KAMALA MEETS THE PRESS! - August 29th, 2024
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What was the panel setup and why was Kamala Harris’s CNN interview the focus tonight?
The interview that everyone was waiting for. So I hope it lived up to everyone's expectations. I really do. I am joined by some extremely smart gentlemen to help me. Some of the sharpest minds around to help me discuss all of this. A distinguished professor of African-American and diaspora studies at Vanderbilt University. Mr. Michael Eric Dyson, plus my old friend and also with me is Garrison Hayes. He's a video correspondent for Mother Jones specializing in race, history and politics. And he is a friend of the show. And he is I would say he is my new friend. So welcome, gentlemen, to both of you. How are you doing this evening?
Very good. Thank you, my brother. Wow. The great legendary Don Lemon.
This is our special broadcast. Thank you. We're so happy to be on this. Usually we do our show a little bit earlier, but whenever there's a big event we respond to, we like to respond to it in real time as we did with the convention as well. So I'm going to ask you just initially, Michael Eric Dyson, that last time I spoke with you, as a matter of fact, we were at that COVID spreading event in Chicago, the convention. How did you feel about the interview overall? And then we'll discuss specifics.
Oh, overall, it was beautiful. It was well executed. It was perfect. It was pitch perfect in the sense that she was calm. She was lucid. She was articulate. She deferred to Joe Biden when necessary, asserted her command when required and knew the facts. I was impressed with her recall of historical moments. You know, nobody was better than that than Hillary Clinton. I mean, like Hillary's knowledge base is phenomenal. But she did a great job of doing like Hillary does, of linking historic moments, analytical prisms that allowed her to think seriously and critically about the issues. She honed in on her values. You know, she was specific about some policies. But more than that, she's trying to make clear to the American public, I am not Donald Trump.
I will be far better than Donald Trump and I will be good for this nation.
Garrison, I thought it was a strong showing as well to to Dr. Dyson's point. Honing in on values was was was great. And I think exactly the tone that she wanted to strike. I was surprised that we didn't hear more about freedom, which has been a theme throughout this campaign. But I thought she answered the questions directly as far as possible and really assured the American people that, that she would take a moderate view to a lot of the most hot button issues that we see in this country. I thought her answer to the Israel Hamas question was strong and reiterated much of her stance as she expressed in her speech last Thursday and also spoke to a critical concern of those pro-Palestinian protesters and supporters who
who look for the Palestinian people to have self-determination. I thought that was a strong moment in this interview as it was in her speech. And so a number of moments that I thought she was really able to capture her message to the American people at this time.
Yeah, I want to hear from, and I'm going to put this in the chat. We want to hear from the folks in the chat. I want to know what you think. I think the people who aren't quite so political, such political experts. So we want to hear from you guys. I'm typing this now. What did you think? So I want to really want to hear. So listen, because I like to talk to the folks, as you know, I love to go around and I love to do man on the street interviews. I love to ask people their opinions to hear. I'm actually I've just finished. There's a there's a folks who sort of were watching this. here where I was. And everyone said, you know, she conducted herself very well. They thought she, you know, she executed. She did what she needed to do.
It wasn't too much. It wasn't too little. I think they thought it was perfect as well. Sunshine in the chat says, she's got this. Anand says, Obama 2.0. Sabrina says, didn't see it. Well, Sabrina, we're going to show you some clips. As a matter of fact, I want to talk about some of that.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What was the panel setup and why was Kamala Harris’s CNN interview the focus tonight?
0:07–5:21
2
How did Michael Eric Dyson and Garrison Hayes initially evaluate Harris’s overall performance?
5:21–18:56
3
How did Harris explain alleged ‘flip‑flopping’ on policy and values?
18:56–23:52
4
What did Harris say about climate policy and the Green New Deal and how did guests react?
23:52–1:06:28
Speakers
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