Summary
➡ The candidate emphasizes her focus on addressing the concerns and aspirations of the American people rather than her gender. She believes that the public wants a president who can lower costs, secure America’s global position, and honor the military. She also discusses the importance of effective communication in public speaking, and how gestures and body language are used strategically. Lastly, she refuses to make concessions on women’s reproductive rights, even if it means gaining support from Republicans.
➡ The text discusses the importance of women’s rights, particularly the right to make decisions about their own bodies. It also touches on the political struggle to protect these rights, the role of the government in healthcare, and the upcoming election. The speaker emphasizes the need for respect and dignity for all, including transgender Americans, and criticizes former President Trump’s policies and actions.
➡ The speaker, a presidential candidate, believes that America’s unity can be achieved through their election and potential inclusion of a Republican in their cabinet. They emphasize the need to critically reexamine and possibly overhaul the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), citing a previously killed bipartisan agreement that aimed to strengthen border control and stop the flow of fentanyl into the country. The speaker criticizes Donald Trump for preferring to run on problems rather than solving them, and promises to fix the long-standing issues in the immigration system. They also defend their support for Joe Biden, highlighting his accomplishments and leadership skills.
Transcript
Thank you. We were just talking about the campaign trail yesterday and these key Rust Belt battlegrounds, as they call them, talking with undecided voters who are reaching out that olive branch to these voters. You want to bring them on board for them, for so many voters. We know that a huge issue for them is the economy. It’s the cost of living. I’ve been on the campaign trail. I hear that in the field again and again. You look at some of the numbers on this. And our new NBC News poll shows that more voters think that the Biden administration policies have hurt them rather than helped them.
And I wonder, are the last four years an obstacle to you in this race? Here’s how I look at it. First of all, let me be very clear. Mine will not be a continuation of the Biden administration. I bring my own experiences, my own ideas to it, and it has informed a number of my areas of focus, most of which are on, to your point, lowering costs. I am traveling the country. I am very clear, cost of groceries still too high. The voters know it. I know it. So part of my plan includes what we need to do to bring down the price of groceries, including the work I will do dealing with price gouging.
Something. Let me put my predictive hat on price couching because we want to go after the bad actors and we know that most of them are doing the right thing because we love our small businesses. And you know, my mother’s friend was a small business owner and she ran a daycare because my mother bought a house when we were me and my sisters was teenagers. And so I love my small business owners, but that also includes my opportunity economy, most of which will go to business owners. So of course, we want to take care of our small business owners because they’re the backbone of our economy.
And so we all know that $5,000 isn’t enough to open up a small business. So we want to give tax Credits of up to $50,000 for business owners. We also want to help people in their first year of having a child to give them $6,000 for the child tax credit to help with car seats and groceries and formula and food for the child. You know, that’s what we want to do. So our opportunity economy is for everybody. It is to ensure that the American people can at some point buy a home, which is, you know, why at the end of my first term, we want to have 3 million new homes built.
We want to incentivize builders to, you know, build more homes. And so that’s why we have a $25,000 down payment assistance for new home buyers. And so our opportunity economy is a plan for all I dealt with when I was Attorney General, something I will deal with going forward. Cost of housing. You know, I’m speaking with people of every background in every area of the country, of every age. And, you know, the idea of the American dream was something that previous generations could count on not as much anymore. Bringing down the cost of housing by doing what I have done in my career, that perhaps is a different approach, which is really actively working with the private sector, for example, home builders, to create incentives for them to build millions of new homes in housing units so we can bring down the cost, including what I will do to give people a $25,000 down payment assistance if they are a first time home buyer.
So these are examples. The example is what I’m going to do to expand the child tax credit because, listen, young parents in particular, they need help. They have a natural desire to parent their children well, but not always the resources. 6,000 extra dollars during the first year of their child’s life can help them buy a crib or a car seat or the things that are so crucial to that phase of their child’s development. So my plans and my policies are really directed at exactly your point. Doing what we must do to bring down the cost of living, but also to help people not just get by, but get ahead.
And I’m proud to report to you that economists from Nobel laureates to Goldman Sachs have reviewed my economic plan versus Donald Trump’s and in comparison, have found that my plans will strengthen America’s economy. His plans will weaken America’s economy. Then why do you think that’s not landing with voters? It’s the opposite. Former President Trump leads you on this issue. Well, when I’m out, this is why I’m going out to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and in Michigan. Excuse me, just got in late this morning, but going to three states yesterday and I’m going to continue being on the road.
I have to earn the vote. And it means sharing with folks my plan, but also offering them what objective analysts have shown to be the contrast between me and Donald Trump. My plans are focused on working people, the middle class and what we must do to strengthen hardworking people to be able to do what they. I wonder if she’s going to mention a term opportunity economy dream and aspire to be able to do. His plans are about giving tax cuts, massive tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations. His so called plan for the economy, economists have estimated will exasperate inflation and invite a recession by the middle of next year.
So there’s a huge difference between he and I. Let me ask you about something that you said when you were running for president the last time around back in 2019. At the time you said that the I was actually more thorough with her explaining her plan, what we already knew it was going to be. Somehow these reporters, they got to rephrase the question. They got to redirect her. They got to hit her with something, something new. Because we’ve heard all this, we’ve heard this 1000 different times. Thousand different times. The elephant in the room was whether the country was ready for a woman and a woman of color to be president.
So let me ask you, as you sit here today, do you think the country is ready now for a woman and a woman of color to be president? Absolutely. Absolutely. And I am saying that in terms of every walk of life of our country. You know, I think part of what is important in this election is really not only turning the page, but closing the page and the chapter on an era that suggests that Americans are divided. Have y’all noticed something? If you look at the bottom of your screen, it says 2155. 2155. What did I say? That every single time that she does an interview, they do not let her sit for longer than 25 minutes, 26 minutes tops.
25 minutes is the, is the number. Her people, they have studied, they have trained her how to communicate long enough to word salad her way through to the end of the interview without it being having too many hiccups. They do not let her sit for any longer than 25 minutes. That is the standard. That is the standard when it comes to Kamala Harris being able to do an interview. It is a strategic time. It works. It works. It works. It works. There is a strategy to this. 10 times out of 10, what I know from personal experience, from Lived experience and from my travels, even most recently, the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us.
And what the American people want in their president is a president for all Americans, which is the type and kind of president I pledged to be. This is my life’s work. As you know, I started as a prosecutor. I never asked, never asked, are you Democrat or Republican? I always ask if you are okay. I never asked my victims, are you a Democrat or are you Republican? I just asked them, are you okay? Victim of crime, a witness to crime, Are you a Republican or Democrat? The only thing I ever ask them is, are you okay? And that’s what the American people want to know.
Regardless of their race, regardless of their gender or their age, they want to know that they have a president who sees them and understands their needs and focuses on their needs, understanding. We all deserve to have a president who. Who is focused on solutions and not just fanning the flames of division and hate. You’ve been reluctant to lean into to talk about the historic nature of your candidacy on the campaign trail. Why is that? Well, I’m clearly a woman. I don’t need to point that out to anyone. The point that most people really care about is, can you do the job and do you have a plan to actually focus on them? I hear you on that.
That is why I speak the majority of my time listening and then addressing the concerns, the challenges, the dreams, the ambitions and the aspirations of the American people. They deserve to have a president who’s focused on them, as opposed to a Donald Trump who’s constantly focused on himself. I think that’s part of why people are exhausted with Donald Trump and his approach, because it’s all about himself and his personal grievances and not about the American people. Not about, how are you going to help families, how are you going to help smart businesses, how are you going to strengthen our economy? These are the things I’m focused on.
I’m focused on investing in the new industries on which America should lead and be a global leader. I ask because to implement the agenda that you want to implement, you have to win first. You have to win the right. And right now, there is a big gender gap in this race. Fewer men support you right now than they did President Biden. Some of your allies have suggested there’s sexism at play. I wonder, do you think there is sexism at play here? Let me just tell you something. You’ve come to my events, and you will see there are men and women at those events.
Whether it Be small events or events with 10,000 people. So the experience that I am having is one in which it is clear. Did you know that they teach y’all how to speak like this when you are a public speaker, especially when you get to the level of the president? And Obama did this masterfully. Obama was the best at it. He was really great at being able to communicate effectively with the people back then. He’s a little rusty now. So now, as you’ll see in the next segment, he’s over there singing to Eminem. Lose yourself in the music.
The moment you own it, you should have never let it go. He’s very masterful, or he used to be masterful, back in 2008, 2009 through 2014. 15. He was masterful in talking to the people like this and being very purposeful with directing your eyes and then exemplifying, you know, that masculinity and that suave while directing you to feel a certain type of way. And when he wanted to hit on a point, he would pull out his pointer on his. On his. Literally, it’s like this. This. It’s like this, and then it’s like this. It’s two ways that they communicate.
It’s like this. Because I want you to understand that my point and the point of the American people is to ensure. Is to ensure. And if you really want to get into it, then you start doing like this. Because I don’t understand. I don’t know if y’all really understand what’s going on. Communication is an art. It’s an art form. A lot of people think that they could just get up on these panels and they can talk. That’s why they get quiet. That’s why they start freezing when the lights come on. Or, you know, they have a difficulty having conversations with people who are performing in public speaking and stuff.
It’s an art form. And I study why people do the things that they do. I read books on how to communicate more effectively. And then you see that displayed when I go on, like Harley initiated the other day. In person, the communication style is completely different. So whereas he was sitting like this and relax. Ha. He was doing like that the whole time. I’m like this. And then I use my hands and my gestures a little bit more. And, you know, it’s an art form. So all presidents or all people that are proposing to be president of the United States of America, including Kamala Harris, they strategically start to do like this, like this.
And then they put their hands down, and then they do it. Like this. And then they do like this, and they talk. And so it’s all strategic. They’re taught how to do this. That regardless of someone’s gender, they want to know that their president has a plan to lower cost, that their president has a plan to secure America in the context of our position around the world, they want a president of the United States who honors our military, who understands the importance of America’s leadership around international rules and norms, and that is regardless of gender. And that’s how I will lead.
Do you not see sexism as a factor in this race at all? I don’t think of it that way. My challenge is the challenge of making sure I can talk with and listen to as many voters as possible and earn their vote. Look. Look at her hands. Never assume because she breaks out. Anyone in our country should I listen to that way. My challenge is the challenge of making sure I can talk with and listen to as many voters as possible and earn their vote every time. Every single time. Go. One hand, two hands. Point. Put your hands down.
Okay. And I will never assume. I mean, that’s more. That’s more insightful than whatever it is that she’s talking about right now. That anyone in our country should elect a leader based on their gender or their race instead. That that leader needs to earn the vote based on substance and what they will do to address challenges and to inspire people to know that their aspirations and their ambitions can and will be achieved through the opportunity to do that. Some of those voters that I spoke with at some of the events yesterday, for example, talked about, they were there to support you, but also your agenda when it comes to reproductive rights and abortion access.
And you have cast this as a matter of literal life and death as an urgent priority here. If you win, it is entirely possible that Congress will be controlled by Republicans. So what specific concessions would you be willing to make in order to get something done on abortion access as soon as possible? Well, first of all, look at what has happened since the Dobbs decision came down. A decision that is a direct result of the fact that Donald Trump hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention they would undo the protections of Roe.
They did as he intended. And now in 20 states, we have Trump abortion bans, which some make no exception, for rape or incest, which criminalize health care providers in a state like Texas, prison for life for doctors and nurses if they provide reproductive care. And where we have seen this issue on the ballot, let’s be clear, when I say reproductive care that means the elimination of babies. Okay? So they like to put a sweet term on it. And it eliminates reproductive care. No, it doesn’t eliminate reproductive care because caring for something that you’re producing is productive.
You know what I’m saying? So it doesn’t eliminate reproductive care. It eliminates the. Eliminate elimination of unwanted pregnancies. And it was funny because Kerry last night and then Rita confirmed it also that when they were growing up, they never seen or every single woman that they’ve ever encountered as they grew up as women, every last one of them at some point had had a deletion of a baby and they were using it as a form of contraception. To your point about elections, from red states to blue states, when freedom is on the ballot, the American people vote for freedom regardless of the party they are registered to vote with.
We have seen that. And I know that there are members of the United States Congress who are well aware that their constituents are in favor of the very fundamental principle that a woman should be able to make decisions about her own body and not have. The question was, because I know y’all get caught up in a word salad, what concessions are you willing to make in order to push back through Roe v. Wade or, you know, the ability for the federal government to oversee what women can and can’t do with their bodies? That was it. She’s not answering the question for government.
Tell her what to do. So is a question of pragmatism, then? What concessions would be on the table? Religious exemptions, for example? Is that something that you would consider? I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body to. To Republicans, like, for example, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, who would back something like this on a Democratic agenda, if, in fact Republicans control Congress, would you offer them an olive branch or is that off the table? Is that not an option for you? I’m not going to engage in hypotheticals because we can go on with a variety of scenarios.
Let’s start with a fundamental fact. A basic freedom has been taken from the women of America. Y’all should read. No, don’t read it. You can’t read it. I love. I love the book Diplomacy. I don’t want y’all to read it because sometimes some of y’all are not mentally prepared for that type of conversation. And that type of book. It’s over 600 pages. Pages. So a lot of people not gonna read it anyway. But again, if the Congress, anybody that understands Civics knows that she’s not gonna be able to get this through. Anybody that understands civics knows she will not be able to get this through.
That’s just a fact. So she can sit here and say, oh man, no, this is a fundamental right, this is a fundamental freedom. She’s just not answering the question. The freedom to make decisions about their own body and that cannot be negotiable, which is that we need to put back in the protection of Roe v. Wade and that is it. But what if you can’t do that? What if you can’t get that passed and you want to save lives in Florida and in Texas and in Georgia? What do you do? I’m not going to go down that rabbit hole with you right now because right now it’s a question that’s out there because it’s not a guarantee that Democrats will win control of Congress.
Well, I’m doing everything I can to make sure that we do on this issue. I think that what is clear to me is whether someone is. I was just with one of the leaders and I think opinion leaders in the Republican Party, Liz Cheney, who hasshe is, as she has stated publicly and has expressed her, she said it on stage yesterday, she is pro life, but she also understands the pain and the tragedy that has happened since Donald Trump allowed Roe v. Wade to be overturned. So that’s my point about what is non negotiable. It has to be that we agree that it is so fundamental that we allow women the ability with their doctor, with, if they choose, talking with their faith leader to be able to make these decisions and not have the government tell her what to do.
On the question of your beliefs, what you believe in, let me ask you this question very broadly speaking. Sure. Do you believe that transgender Americans should have access to gender affirming care in this country? I believe we should follow the law. I mean, I think you’re probably pointing to speaking here. Do you believe that transgender Americans should have access to gender affirming care in this country? I believe we should follow the law. I mean, I think you’re probably pointing to the fact that Donald Trump’s campaign has spent tens of millions of dollars. They’re trying to define you on this.
Yes. I’m asking you to define yourself though, just broadly speaking. What is your value? Do you believe they should have that access? I believe that people, as the law states, even on this issue about federal law, that that is a decision that doctors will make in terms of what is medically necessary. I’m not Going to put myself in the position of a doctor. But let’s also understand that Donald Trump is running tens of millions girl. She said that she trying to get you of dollars in ads to talk about two cases. To distract from the fact that his policy and plan is also to take away the Affordable Care act, which provides healthcare for tens of millions of people in our country.
That his plan is to undo the cat, the $35 a month cap on girl. What is your stance on this? Where do you stand on this issue? Should they or shouldn’t they? Is this something that you think should happen or not happen? Yes, it should. No, it shouldn’t. No position. Okay. Insulin that impacts millions of seniors in our country. That his plan is to do away with the $2,000 cap on prescription medication, the annual cap. That his plan is to get rid of the Department of Education, which would mean getting rid of Head Start. That his plan is to give tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations and on the backs of middle class working people.
So not get distracted by the issues that to your point, from the introductory point you raised, people want to know that their president has. I would love to ask her. I would ask her what is a woman? I would ask her plan to make their life better. And that includes addressing bringing down the cost of living. It includes dealing with prescription medication costs. It includes addressing the housing crisis and affordable housing crisis in our country. It includes supporting our small businesses, investing in American industries and strengthening our economy. I will move on, but I don’t know that I heard a clear answer from you on the issue of gender affirming care.
It sounds like what you’re saying is there should be something between trans Americans and their doctors. It feels like that’s a long way from we see you and we love you, which was your message to trans Americans in May. What do you want the LGBTQ community to know as they’re looking for a full throated backing from you for trans for trans Americans, I believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect, period. And should not be vilified for who they are and should not be bullied for who they are. And that is a true statement for me my entire career.
And that has not changed. Part of the case that you’re making to undecided voters and to these late deciding voters is not just the case for you for what you would do. It’s the case against former President Trump. And on that we are sitting here two weeks away from election night. Last election, the former president came out on election night and declared victory before all the votes were counted. What is your plan if he does that again in two weeks? Well, let me say this. We’ve got two weeks go, and I’m very much grounded in the present in terms of the task at hand.
And we will deal with election night and the days after as they come. And we have the resources and the expertise and the focus on that as well. So your team is ready to go, Is that what you’re saying? Are you thinking about that as a possibility? Of course. This is a person, Donald Trump, who tried to undo a free and fair election, who still denies the will of the people, who incited a violent mob to. I wonder what Nathan Wade has to say about that. When he was facing questioning. Interesting. Attacked the United States Capitol and 140 law enforcement officers were attacked.
Some were killed. This is a serious matter. The American people are at this point, two weeks out, being presented with a very, very serious decision about what will be the future of our country. Then she’s going to describe who Donald Trump is and then who. She’s going to describe who she is. And it includes whether we are a country that values a president who respects their duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Donald Trump has said he would terminate the Constitution of the United States. The American people are being presented. Oh, my God. This fear mongering.
They say. Oh, man. This fear mongering from the left is crazy with a choice here about whether we want a president who understands that America must stand strong as a leader around the globe or an individual in Donald Trump who. Who openly admires dictators. My goodness. Recent reports that he gave Covid tests to the president of Russia during the height of the pandemic year when Americans couldn’t get their hands on Covid tests. These are the choices before the American people. Right now, the choice before the American people is the choice to choose to turn the page on the division and the hate and to bring our country together, knowing the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us and that we can be optimistic about a new generation.
She kind of reminds me of a Manchurian Candidate. You know what I’m saying? Like the answers is pre planned. There is no new substance. And so it’s almost like talking to AI. It’s like talking to Siri. Kamala, what is your plans in order to get the economy on track? Because people are saying it’s better in the hands of Trump. Well, my plan is to have an opportunity economy for all, which includes $25,000 in order to build new homes, 3 million new homes by the end of my first term, $6,000 for new babies. I want to make sure that people’s reproductive rights.
It sounds like a Manchurian candidate of leadership that is focused on what we have yet to achieve, to uplifting the American people. If you win, it is entirely possible that the federal court cases against the former president will continue on. He is, of course, facing those felony charges. Would you consider, if you win and he’s convicted, a pardon for former President Trump? I’m not going to get into those hypotheticals. I’m focused on the next 14 days. But do you believe, is there any part of you that subscribes to the argument that has been made in the past that a pardon could help bring America together, could help unify the country and move them move on? Let me tell you what’s going to help us move on.
I get elected president of the United States. One of the things you’ve talked about is having a Republican in your Cabinet, potentially. You’ve spent a lot of time on the campaign trail with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, as you referenced. Is she somebody who is she somebody who would consider putting in the Cabinet? Have you talked with her about this topic? I’ll keep you posted. Okay. On immigration, because this is another issue that’s really important to Americans here, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Of course, back in 2019, you stopped short of calling to abolish ICE, as some Democrats were doing at the time.
But you also said, I’ve never called for abolish. Correct. You stopped short of that. That’s right. That’s right. You said you should critically reexamine it. And you considered starting from scratch. Would you consider if your president starting from scratch with ice? Let me tell you what the Customs and Border Patrol agents need. They want the bipartisan agreement that Trump probably killed when he got his hands on it because he preferred to run on an issue than be the solution. For one, the immigration system needs. It needs to be fixed, and it needs to be fixed in a number of ways that include bringing forth a bill that conservative members of Congress, along with others pulled together, that we supported actively, that would put 1500 more border agents at the border to give those folks who are working around, give them a relief, stop fentanyl from coming into my country, into this country, because I am the only one that’s running, that’s prosecuted transnational crimes and gangs.
And we need to stop the flow of fentanyl. And Trump killed that border bill, and he performed to run on a problem instead of solving a solution, the clock and need support the assistance they need to get their job done. What we would do with that bill if it were brought forward is be able to continue to stem the flow of fentanyl coming into the United States, which is ravaging countries around. I mean, communities around our country. It would give us more resources to do what we need to do to prosecute transnational criminal organizations. Something I have done.
But what happened to that bill? Donald Trump got. Trump got word of it and told his friends in Congress, kill the bill, don’t bring it forward. Because Donald Trump would prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. And again, in this election, there are two very different choices. One that is focused on solutions and the other that is focused on constant grievance and running on problems with no agenda for fixing them. And in fact, on this issue of immigration, he has been an obstacle to fixing this problem. My proposal includes strengthening what we must do to ensure that we have an orderly and humane immigration system and that we fix what has been broken for a long time.
It has transcended administrations, and it needs to be fixed. You have made it clear that you believe this is a binary choice between you and Donald Trump. That’s those are the candidates on the ballot, two choices? Yes. And I know that Joe Biden is not on the ballot. I understand that. But the reason that you are at the top of the ticket is because he dropped out of this race. And so I want to ask you. And it was largely because of that debate performance back in June. You defended him in the days before and in the days after, as you were campaigning for another four years for President Biden.
Can you say that you were honest with the American people about what you saw in those moments with President Biden, as you were with him again and again repeatedly in that time? Of course, Joe Biden is an extremely accomplished, experienced and capable in every way that anyone would want if they’re president. You never saw anything like what happened at the debate night behind closed doors with him. It was a bad debate. People have bad debates. Should he is. Absolutely. That’s the reason why you’re here. And he’s not running for the top of the ticket. Well, you’d have to ask him if that’s the only reason why.
What do you think I am running for President of the United States? She don’t want to be looked at as a DEI candidate. She don’t want to be looked at. And listen, I get it. You don’t want to be looked at as a DEI candidate. You gave us. They gave you to us. I got you. I got you. You don’t want to be looked at as a DEI candidate. Joe Biden is not. And my presidency will be about bringing a new generation of leadership to America that is focused on the work that we need to do to invest in the ambitions and aspirations of the American people.
It’s a judgment question. That’s why I ask, can the American people trust you in these moments, even when it’s maybe uncomfortable for Americans to have to level with Americans in that way? So that’s why I ask, and it sounds like what you’re saying is you feel like you never saw anything like that from President Biden. I have worked with Joe Biden, whether hours and hours and hours over these four years, whether it be in the Situation Room or the Oval Office. Joe Biden is the one who was able to bring NATO together during a crisis. She don’t even know how to put to put together coherent sentences without stumbling over her words.
This is a lie if I’ve never seen it before in my life. Where for the first time in 70 years, Europe saw and has seen war. Joe Biden has done the work that has been about being a leader on what we have done to fix so much of what has been broken in terms of the economy because of Donald Trump’s mismanagement. I speak with not only sincerity, but with a real firsthand account of watching him do this work. I have no reluctance in saying that. No, of course I don’t. Madam Vice President, thank you for your time.
Thank you. It’s exhausting. That was the longest 21 minutes in my entire life. But we got through it. We got through it.
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