WEBVTT - Why The Harris Campaign Is Struggling To Keep Focus On Trump In Final Stretch

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty seven days to go until the American people will

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<v Speaker 1>decide who controls America's nuclear arsenal. This is the warning

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<v Speaker 1>Vice President Kamala Harris had a wonderful July and even

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<v Speaker 1>better August in a magical September. October is not off

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<v Speaker 1>to a good start. The Tim Walls debate was a

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<v Speaker 1>debacle Strategically. Walls had exactly one job to do, which

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<v Speaker 1>was to confront jd Vance, who is a fascist, a fraud,

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<v Speaker 1>and a vicious racist demagogue. Instead, Tim Walls made him

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<v Speaker 1>seem like barbecue dad next door, as opposed to the

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<v Speaker 1>guy who looked into the camera and said Patians are

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<v Speaker 1>eating cats and dogs. Here is the thing about this

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<v Speaker 1>race strategically that I've said many many times, whoever this

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<v Speaker 1>election is about, is the person who is losing the election.

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<v Speaker 1>October is not off to a good start. Kamala Harris

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<v Speaker 1>is twenty seven days out and on the night before

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<v Speaker 1>what is being built as the most catastrophic storm, not

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<v Speaker 1>in Florida history, not in American history, but in North

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<v Speaker 1>American history. She's cracking beers with Stephen Colbert.

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<v Speaker 2>Elections I think are one on vibes because one of

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<v Speaker 2>the old saws is. They just want somebody that they

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<v Speaker 2>can have a beer with.

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<v Speaker 3>So would you like to have a beer with me?

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<v Speaker 2>So I can tell people what that's like. Okay, this

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<v Speaker 2>was now we asked ahead of time, because I can't

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<v Speaker 2>just be given a drink to the vice president, I'd says,

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<v Speaker 2>ask me, you asked for Miller fil l I I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just curious.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, the last time I had beer was at a

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<v Speaker 4>baseball game with Dougs cheers.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, ooh, that is like a beautiful city

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<v Speaker 2>of Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that appropriate? Does that demonstrate good judgment? Step back

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<v Speaker 1>for a second and imagine you are Kamala Harris's advisor.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the very first question that you would prepare

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<v Speaker 1>her for?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you have done something differently than President Biden during

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<v Speaker 2>the past four years?

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<v Speaker 4>There is not a thing that comes to mind in

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<v Speaker 4>terms of and I've been a part of.

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<v Speaker 5>Most of the decisions that have had impact.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I appreciate that many of you right now are

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<v Speaker 1>very upset, very very upset that you're hearing criticism of

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<v Speaker 1>the campaign twenty seven days out. But here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Very very soon, every single voter in every swing state

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<v Speaker 1>will hear precisely what the Vice President said on the

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<v Speaker 1>view with images of Afghanistan and images of the border

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<v Speaker 1>next to it and image of gas prices. Why is

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<v Speaker 1>the Vice president, twenty seven days before an election, on

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<v Speaker 1>a media tour making her the target as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>prosecuting the case against the fascist Donald Trump who was

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<v Speaker 1>threatening retribution against the American people, threatening to lock up

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<v Speaker 1>his political opponents, and threatening to create a police state,

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<v Speaker 1>deploying the military for a mass deportation of fifteen million people.

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris made a strategic decision that she was not

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<v Speaker 1>going to engage with the American media in the way

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<v Speaker 1>that John McCain did, That she was going to control

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<v Speaker 1>the message, that it was going to be a disciplined campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>And now at the end, when the American people, in

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<v Speaker 1>poll after poll after poll for months, have been saying

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<v Speaker 1>they want a need to know a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>about Kamala Harris, the way the campaign has decided to

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<v Speaker 1>do that is by making her a target, as opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to delivering a handful of speeches that articulate her philosophy,

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<v Speaker 1>her philosophy about the country, about the moment in time,

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<v Speaker 1>and about the people who live in the country. Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven days from now, the polls will close in Hawaii.

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<v Speaker 1>By that time, it will be eleven PM in California.

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<v Speaker 1>In two am in the East, the last American will

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<v Speaker 1>have voted, and we will likely know by that hour

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<v Speaker 1>the results of the election. Everything is on the line.

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<v Speaker 1>I am someone who Donald Trump has made clear he

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<v Speaker 1>intends to prosecute, along with thousands of other Americans who

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<v Speaker 1>have dared to speak up, assert our First Amendment rights

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<v Speaker 1>and oppose him. The Vice President ran a perfect campaign

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<v Speaker 1>in July. She ran a better campaign in August. September

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<v Speaker 1>was magical. We are a few days into October and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not going well. The campaign needs to keep the

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<v Speaker 1>race focused on what the race is about. The race

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<v Speaker 1>is about Donald Trump and his insanity, his threats of violence,

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<v Speaker 1>his dogma of taking his quest for control over the

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<v Speaker 1>lives of millions of American women who lose their rights.

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<v Speaker 1>This movement of Trump's is dangerous and it's deranged. The

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<v Speaker 1>election is very close. Let me close today by showing

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<v Speaker 1>you the man who could be the next Attorney General

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll think give advice to any young man that's out there.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm married now, I have children, but I wasn't married

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<v Speaker 5>that long ago.

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<v Speaker 3>I was single.

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<v Speaker 5>I was in the market. If you're a young man,

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<v Speaker 5>it's very important an election season. Who's looking to impress ladies,

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<v Speaker 5>to be the alpha, to be attractive. The best thing

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<v Speaker 5>you can do is to wear your Trump support on

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<v Speaker 5>your sleeve. Show that you are a real man, Show

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<v Speaker 5>that you are not a better right be at and

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<v Speaker 5>loud Trump supporter, and your dating life will be fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>This man, in this cause will wreck America. It's Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris's job to stop it. It's her campaign's job to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure she doesn't lose the election. They seem to

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<v Speaker 1>understand that over July, August, and September it would be

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<v Speaker 1>best if they get back on track, let's say by

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<v Speaker 1>October fifteenth. For all of you out there and raged

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<v Speaker 1>and upset because you've been exposed to reality, let me

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<v Speaker 1>just say that I'm going to double down. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to pay attention to what Harry Enton of CNN

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<v Speaker 1>is talking about. Because no political party has gotten elected

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<v Speaker 1>to the office of President of the United States when

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<v Speaker 1>the presidency is held by a member of that party

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<v Speaker 1>with an approval level where Biden's.

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<v Speaker 4>Is I think that this sort of gets at a

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<v Speaker 4>problem for Kamala Harris's campaign. Just twenty eight percent of

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<v Speaker 4>Americans think the US is on the right track. And

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<v Speaker 4>I want you to put that in a perspective. Right,

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<v Speaker 4>when does the average when the end party loses the election?

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<v Speaker 4>Look at that it's just twenty five percent. That looks

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<v Speaker 4>a heck of a lot like that twenty eight percent

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<v Speaker 4>right that currently think the country is on the right track.

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<v Speaker 4>When the White House Party wins, ie Kamala Harris's party,

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<v Speaker 4>the Democrats, forty two percent on average think that the

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<v Speaker 4>country is on the right track. This twenty five percent

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<v Speaker 4>looks a lot more like this twenty eight percent.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't look anything like this forty two percent.

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<v Speaker 4>This to me is a bad sign for Kamala Harris's campaign.

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<v Speaker 4>The bottom line is it looks a lot more like

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<v Speaker 4>a loser than it does like a winner when it

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<v Speaker 4>comes to the country being on the right track. Can

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<v Speaker 4>an incumbent party win with numbers like this?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>So if we look historically speaking, right and we say, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>say the US is on the right track.

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<v Speaker 3>The incumbent party when they win.

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<v Speaker 4>Today, again, it's just twenty eight percent. Look throughout history

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<v Speaker 4>right ninety six, eighty eighth.

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<v Speaker 3>Four to twelve eighty four. In all of these instances.

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<v Speaker 4>In all these instances, far more than twenty eight percent

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<v Speaker 4>thought that the country was on the right track.

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<v Speaker 3>Thirty nine was the lowest. Back in nineteen hundred and.

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<v Speaker 4>Ninety six, we got upwards of forty seven percent eighty four.

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<v Speaker 4>Of course, that was a blowout right for Ronald Reagan.

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<v Speaker 4>So there is no historical precedent for the White House

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<v Speaker 4>Party winning another term in the White House when the

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<v Speaker 4>country when just twenty eight percent of the country thinks

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<v Speaker 4>that were on the right track. John simply put, it

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<v Speaker 4>would be historically unprecedent.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is the gravest threat to the United States

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<v Speaker 1>of America since the Civil War. The way we get

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<v Speaker 1>him back into the Oval office is by drinking beers

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<v Speaker 1>with Stephen Colbert on the edge of catastrophe and going

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<v Speaker 1>on the view and being unable to answer a question

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<v Speaker 1>about anything you might do differently. October is the month

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<v Speaker 1>that decides elections, not July, not August, and not September.

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<v Speaker 1>There are some quotes that have defined presidential campaigns in

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<v Speaker 1>recent years. John Kerries, I voted for it before I

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<v Speaker 1>voted against it. Mitt Romney's quote about the forty seven

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the country that were freely voters, John McCain saying,

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<v Speaker 1>on the edge of financial collapse, the fundamentals of the

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<v Speaker 1>economy were strong. I can't think of anything could be

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<v Speaker 1>such a line. Let's hope that it doesn't turn out

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<v Speaker 1>to be aligned. That costs the Harris team the campaign,

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<v Speaker 1>but the magnitude of the mistake made on the view

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<v Speaker 1>was enormous. It's the type of mistake that loses campaigns,

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<v Speaker 1>and the way you avoid that mistake is stop making

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<v Speaker 1>the candidate a target. She's not running for the Democratic

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<v Speaker 1>nomination in the early primary states. This is October of

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<v Speaker 1>a general election in a near even race. Keep the

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<v Speaker 1>other guy the target. Make yourself a small one strategy

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<v Speaker 1>one oh one. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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