Harris v. Trump: SH** JUST GOT REAL!! - September 3rd, 2024
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Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Don Lemon Show. We're so glad that you are here. Is everyone back and ready to work? It's like back to school for adults. So welcome to Lemon Live at 5. As you know, yesterday we did sort of a special show because it was Labor Day, and you know Labor Day is usually people sort of relax and have the day off. But I wanted to come on and talk to you yesterday, so I want to come on and talk to you today and welcome you all back. I hope you didn't have the Sunday night scaries on Monday night last night. So good evening. Welcome to the show where we talk to you, where you, our subscribers, are really the people who get to lead the show, sort of. So I hope you had a really wonderful holiday weekend.
I really do. Remember, I'm just getting over COVID. You know, Labor Day serves a very special marker in America. Yes, it recognizes the critical importance of unions, union workers, the people who have made sacrifices for this country. And it signifies really the unofficial end to summer. But in American politics. This marks when presidential campaigns enter the final sprint to the finish line. This is like actually when it begins, okay? So after this summer of historic political tumult, the paths of the presidency for both Vice President Kamala Harris and for the former President Donald Trump this fall is becoming really much clearer. Democratic Vice President and... The Republican former president, they're going to devote almost all of their remaining time and resources to seven states.
They're going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars targeting voters who, believe it or not, have only just begun to pay attention to the election. And I know that because I was out talking to people today with a lemon can. And people are still undecided, some of them, not many of them, but some of them. Their campaigns, though, they're going to try to focus their messages on just a few key issues. Those issues will be the economy, immigration, abortion, and democracy. Remember, a few key states and a few key issues. So it's going to be a heck of a mad dash November 5th. It's going to be here before you know it, as a matter of fact. The debate is going to be here really before you know it. So we have so much to break down.
I'm grateful to be joined by a fan favorite guest on this show, friend of the show. Billy Ray is here. Billy is an award-winning filmmaker, film producer, director, writer, whose credits include Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, and a project in development titled J6 about the assault on the U.S. Capitol. He also works with Democratic candidates to improve their messaging, specifically as they relate to independence and disillusioned Republicans. Billy Ray, thanks for joining. How are you doing, sir? It's a privilege to be here. I hope you had a good Labor Day. I did. So, you know, I call you Billy Ray like people call me Don Leonard. Very rarely do people say, hey, Don. I don't know if you did, but do people just call you Billy Ray or is that?
It was particularly obnoxious in the 90s when Achy Reaky Heart was a thing. That was. Oh, come on.
That was. That was it. That was a problem. That was problematic, you say. Yeah. Yeah. So, Billy Ray, we're going to talk about the Mad-November. We've got a lot to discuss, including the polling, okay? So let me give you guys just the latest on the polling. I want to give you an update on where we are. The Vice President Kamala Harris is leading Trump by four points. These brand-new USA Today polls set the county poll by two points in a new Wall Street Journal survey. Recent polls of key states that Biden narrowly won in 2020, including Michigan. So Wisconsin and Pennsylvania show a close race with a narrow Harris margin. edge, which is surprising because, you know, the president, Joe Biden, wasn't polling so well, right?
Part of the reason that he's out. In addition to being competitive in those blue wall states, Harris has put the Sunbelt states of Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina, which were falling away from Biden, back in play.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–4:45
2
How are the campaigns for Harris and Trump shifting after Labor Day and which states will decide the election?
4:45–13:25
3
What do the latest national and battleground polls reveal about Harris’s lead and Electoral College risks?
13:25–18:00
4
Where should Harris focus her resources according to polling and campaign strategy?
18:00–44:35
5
Why are Harris’s favorability numbers improving while Trump’s remain underwater?
44:35–1:08:39