Lemon LIVE at 5 | KAMALA CLOSES IN! - July 29th, 2024
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Oh, hello. Good evening, everyone. We're a little bit late because see that man right there, Hill Harper is having a little trouble. I think he's I think it's a what do you say? Okay, boomer with the technology. We'll talk about all of it. We're happy to have Hill Harper. We're happy to have Abe Gurko. So thank you, everyone. Good evening to lemon. Welcome to lemon live Donald Trump and JD Vance are really, really, really weird. Everyone's using that word, right? They're weirdos. That is a new Democratic talking point, party talking point being circulated to define the former president. And the historically, did you know this guy is historically unpopular VP ahead of November? That's what they're trying to do.
So will it work? Well, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if it's going to work, but it seems like the talking point is working right now because Kamala Harris is up in the polling. So we'll see. I'm so lucky to be joined by an incredible panel here to break down all of today's developments. Hill Harper. You recognize that guy. He's a U.S. Senate candidate running for the Democratic nomination in Michigan in the primary there because it's August 6th. I spoke with him last night on the When With Black Men call, and I told him we were working on this, and here he is. So you may also recognize him from his work as an actor. He starred in CSI, New York, and The Good Doctor, and among other things, right?
He was also my former colleague. You had a show on HLN, right? What was it, like How It's Done or something?
How It Really Happened.
How It Really Happened. Abe Gerko is a friend of the show, is a best-selling author, producer, humorist, and a man behind the Substack opinion column, Won't Be Silent. So, Abe Hill, thank you so much for joining me. I really appreciate it. How are you guys doing this evening? What's on your minds?
Weird. Actually, what's interesting is CNN is trying to make weird weird.
Also, what do you mean?
segment was talking about, like you started, will weird work? And leave it up to Republicans to not think that it's better to be called weird than criminal. I mean, these are the options between what people are referring to the Republicans as.
Yeah, but if you think about it, you think about the things that they're saying, the couch and all of that. I mean, that is a little bit weird. It is a little bit weird. Here's what we're going to talk about today. These are our topics. We're going to talk about the weird. We're going to talk about Kamala Harris, the vice president and presidential candidate, surging in the polls. Democrats pivot to weird, right? J.D. Vance, buyer's remorse. I don't know. Does Trump have buyer's remorse? And I have been saying... I believe that he's going to replace him or at least try to. And how Harris and Harper win in Michigan. There we go. That's what we're going to discuss. How Harris and Harper win in Michigan. Also tonight, I think it's very important.
We had Brad Bauman on on Friday. You know, they're doing the white dudes for Kamala Harris call tonight. And I think everyone should try to call in, white, black, Puerto Rican, everybody, just a freaking, everyone should call in. They've got a lot of people and she needs help among all demographics, okay? So let me give you a little context before we go to these guys, if you can be patient. There's 99 days. We're within the 100-day, right? We're inside of that. 99 days to go until the election in November. Kamala Harris is surging. We have new numbers to prove it's not just some Democratic sugar high or some dream, like, oh, my gosh. As Republicans are claiming, she is actually surging in the polls. An ABC News Ipsos survey of 1,200 adults released on Sunday showed that Harris' favorability rating stands at 43%,
Eight points up from 35 percent favorability rating just recorded in previous polls. A previous poll conducted before President Joe Biden ended his 2024 campaign. Can you believe that? Right. So I think that voters were waiting for something Democrat, independent, even Republicans who wanted a different choice.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–9:36
2
Why is Kamala Harris suddenly surging in the polls and what data supports it?
9:36–11:05
3
How are Democrats using the 'weird' talking point against Trump and J.D. Vance?
11:05–30:24
4
What misinformation about Kamala Harris is being spread and how can it be corrected?
30:24–1:19:40
5
How should the Harris campaign balance policy messaging versus attacking Trump?
1:19:40–1:26:24