00:15:19.300 Political Center.

00:15:20.360 When seven women 0.99

00:15:21.060 came forward claiming

00:15:21.820 that Biden had engaged

00:15:22.820 in unwanted touching,

00:15:24.320 Kamala claimed

00:15:25.000 she believed the women.

00:15:26.060 I believe them

00:15:27.260 and I respect

00:15:28.800 them being able

00:15:30.760 to tell their story

00:15:31.500 and have an approach

00:15:32.140 to do it.

00:15:32.960 The money train rolled on.

00:15:34.300 During the first quarter

00:15:34.980 of the year,

00:15:35.440 she raised $12 million,

00:15:36.620 a solid showing

00:15:37.400 for a candidate on the rise.

00:15:38.920 Still,

00:15:39.400 Kamala's campaign

00:15:40.000 struggled with internal

00:15:40.920 organization from the beginning.

00:15:42.680 Reports of infighting,

00:15:43.560 lack of clear strategy,

00:15:44.720 and inconsistent messaging

00:15:45.760 began to surface,

00:15:46.500 hinting at deeper issues

00:15:47.720 that would plague her run. 0.88

00:15:48.880 Those stories, of course,

00:15:49.700 would only break out

00:15:50.380 into the open

00:15:50.940 as her campaign 0.98

00:15:51.800 began to melt down.

00:15:53.140 That meltdown, surprisingly,

00:15:54.440 began with what should have been

00:15:55.680 Kamala's breakout moment.

00:15:57.180 During the first debate

00:15:57.940 of the primary season,

00:15:59.080 June 27, 2019,

00:16:01.060 Kamala,

00:16:01.520 through luck of the draw,

00:16:02.520 there were two groups

00:16:03.180 of Democratic candidates,

00:16:04.340 faced off against Bernie Sanders

00:16:05.580 and in particular Joe Biden,

00:16:07.020 the former Obama vice president

00:16:08.280 and new presidential frontrunner.

00:16:10.040 This was her opportunity

00:16:11.020 to knock Biden out of the race

00:16:12.240 and to steal his voting base.

00:16:13.920 And she took it.

00:16:14.500 First, she set herself up

00:16:15.800 as the adult in the room

00:16:16.660 by intervening in a spat

00:16:17.640 between other candidates.

00:16:18.780 America does not want 0.67

00:16:19.960 to witness a food fight.

00:16:21.040 They want to know

00:16:21.520 how we're going to put food

00:16:22.300 on their table.

00:16:23.440 A canned line went over well,

00:16:24.960 somehow.

00:16:25.680 But then Kamala got serious. 0.83

00:16:27.280 She slammed Biden as a racist. 0.64

00:16:28.960 It was hurtful

00:16:29.720 to hear you talk about

00:16:32.780 the reputations

00:16:33.880 of two United States senators

00:16:36.700 who built their reputations

00:16:38.780 and career

00:16:39.940 on the segregation

00:16:40.780 of race in this country.

00:16:43.120 And it was not only that,

00:16:45.980 but you also worked with them

00:16:48.220 to oppose busing.

00:16:50.560 And, you know,

00:16:51.840 there was a little girl

00:16:52.700 in California

00:16:53.660 who was part of the second class

00:16:56.120 to integrate her public schools.

00:16:58.320 And she was bused

00:16:59.580 to school every day.

00:17:01.460 And that little girl was me.

00:17:03.600 This confrontation

00:17:04.140 brought her significant attention

00:17:05.580 and a temporary boost

00:17:06.560 in the polls.

00:17:07.440 CNN headline,

00:17:08.380 Harris's attack

00:17:09.100 on Joe Biden steals spotlight

00:17:10.540 at Democratic primary debate.

00:17:11.940 Her campaign website

00:17:12.940 began selling merch

00:17:13.760 reading,

00:17:14.260 That little girl was me.

00:17:15.680 Pollsters suggested

00:17:16.440 that her support

00:17:17.040 had doubled

00:17:17.460 from 8% before the debate

00:17:18.960 nationally

00:17:19.380 to 17% afterward.

00:17:21.360 She raised $2 million

00:17:22.060 within 24 hours.

00:17:23.620 But this moment of glory

00:17:24.440 was short-lived.

00:17:25.860 Kamala's inability

00:17:26.520 to sustain the momentum

00:17:27.600 revealed a critical weakness.

00:17:29.680 Unpreparedness.

00:17:30.460 As with Justice Kavanaugh,

00:17:31.760 Kamala could launch an attack,

00:17:33.040 but she rarely backed it up.

00:17:34.260 She had no command

00:17:35.000 of details or evidence.

00:17:36.280 Her walk back began 0.74

00:17:37.040 almost immediately

00:17:37.740 with Joe Biden's comments

00:17:38.940 on national television

00:17:39.860 suggesting that her remarks

00:17:41.100 were baseless and scurrilous.

00:17:42.240 I thought we were friends

00:17:43.560 and I hope we still will be.

00:17:45.800 You know,

00:17:46.040 she asked me to go out

00:17:47.220 and call me

00:17:48.720 and asked me to go

00:17:49.620 to her convention

00:17:50.520 and be the guy

00:17:51.500 from outside of California

00:17:52.920 to nominate her

00:17:54.320 at her convention

00:17:55.400 for the Senate seat.

00:17:56.840 I did.

00:17:57.460 On MSNBC's Morning Joe,

00:17:58.820 Kamala softened

00:17:59.400 and walked back

00:17:59.960 her attack on Biden.

00:18:01.000 So he shouldn't have worked

00:18:02.040 with them

00:18:02.440 is what you're saying?

00:18:03.280 I'm saying,

00:18:03.840 no,

00:18:04.040 I'm saying that

00:18:05.360 the characterization

00:18:06.680 and the nostalgia

00:18:09.200 about who they were,

00:18:12.740 I find to be misplaced.

00:18:16.220 And it was hurtful to me

00:18:18.140 to hear that we would be

00:18:20.220 nostalgic about people

00:18:22.280 who if they had their way,

00:18:23.720 I would not serve

00:18:24.520 in the United States Senate.

00:18:25.600 Her position in Biden's

00:18:26.560 on busing

00:18:26.940 were substantially the same.

00:18:28.620 Kamala's policy positions

00:18:29.780 were another area of concern.

00:18:31.480 Her stance on health care

00:18:32.320 was emblematic

00:18:33.040 of her campaign's

00:18:33.940 broader issues.

00:18:34.760 Initially,

00:18:35.180 Kamala supported

00:18:35.800 Bernie Sanders'

00:18:36.640 Medicare for All plan,

00:18:37.720 which would eliminate

00:18:38.400 private insurance.

00:18:39.340 She even went on television

00:18:40.200 and said so.

00:18:41.020 I believe the solution

00:18:42.140 and I'm actually feel

00:18:43.600 very strongly about this

00:18:44.600 is that we need

00:18:45.240 to have Medicare for All.

00:18:46.660 But as criticism mounted,

00:18:47.820 particularly from centrist voters

00:18:49.100 and health care professionals,

00:18:50.360 she wavered.

00:18:51.180 The role of private insurance,

00:18:53.000 are you limiting that

00:18:54.020 to something like

00:18:55.300 cosmetic insurance

00:18:56.300 or what is the exact role

00:18:57.960 of private insurance?

00:18:59.020 To cover what is not

00:18:59.860 otherwise covered.

00:19:00.920 So that includes what?

00:19:02.000 Very little

00:19:03.000 because almost everything

00:19:04.120 will be covered.

00:19:05.100 Kamala tried to strike 0.92

00:19:05.900 a middle ground,

00:19:06.620 proposing a plan

00:19:07.180 that would maintain

00:19:07.740 private insurance options

00:19:08.720 while moving toward

00:19:09.560 universal coverage.

00:19:10.600 This flip-flop alienated

00:19:11.800 both progressives and moderates,

00:19:13.260 leaving her without

00:19:13.740 any solid base of support.

00:19:15.440 Her inconsistency

00:19:16.280 extended to other issues as well.

00:19:18.180 On criminal justice reform,

00:19:19.620 Kamala struggled 1.00

00:19:20.200 to reconcile her record

00:19:21.380 as a tough-on-crime prosecutor

00:19:22.780 with her new

00:19:23.540 progressive platform.

00:19:24.780 During a televised town hall,

00:19:26.160 Kamala was asked

00:19:26.780 about her stance 0.98

00:19:27.360 on the death penalty

00:19:28.060 for convicted cop killers.

00:19:29.620 Her response

00:19:30.080 was a convoluted attempt

00:19:31.260 to balance her past actions

00:19:32.440 with her current campaign platform,

00:19:34.340 resulting in a muddled message

00:19:35.840 that pleased no one.

00:19:37.020 My career has been based

00:19:38.340 on an understanding,

00:19:39.520 one,

00:19:40.020 that as a prosecutor,

00:19:41.420 my duty was to seek

00:19:43.000 and make sure

00:19:43.640 that the most vulnerable

00:19:44.520 and voiceless among us

00:19:45.540 are protected.

00:19:46.460 And that is why

00:19:47.360 I have personally prosecuted

00:19:48.940 violent crime

00:19:49.940 that includes rape,

00:19:51.360 child molestation,

00:19:52.300 and homicide.

00:19:52.940 and I have also worked

00:19:54.920 my entire career

00:19:55.820 to reform the criminal

00:19:56.800 justice system,

00:19:57.640 understanding to your point

00:19:58.920 that it is deeply flawed

00:20:00.500 and in need of repair.

00:20:01.660 Critics on the left

00:20:02.360 and the right

00:20:02.880 pointed to her past actions,

00:20:04.340 such as her defense

00:20:05.040 of the death penalty

00:20:05.640 and her handling

00:20:06.260 of truancy laws,

00:20:07.240 which disproportionately affected

00:20:08.520 low-income

00:20:09.080 and minority communities.

00:20:10.340 These contradictions

00:20:11.020 eroded her credibility

00:20:11.960 and trustworthiness.

00:20:13.120 People were beginning to see

00:20:14.100 through Kamala Harris' act.

00:20:15.740 The real problem, however,

00:20:16.660 was not Kamala's politics.

00:20:18.300 It was her personality.

00:20:19.520 Treated with kid gloves

00:20:20.300 for her entire career,

00:20:21.540 Kamala's sudden fame

00:20:22.400 exposed her,

00:20:23.220 sanded off all the varnish.

00:20:24.500 It became clearer

00:20:25.180 day after day

00:20:26.080 that she was simply

00:20:26.900 unlikable.

00:20:28.280 Kamala quickly became 0.92

00:20:29.100 the race's most

00:20:29.680 inauthentic politician.

00:20:31.140 Her most obvious foible 0.98

00:20:32.160 was an unfortunate

00:20:33.040 behavioral tick.

00:20:34.140 When asked a tough question,

00:20:35.380 she would break into

00:20:35.960 nearly uncontrollable laughter.

00:20:37.740 Whether during interviews

00:20:38.580 or debates,

00:20:39.380 Kamala's tendency to laugh

00:20:40.460 at inappropriate times

00:20:41.360 often came across

00:20:42.380 as dismissive,

00:20:43.320 out of touch,

00:20:44.080 just plain weird.

00:20:45.220 This behavior was not

00:20:46.020 just a minor quirk.

00:20:47.060 It became a symbol

00:20:47.780 of her inability to connect

00:20:49.040 with voters on a deeper level.

00:20:50.220 And that too.

00:20:54.580 I bet he's entitled

00:20:56.200 to his opinion.

00:20:57.820 Well, I think we've got

00:20:59.780 a couple of vicious 0.56

00:21:00.640 Chris with that.

00:21:01.900 I was the only one

00:21:02.940 in the room

00:21:03.460 who thought we were

00:21:04.060 still in the game.

00:21:06.640 All of these issues

00:21:07.440 broke out into the open

00:21:08.320 at the next Democratic

00:21:09.140 primary debate

00:21:09.840 on July 31st, 2019.

00:21:11.880 Joe Biden opened the debate

00:21:12.800 by approaching Kamala

00:21:13.620 for a handshake,

00:21:14.400 muttering,

00:21:14.640 go easy on me, kid.

00:21:15.920 Go easy on me, kid.

00:21:17.460 How you doing?

00:21:17.980 You good?

00:21:19.000 You good?

00:21:19.540 Jake Tapper of CNN

00:21:20.440 brought up the attack

00:21:21.460 from the last debate

00:21:22.180 and Kamala did exactly 1.00

00:21:23.500 what Joe Biden wanted.

00:21:24.620 She went easy on him.

00:21:25.580 Vice President Biden

00:21:26.840 was in the United States Senate

00:21:28.300 working with segregationists

00:21:30.140 to oppose busing,

00:21:32.260 which was the vehicle

00:21:33.240 by which we would integrate

00:21:34.800 America's public schools.

00:21:37.240 Had I been in the United States Senate

00:21:38.960 at that time,

00:21:39.720 I would have been completely

00:21:40.800 on the other side of the aisle.

00:21:42.360 And let's be clear about this.

00:21:43.840 Had those segregationists

00:21:45.400 their way,

00:21:46.400 I would not be a member

00:21:47.460 of the United States Senate.

00:21:48.700 Cory Booker would not be a member

00:21:50.000 of the United States Senate.

00:21:51.060 And Barack Obama

00:21:51.900 would not have been

00:21:52.600 in a position to nominate him

00:21:54.180 to the title he now holds.

00:21:56.300 But that wasn't the moment

00:21:57.460 that killed the Harris campaign.

00:21:58.800 That moment came at the hands

00:21:59.840 of former Hawaii

00:22:00.520 Representative Tulsi Gabbard,

00:22:02.000 running at Kamala

00:22:02.700 from both the left

00:22:03.540 and the center.

00:22:04.640 Gabbard delivered

00:22:05.220 a scathing critique

00:22:06.100 that many viewed

00:22:06.700 as a death blow

00:22:07.320 to Harris's candidacy.

00:22:08.840 Gabbard began

00:22:09.380 by accusing Kamala 0.71

00:22:10.320 of hypocrisy,

00:22:11.320 pointing out that

00:22:11.820 despite presenting herself

00:22:12.820 as a progressive reformer,

00:22:13.840 her record told

00:22:14.600 a different story.

00:22:15.640 She highlighted

00:22:16.120 that Kamala

00:22:16.620 had blocked evidence

00:22:17.340 that would have freed

00:22:17.840 an innocent man

00:22:18.520 from death row,

00:22:19.320 a charge that struck

00:22:20.100 at the heart of Kamala's

00:22:21.020 claims to fairness and justice.

00:22:22.120 I want to bring the conversation

00:22:23.240 back to the broken

00:22:24.420 criminal justice system

00:22:25.700 that is disproportionately

00:22:27.440 negatively impacting

00:22:29.080 black and brown people

00:22:30.120 all across this country today.

00:22:32.480 Senator Harris says

00:22:33.380 she's proud of her record

00:22:34.700 as a prosecutor

00:22:35.920 and that she'll be

00:22:36.560 a prosecutor president,

00:22:37.680 but I'm deeply concerned

00:22:38.600 about this record.

00:22:40.300 There are too many examples

00:22:41.380 to cite,

00:22:42.040 but she put over 1,500 people 0.99

00:22:43.960 in jail for marijuana violations

00:22:45.580 and then laughed about it

00:22:46.660 when she was asked

00:22:47.360 if she ever smoked marijuana.

00:22:48.540 She blocked evidence 0.98

00:22:50.860 that would have freed

00:22:54.520 an innocent man

00:22:55.580 from death row

00:22:56.620 until the courts

00:22:57.420 forced her to do so.

00:22:58.900 She kept people in prison 1.00

00:23:00.140 beyond their sentences

00:23:01.280 to use them

00:23:02.080 as cheap labor

00:23:02.960 for the state of California,

00:23:04.120 and she fought

00:23:05.320 to keep cash bail system

00:23:07.620 in place

00:23:08.320 that impacts poor people

00:23:10.060 in the worst kind of way.

00:23:11.840 Senator Harris,

00:23:12.440 when you were in a position

00:23:13.400 to make a difference

00:23:14.860 and an impact

00:23:15.620 in these people's lives,

00:23:17.320 you did not,

00:23:18.060 and worse yet,

00:23:18.800 in the case of those

00:23:19.800 who were on death row,

00:23:21.640 innocent people,

00:23:22.740 you actually blocked evidence

00:23:24.400 from being revealed

00:23:25.400 that would have freed them

00:23:26.720 until you were forced to do so.

00:23:28.640 There is no excuse for that,

00:23:30.280 and the people who suffered

00:23:31.460 under your reign as prosecutor,

00:23:33.340 you owe them an apology.

00:23:35.820 This was, of course,

00:23:36.500 the first time

00:23:37.080 she had ever publicly faced

00:23:38.440 serious pushback,

00:23:39.560 and she collapsed

00:23:40.320 in the face of Gabbard's

00:23:41.220 withering assault.

00:23:42.260 The media and public reaction

00:23:43.220 to the exchange

00:23:43.740 was swift and harsh.

00:23:45.060 Many declared Gabbard

00:23:45.800 the clear winner

00:23:46.340 of that debate segment

00:23:47.200 and declared Harris on the ropes.

00:23:49.240 Kamala attempted to deflect 1.00

00:23:50.260 by attacking Gabbard's own record

00:23:51.540 and questioning her

00:23:52.380 standing in the race.

00:23:53.260 These responses fell flat.

00:23:54.540 They failed to address

00:23:55.240 the substantive criticisms

00:23:56.220 that had been laid out.

00:23:57.020 I think that it's unfortunate

00:24:00.160 that we have someone

00:24:01.120 on this stage

00:24:01.860 who is attempting

00:24:03.060 to be the Democratic nominee

00:24:04.500 for President of the United States,

00:24:06.100 who during the Obama administration

00:24:07.800 spent four years full-time

00:24:09.940 on Fox News

00:24:10.760 criticizing President Obama,

00:24:12.680 who has spent full-time

00:24:14.180 criticizing people on this stage

00:24:18.880 as affiliated

00:24:20.320 with the Democratic Party.

00:24:21.920 The confrontation

00:24:22.760 significantly damaged

00:24:23.900 Kamala's campaign.

00:24:25.000 Her poll numbers

00:24:25.460 dropped precipitously,

00:24:26.340 and the criticism

00:24:27.220 from Gabbard

00:24:27.820 stuck with voters,

00:24:28.940 casting serious doubt

00:24:29.860 on Kamala's authenticity

00:24:31.100 and trustworthiness.

00:24:32.420 Gabbard's attack

00:24:32.920 was not just a momentary setback,

00:24:34.300 but a turning point

00:24:34.980 from which Kamala's campaign

00:24:36.120 never recovered.

00:24:37.180 It highlighted

00:24:37.640 the vulnerabilities

00:24:38.280 and contradictions

00:24:39.260 in Kamala's record,

00:24:40.380 and her inability 0.95

00:24:41.040 to effectively counter

00:24:42.100 those criticisms

00:24:42.760 in real time

00:24:43.680 underscored the lack

00:24:44.840 of preparedness

00:24:45.360 and strategic depth

00:24:46.400 within her campaign.

00:24:47.540 Meanwhile,

00:24:48.080 Kamala's gaps

00:24:48.600 became more

00:24:49.420 and more unwatchable.

00:24:53.960 This is a conversation

00:24:55.300 I have heard

00:24:56.060 in every campaign

00:24:57.740 I have,

00:24:58.740 and now here is

00:24:59.240 the operative word,

00:25:00.640 won.

00:25:03.660 And y'all are looking at me,

00:25:04.980 okay, Kamala,

00:25:05.560 why do you say this?

00:25:06.380 Why do you think

00:25:06.940 we have so much more

00:25:07.800 in common

00:25:08.140 than what separates us?

00:25:09.140 Well, I'll tell you.

00:25:10.760 I know it based on

00:25:11.900 every personal

00:25:12.720 and professional experience

00:25:13.980 I've had,

00:25:15.120 and I know it based on

00:25:16.620 what I call

00:25:17.160 the three-in-the-morning thought.

00:25:19.080 Okay, y'all are looking at me,

00:25:20.040 where are you going with this?

00:25:21.120 Okay.

00:25:21.720 Her inauthenticity 0.86

00:25:22.580 was like an onion.

00:25:23.600 Peel one layer,

00:25:24.360 find another layer

00:25:25.000 of inauthenticity beneath.

00:25:26.280 Her most virally

00:25:26.920 inauthentic moment

00:25:27.640 came when her campaign 0.98

00:25:28.800 got a bus.

00:25:29.280 Senator Harris

00:25:30.120 is kicking off

00:25:30.840 a five-day bus tour.

00:25:32.340 Look at my bus!

00:25:34.140 Oh my God,

00:25:35.040 I love it!

00:25:36.020 The mockery was immense

00:25:36.960 and well-deserved.

00:25:38.320 In response,

00:25:39.160 Kamala attended

00:25:39.680 big-dollar fundraisers,

00:25:41.040 avoided the campaign trail,

00:25:42.240 avoided the press.

00:25:43.260 That was,

00:25:43.680 of course,

00:25:43.960 where she was most comfortable

00:25:44.900 with the money people

00:25:45.740 in the Democratic Party.

00:25:47.300 Kamala for the people,

00:25:48.460 indeed.

00:25:49.260 As the campaign progressed,

00:25:50.620 Kamala's support steadily

00:25:51.540 continued to decline.

00:25:53.060 By the fall of 2019,

00:25:54.400 her poll numbers had cratered.

00:25:55.600 Her fundraising efforts

00:25:56.380 were faltering.

00:25:57.280 Despite her attempts

00:25:57.920 to shift her campaign's focus 0.99

00:25:58.980 to Iowa,

00:25:59.620 she wasn't picking up ground

00:26:00.680 even there.

00:26:01.640 Internal campaign memos

00:26:02.640 revealed a chaotic organization

00:26:04.380 with staff turnover

00:26:05.480 and a lack of cohesive strategy

00:26:06.940 contributing

00:26:07.400 to the campaign's unraveling.

00:26:09.060 Politico reported

00:26:09.840 in October 2019

00:26:10.820 that Harris was,

00:26:12.240 hemorrhaging cash

00:26:13.060 and in danger

00:26:13.700 of lacking the resources

00:26:14.740 to mount a competitive bid

00:26:15.880 against better-funded

00:26:16.800 rivals in Iowa.

00:26:18.000 Kamala attempted 0.77

00:26:18.580 to reshuffle the cards

00:26:19.580 in order to rescue

00:26:20.580 a campaign

00:26:21.160 that was still being viewed

00:26:22.220 as a likely early-stage juggernaut

00:26:23.920 just three months ago.

00:26:25.140 On November 29th,

00:26:26.240 the New York Times

00:26:26.800 ran an expose

00:26:27.620 on Kamala's campaign.

00:26:28.940 It was effectively

00:26:29.540 a campaign obituary.

00:26:30.900 Noting that she was

00:26:31.480 the only 2020 Democrat

00:26:32.760 who has fallen hard

00:26:33.760 out of the top tier

00:26:34.580 of candidates,

00:26:35.460 the Times called her

00:26:36.120 an uneven campaigner

00:26:37.440 who changes her message

00:26:38.480 and tactics to little effect

00:26:39.600 and has a staff

00:26:40.460 torn into factions.

00:26:41.680 The Times reported

00:26:42.340 a resignation letter

00:26:43.180 from Kelly Mellenbacher,

00:26:44.620 the state operations director.

00:26:46.060 In it,

00:26:46.580 Mellenbacher excoriated

00:26:47.780 the campaign,

00:26:48.340 quote,

00:26:48.720 this is my third

00:26:49.360 presidential campaign

00:26:50.220 and I have never seen

00:26:51.240 an organization

00:26:51.860 treat its staff so poorly.

00:26:53.520 Mellenbacher saved

00:26:54.120 particular ire for Maya Harris,

00:26:55.760 Kamala's sister,

00:26:56.580 the campaign chairwoman.

00:26:58.020 The Times reported

00:26:58.740 that her, quote, 0.98

00:26:59.460 decline is more predictable

00:27:00.500 than surprising.

00:27:01.520 The organizational unsteadiness

00:27:02.760 of Ms. Harris' campaign

00:27:03.760 reflects a long-time

00:27:04.960 personal trait

00:27:05.600 according to allies.

00:27:06.780 She is a candidate

00:27:07.380 who seeks input

00:27:08.180 from a stable of advisors,

00:27:09.580 but her personal

00:27:10.120 political convictions

00:27:10.980 can be unclear.

00:27:12.220 That was a very nice way

00:27:13.240 of saying the obvious.

00:27:14.280 Kamala Harris

00:27:14.800 had no principles.

00:27:16.460 By December,

00:27:16.940 facing dwindling resources

00:27:18.280 and an insurmountable

00:27:19.240 gap in the polls,

00:27:20.360 Kamala made the decision

00:27:21.220 to suspend her campaign.

00:27:22.600 In her withdrawal statement,

00:27:23.660 Kamala cited

00:27:24.120 financial difficulties

00:27:25.080 and the need to focus

00:27:26.120 on uniting the Democratic Party.

00:27:27.680 So here's the deal, guys.

00:27:29.400 My campaign for president

00:27:30.840 simply does not have

00:27:32.160 the financial resources

00:27:33.540 to continue

00:27:34.580 and the financial resources

00:27:36.100 we need to continue.

00:27:37.980 I'm not a billionaire.

00:27:39.500 I can't fund my own campaign.

00:27:41.320 And as the campaign

00:27:42.080 has gone on,

00:27:42.920 it has become harder

00:27:43.980 and harder

00:27:44.500 to raise the money

00:27:45.480 we need to compete.

00:27:47.660 In good faith,

00:27:48.640 I cannot tell you,

00:27:50.020 my supporters and volunteers,

00:27:52.020 that I have a path forward

00:27:53.600 if I don't believe I do.

00:27:56.640 So to you,

00:27:57.900 my supporters,

00:27:59.160 my dear supporters,

00:28:00.440 it is with deep regret,

00:28:01.940 but also with deep gratitude,

00:28:04.140 that I am suspending

00:28:05.080 our campaign today.

00:28:07.140 But I want to be clear with you.

00:28:08.860 I am still very much

00:28:10.980 in this fight

00:28:11.920 and I will keep fighting

00:28:13.740 every day

00:28:14.820 for what this campaign

00:28:16.440 has been about.

00:28:17.940 Justice for the people.

00:28:20.820 All the people.

00:28:22.060 However,

00:28:22.660 the reality was clear.

00:28:23.900 She had poisoned herself

00:28:24.780 with the voters

00:28:25.200 and her campaign 0.71

00:28:26.280 had been a full-scale

00:28:27.300 disaster area.

00:28:28.400 Mr. Vice President,

00:28:29.440 I'm speaking.

00:28:30.060 I have to weigh in.

00:28:30.400 I'm speaking.

00:28:31.280 Let's talk about the fact.

00:28:32.740 Yeah, I'm about to.

00:28:34.480 Wait.

00:28:35.160 I'm speaking.

00:28:36.040 It would be important

00:28:36.500 if you said the truth.

00:28:37.460 If you don't mind

00:28:39.080 letting me finish.

00:28:40.120 For the next few months,

00:28:41.000 Kamala struggled. 0.93

00:28:41.960 She remained critical

00:28:42.600 of Joe Biden.

00:28:43.600 In March 2020,

00:28:44.600 when Tara Reid came forward 1.00

00:28:45.620 and accused Biden

00:28:46.320 of sexual assault,

00:28:47.460 Kamala backed Reid's case.

00:28:49.060 But in reality,

00:28:50.120 Biden was in good

00:28:50.860 electoral shape.

00:28:51.900 Kamala was out

00:28:52.640 in the wilderness.

00:28:53.500 But it still wasn't

00:28:54.840 over for her.

00:28:55.860 Kamala Harris may have had

00:28:56.740 one of the most

00:28:57.120 spectacular collapses

00:28:58.200 of any presidential candidate

00:28:59.440 in modern history,

00:29:00.300 but she still had

00:29:01.080 one thing going for her. 0.51

00:29:02.460 She was a black woman. 0.98

00:29:03.960 And that advantage

00:29:04.600 made itself apparent

00:29:05.340 with the death

00:29:05.960 of George Floyd.

00:29:07.140 Kamala was an awkward 1.00

00:29:07.940 candidate to play

00:29:08.680 racial conflagrationist. 0.53

00:29:10.220 She was a former prosecutor

00:29:11.160 married to a white man

00:29:12.100 without any serious record

00:29:13.340 in left-wing race baiting.

00:29:14.600 But the Democratic Party

00:29:15.400 under nominee Joe Biden,

00:29:16.640 an old white man,

00:29:17.660 was desperate.

00:29:18.800 And there was Kamala

00:29:19.560 waiting.

00:29:20.660 Floyd's death ignited

00:29:21.500 widespread rioting

00:29:22.380 and cries from the left

00:29:23.320 to defund the police.

00:29:24.440 That same month,

00:29:25.560 Kamala Harris sought

00:29:26.180 to reposition herself yet again,

00:29:27.720 this time as a racial

00:29:28.740 justice warrior.

00:29:29.940 On June 1st,

00:29:30.660 as riots burned,

00:29:31.800 Kamala tweeted out a call

00:29:32.800 to chip in

00:29:33.360 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund

00:29:34.660 to quote,

00:29:35.220 post-fail for those

00:29:36.020 protesting on the ground

00:29:36.980 in Minnesota.

00:29:37.840 Those weren't protesters,

00:29:38.840 they were rioters.

00:29:39.720 And now Kamala,

00:29:40.540 the former top cop,

00:29:41.880 was supporting them.

00:29:43.020 Meanwhile,

00:29:43.480 as Joe Biden finished up

00:29:44.360 his victorious primary campaign,

00:29:45.980 he needed to please

00:29:46.700 his black voting base,

00:29:47.760 the people who had elevated him

00:29:48.860 to the nomination

00:29:49.480 over Bernie Sanders.

00:29:50.500 He couldn't do so himself.

00:29:51.780 He had been one of the architects

00:29:52.840 of the 1994 criminal justice scheme

00:29:54.760 that ended with

00:29:55.280 large-scale incarceration

00:29:56.480 disproportionately

00:29:57.340 among black men. 0.99

00:29:58.460 And so he had to pander. 0.74

00:30:00.020 Within weeks of Floyd's death,

00:30:01.300 the so-called racial justice movement

00:30:02.720 in his name

00:30:03.260 began calling for Biden

00:30:04.280 to pick a black woman 0.99

00:30:05.140 for his running mate.

00:30:06.120 That push had actually begun

00:30:07.040 in April,

00:30:07.560 when some 200 black female leaders 1.00

00:30:09.160 and activists

00:30:09.680 within the Democratic Party

00:30:10.740 signed an open letter

00:30:11.760 demanding a black female VP pick 1.00

00:30:13.520 from Biden.

00:30:14.380 They held a call

00:30:14.860 with Biden in May.

00:30:15.820 And in June,

00:30:16.500 Biden announced

00:30:17.000 that he would be seeking

00:30:17.900 just that, 0.98

00:30:18.600 a black woman. 1.00

00:30:19.540 On July 20th,

00:30:20.440 Biden said he had

00:30:21.240 four black women 0.95

00:30:21.980 on his vice presidential shortlist.

00:30:23.900 Among them,

00:30:24.480 there are four black women. 0.99

00:30:25.980 So that decision

00:30:27.120 is underway right now.

00:30:28.680 One of those women 0.99

00:30:29.300 was Kamala Harris.

00:30:30.880 She was the most qualified.

00:30:32.080 The other two were House members

00:30:33.420 and a national security advisor.

00:30:35.220 And only one of the possibilities

00:30:36.320 had the support

00:30:37.020 of the ex-president

00:30:37.860 and sole reason

00:30:38.680 for Joe Biden's political success

00:30:40.180 at the age of 77,

00:30:42.040 Barack Obama.

00:30:43.300 Behind the scenes,

00:30:44.200 Obama played a pivotal role

00:30:45.220 in Kamala's selection.

00:30:46.480 He recommended

00:30:46.940 her selection to Biden.

00:30:48.080 His endorsement was crucial

00:30:49.120 as it helped

00:30:49.720 to alleviate concerns

00:30:50.800 within the party

00:30:51.460 about Kamala's

00:30:52.180 controversial record

00:30:52.960 and bolster her candidacy

00:30:54.340 with his considerable

00:30:55.280 political capital.

00:30:56.960 Obama's support

00:30:57.520 also helped

00:30:58.080 to overcome opposition

00:30:58.920 from Jill Biden,

00:31:00.300 who,

00:31:00.660 according to all reports,

00:31:01.500 disliked Kamala strongly

00:31:02.940 since her scurrilous

00:31:03.860 attacks on Joe.

00:31:05.120 Now the woman Obama 0.91

00:31:05.920 had once called

00:31:06.480 the hottest attorney general

00:31:07.420 in the nation

00:31:07.900 was about to be placed

00:31:08.940 one heartbeat

00:31:09.720 from Obama's old job.

00:31:11.600 On August 11, 2020,

00:31:13.040 Joe Biden announced

00:31:13.680 that Kamala Harris

00:31:14.360 would be his

00:31:14.840 vice presidential running mate.

00:31:16.640 I have the great honor

00:31:17.220 to announce

00:31:17.600 that I've picked Kamala Harris,

00:31:18.780 a fearless fighter

00:31:19.440 for the little guy,

00:31:20.360 one of the country's

00:31:20.940 finest public servants,

00:31:21.920 as my running mate,

00:31:22.680 Biden tweeted.

00:31:23.720 For her part,

00:31:24.440 Kamala was now ready

00:31:25.280 to bend the knee,

00:31:26.080 saying Biden,

00:31:26.640 quote,

00:31:26.800 can unify the American people

00:31:28.040 because he's spent his life

00:31:29.060 fighting for us.

00:31:29.740 And as president,

00:31:30.700 he'll build an America 0.96

00:31:31.420 that lives up to our ideals.

00:31:32.980 I'm honored to join him

00:31:33.860 as our party's nominee

00:31:34.660 for vice president

00:31:35.340 and do what it takes

00:31:36.300 to make him

00:31:36.740 our commander in chief.

00:31:38.100 I have no doubt

00:31:38.980 that I picked

00:31:40.460 the right person

00:31:41.160 to join me

00:31:41.880 as the next vice president

00:31:43.500 of the United States

00:31:44.200 of America,

00:31:44.940 and that's Senator

00:31:45.600 Kamala Harris.

00:31:46.900 Is the answer yes?

00:31:48.240 The answer is

00:31:48.960 absolutely yes, Joe,

00:31:50.560 and I am ready to work.

00:31:52.200 I am ready to do this

00:31:53.360 with you,

00:31:54.100 for you.

00:31:54.780 I am just deeply honored.

00:31:58.580 Kamala's chemistry

00:31:59.220 with Biden was weak.

00:32:00.900 They didn't know

00:32:01.420 how to interact

00:32:01.980 with one another.

00:32:03.040 Biden wanted her

00:32:03.660 to be seen,

00:32:04.220 but not heard.

00:32:05.060 He wanted to show her off

00:32:06.320 as the intersectional future

00:32:07.460 without having

00:32:08.120 to take her input.

00:32:09.100 All of that was made apparent

00:32:09.940 during a joint introductory

00:32:11.060 interview on August 23rd,

00:32:12.760 where the two seemed ill at ease.

00:32:14.360 Well, thank you both

00:32:15.140 for sitting down with us.

00:32:16.340 Thanks for having us.

00:32:17.240 Thank you.

00:32:18.060 The process wouldn't

00:32:18.800 become any easier.

00:32:20.140 Kamala was,

00:32:20.840 as always,

00:32:21.200 an awkward campaigner

00:32:22.040 with no expertise

00:32:22.840 on any relevant issue.

00:32:23.780 Her gaffes once again 0.98

00:32:24.920 began to pile up.

00:32:26.040 For us at every moment in time,

00:32:28.100 and certainly this one,

00:32:29.940 to see the moment in time.

00:32:33.180 Which is why we will work together

00:32:34.760 and continue to work together

00:32:36.300 to address these issues,

00:32:38.720 to tackle these challenges,

00:32:40.620 and to work together

00:32:42.080 as we continue to work

00:32:43.820 operating from the new norms,

00:32:47.160 rules, and agreements

00:32:48.180 that we will convene

00:32:50.400 to work together on.

00:32:52.440 the significance

00:32:53.300 of the passage of time.

00:32:55.440 So when you think about it,

00:32:56.940 there is great significance

00:32:58.100 to the passage of time

00:32:59.560 in terms of what we need to do.

00:33:01.480 There's this whole conversation

00:33:02.640 that's been coming up

00:33:03.460 about electability.

00:33:06.980 Focused on our campaign.

00:33:08.580 Is America ready for that?

00:33:10.760 No!

00:33:11.980 Well, yes, they are.

00:33:13.340 Space is exciting.

00:33:14.540 It spurs our imaginations.

00:33:19.100 And it forces us

00:33:20.920 to ask big questions.

00:33:24.080 Kamala's vice presidential campaign

00:33:25.380 was intended to be a showcase

00:33:26.640 of her abilities,

00:33:27.620 a testament to her historic candidacy.

00:33:29.920 Instead,

00:33:30.460 it became a glaring exposition

00:33:31.780 on her political inadequacies

00:33:33.420 and public relations missteps.

00:33:35.320 The vice presidential debate,

00:33:36.600 juxtaposing Kamala

00:33:37.480 with Vice President Mike Pence,

00:33:38.800 was supposed to be

00:33:39.420 a shining moment for Kamala.

00:33:40.880 Her strategy was simple.

00:33:42.360 Play the victim.

00:33:42.880 From the outset,

00:33:44.160 she attempted to recreate

00:33:45.200 some of her greatest hits

00:33:46.140 from the Senate.

00:33:46.740 In particular,

00:33:47.540 her early PR success,

00:33:48.720 claiming that she'd been victimized

00:33:50.140 by men who interrupted her.

00:33:51.600 Only this time,

00:33:52.380 she would not be interrupted.

00:33:53.920 Mr. Vice President,

00:33:54.700 I'm speaking.

00:33:56.080 Well, wait.

00:33:56.880 I'm speaking.

00:33:57.780 It'd be important

00:33:58.220 if you said the truth.

00:34:00.620 Joe Biden said twice

00:34:01.900 in the debate last week

00:34:02.940 that he's going to repeal

00:34:03.800 the Trump tax cuts.

00:34:05.480 That was tax cuts

00:34:06.700 that gave the average

00:34:07.560 working family

00:34:08.420 $2,000

00:34:09.840 in a tax break

00:34:11.300 every single year.

00:34:12.420 That is absolutely

00:34:14.080 not true.

00:34:15.580 Is he only going to repeal

00:34:17.640 part of the Trump tax cuts?

00:34:19.280 If you don't mind

00:34:19.920 letting me finish,

00:34:21.320 we can then have a conversation.

00:34:22.920 Okay?

00:34:23.300 Please.

00:34:23.740 Okay.

00:34:24.440 Well, let's get back.

00:34:25.260 No, but Susan, 0.99

00:34:25.960 this is important.

00:34:27.000 And I want to add,

00:34:27.980 Mr. Vice President,

00:34:28.720 I'm speaking.

00:34:29.360 I have to weigh in.

00:34:30.520 But, like everything else

00:34:31.540 with Kamala,

00:34:32.100 the whole routine

00:34:32.760 was forced and phony. 0.61

00:34:34.200 Pence,

00:34:34.560 an unfailingly polite candidate,

00:34:36.020 never attempted

00:34:36.520 to bully Kamala,

00:34:37.480 instead leaving her

00:34:38.160 in the bizarre position

00:34:38.960 of playing the wronged victim

00:34:40.180 in the absence

00:34:41.120 of any victimization.

00:34:42.620 Despite Kamala's attempts

00:34:43.520 to sell a new set of merch

00:34:44.640 on the back

00:34:45.040 of her debate performance,

00:34:46.200 I'm speaking,

00:34:47.400 the attack fell flat.

00:34:49.140 It was the beginning

00:34:49.620 of a long night for Kamala,

00:34:50.760 who once again fell short

00:34:51.820 in command of the issues

00:34:52.720 and couldn't defend

00:34:53.440 her own record.

00:34:54.340 When questioned

00:34:54.800 about her previous support

00:34:55.880 for the Green New Deal,

00:34:57.100 Kamala attempted 0.77

00:34:57.640 to distance herself

00:34:58.500 from the controversial

00:34:59.260 elements of the proposal,

00:35:00.640 despite having

00:35:01.100 co-sponsored it

00:35:01.720 in the Senate.

00:35:02.060 And the American people

00:35:03.540 know that Joe Biden

00:35:05.660 will not ban fracking.

00:35:07.600 That is a fact.

00:35:09.440 That is a fact.

00:35:11.340 I will repeat

00:35:13.060 that Joe Biden

00:35:14.840 has been very clear

00:35:16.180 that he thinks

00:35:17.660 about growing jobs,

00:35:19.460 which is why

00:35:19.880 he will not increase taxes

00:35:21.380 for anyone who makes

00:35:22.320 less than $400,000 a year.

00:35:25.160 Joe Biden's economic plan,

00:35:27.720 Moody's,

00:35:28.540 which is a reputable

00:35:29.460 Wall Street firm,

00:35:30.560 has said we'll create

00:35:31.940 7 million more jobs

00:35:33.520 than Donald Trump's.

00:35:35.720 And part of those jobs

00:35:37.300 that will be created

00:35:38.040 by Joe Biden

00:35:38.880 are going to be

00:35:40.060 about clean energy

00:35:41.420 and renewable energy.

00:35:42.960 This flip-flopping

00:35:43.840 only served again

00:35:45.100 to reinforce the perception

00:35:46.460 that Kamala lacked

00:35:47.380 a firm stance

00:35:48.140 on critical policies.

00:35:49.620 Additionally,

00:35:50.100 her failure to adequately

00:35:51.020 address Pence's pushback

00:35:52.120 on the administration's

00:35:52.980 handling of COVID-19

00:35:54.100 and the economy

00:35:55.040 lapsed into incoherence.

00:35:57.000 The debate also exposed

00:35:57.960 Kamala's difficulties

00:35:58.840 in articulating

00:35:59.580 a clear, compelling

00:36:00.400 vision for the future.

00:36:01.720 While Pence methodically

00:36:02.660 laid out the Trump

00:36:03.320 administration's

00:36:03.980 accomplishments and plans,

00:36:05.260 Kamala often relied 0.95

00:36:06.100 on broad statements

00:36:06.820 and emotional appeals

00:36:07.760 lacking specificity.

00:36:09.780 In the end,

00:36:10.320 Kamala's performance

00:36:10.940 was saved,

00:36:11.660 not by her,

00:36:12.560 but by a rogue fly

00:36:13.420 that landed on

00:36:14.060 Mike Pence's head.

00:36:15.380 On such minor things,

00:36:16.580 campaigns turn.

00:36:17.560 To the men and women

00:36:18.440 who serve in law enforcement,

00:36:19.800 and I want everyone

00:36:20.580 to know who puts on

00:36:21.620 the uniform of law

00:36:22.560 enforcement every day,

00:36:24.080 that President Trump

00:36:24.880 and I stand with you.

00:36:26.940 While Biden maintained

00:36:27.740 his lead over

00:36:28.260 President Trump in the polls,

00:36:29.200 problems continued

00:36:30.120 to swirl around Kamala.

00:36:31.780 Allegations resurfaced

00:36:32.760 regarding her handling

00:36:33.700 of sexual harassment

00:36:34.560 complaints while serving

00:36:35.640 as California's

00:36:36.360 Attorney General.

00:36:37.560 Under Kamala's tenure,

00:36:38.660 the California

00:36:39.100 Department of Justice

00:36:39.920 had paid out

00:36:40.580 $1.1 million

00:36:41.600 in settlements

00:36:42.360 related to sexual

00:36:43.160 harassment claims.

00:36:44.460 That included

00:36:45.100 a notable case

00:36:45.800 involving one

00:36:46.280 of her top aides,

00:36:47.240 Larry Wallace,

00:36:48.020 who resigned

00:36:48.480 after a $400,000

00:36:49.700 settlement was made

00:36:50.560 following accusations

00:36:51.640 of harassment.

00:36:53.340 Kamala's response

00:36:54.080 to these incidents

00:36:54.720 were inadequate

00:36:55.360 and evasive.

00:36:56.320 Once again,

00:36:56.840 her dishonesty 0.88

00:36:57.380 was on full display.

00:36:59.020 Kamala's team claimed

00:36:59.840 they were unaware

00:37:00.380 of the issues

00:37:00.920 until they were

00:37:01.440 made public,

00:37:02.200 a statement met

00:37:02.900 with widespread skepticism.

00:37:04.900 Kamala,

00:37:05.300 who had attempted

00:37:05.680 to build her career

00:37:06.500 on advocating

00:37:07.100 for victims

00:37:07.620 and promoting accountability,

00:37:08.940 had yet again

00:37:09.440 failed to implement

00:37:10.060 these values

00:37:10.620 within her very own office.

00:37:12.360 In the end, though,

00:37:13.160 Kamala was indeed

00:37:13.840 elected vice president,

00:37:14.840 riding Biden's coattails

00:37:15.740 to the second highest office

00:37:16.800 in the land.

00:37:17.900 Even her announcement

00:37:18.500 of her victory online

00:37:19.380 was awkward

00:37:20.080 and off-putting.

00:37:21.040 We did it.

00:37:22.040 We did it, Joe.

00:37:24.040 For his part,

00:37:24.680 Biden touted her

00:37:25.340 as his potential successor,

00:37:26.740 telling interviews

00:37:27.340 that if he disagreed

00:37:28.180 with Kamala,

00:37:28.900 perhaps he would step down.

00:37:30.260 A fundamental disagreement

00:37:31.740 we have based on

00:37:32.940 a moral principle,

00:37:34.560 I'll develop some disease

00:37:37.740 and say I have to resign.

00:37:39.540 But Kamala's lackluster showing 0.99

00:37:40.760 as a failed presidential candidate

00:37:42.040 and then again

00:37:42.680 as vice president

00:37:43.460 put her on thin ice.

00:37:45.220 She'd soon break that ice.

00:37:46.980 We'll see you next time.

00:37:47.600 We'll see you next time.

00:37:48.600 We'll see you next time.

00:37:55.340 We'll see you next time.

The Michael Knowles Show - July 09, 2024

Scamala： Kamala Harris Unmasked ｜ Episode 2 - That's Senator to You

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