1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: Some of the messaging from President Biden last night and 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: also was talking about women in particular. That is something 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: that we heard from the incumbent president on the issue 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: of diversity, not just for women, but all kinds of 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 2: demographics across America. 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 3: In America where the fund amount created this nation that 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 3: all of us are created equal, it's still very much 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 3: alive and abroad. Coalition of Americas joined with me. Eighty 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 3: one million voters voted for us day time in all 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 3: of history. Because of all of you in this room 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 3: and others, we came together in twenty twenty to save democracy. 13 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 3: As your President, I've been determined to keep America moving forward, 14 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 3: not going back, to stand against Hayden violence in all 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 3: its forms, to be a nation where we not only 16 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: live with, but thrive on diversity, demonize you know, one, 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: lead you know behind, and becoming a nation that we 18 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 3: profess to be. 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 2: For more on that message and this convention as a whole. 20 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: We're joined now by Congressman Catherine Clark of Massachusetts, the 21 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 2: House Minority, which he's here with us in our studios 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: in Chicago. Congressman, thank you so much for being. 23 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: Here my pleasure. 24 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 2: Of course. We heard the President last night referring to diversity, 25 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: talking as we heard many about the big tent in 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 2: the Democratic Party. It is literally your job in the 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 2: House to bring all those diverse forces together to be 28 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: singing the same song. Can you just walk us through 29 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: what it was like within the membership of the House 30 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: to line everybody up behind what is now the Harris campaign, 31 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: not the Biden campaign. 32 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: I have to say, out of all the tasks I've 33 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: had as a whip in the House for the Democratic Party, 34 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: this was perhaps the easiest. People immediately gravitated to Kamala 35 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: Harris and saw her as our standard bearer for all 36 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: the things that we have worked on with her as 37 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: Vice president and her vision for the future. So whether 38 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: that's lowering costs, whether it is growing the middle class, 39 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: protecting our fundamental freedoms like reproductive freedom, Kamala Harris has 40 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: been our partner. And that was truly just almost instantaneous, 41 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: that movement from President Joe Biden to her candidacy, because 42 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: we knew she was the candidate for the moment. 43 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 4: It's a very delicate thing we're witnessing, though, and witnessed 44 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 4: last night to see Joe Biden talking to the delegates there. 45 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 4: I know it went very late into the evening, but 46 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: the people in the room weren't concerned about the time. 47 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 4: Obviously it had a rally feel to it, but there 48 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 4: was a bittersweet emotional feel to this. It happens so fast. Congresswoman, 49 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 4: how does he feel when you talk to him? What 50 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 4: kind of emotions was he experiencing? 51 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: You know, I think we saw it on display, a 52 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: true pride. And what has always been a hallmark for 53 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is his gratitude to be able to serve. 54 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: What an incredible quality in a politician and a leader, 55 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: and it is what has made him a transformative president, 56 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: that idea that there is a bigger calling here, that 57 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: the American people are always at the center of his work, 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: and it's at the center of this extremely patriotic decision. 59 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: And so last night he deserved every minute of those 60 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: accolades from the crowd, that genuine affection for him, respect 61 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: for the job and his service. And we look across 62 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: the aisle at Donald Trump and you see the exact opposite. 63 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: He says, Democrats state it's in one eighty because he 64 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: cannot fathom giving up power for something bigger than himself. 65 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: That is where Donald Trump is. It is always about 66 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: how he will benefit, not how the American people will, 67 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: not how the Democratic Party that is based on values will. 68 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: So I'm sure he is wrestling with this moment, calling 69 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: it a coup because he cannot understand it, because he 70 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: could never do what Joe Biden did well. 71 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 2: Joe Biden has suggested his decision wasn't even as much 72 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 2: about his ability to defeat Donald Trump, but instead the 73 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 2: impact he could have, perhaps detrimentally on House and Senate 74 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: races and the ability for other Democrats to win. What 75 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 2: has changed for the Democrats' odds of retaking the majority 76 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: in the House since Harris assumed her role as the 77 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: Democratic nominee. How many seats realistically do you think you 78 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 2: can pick up? 79 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: You know, I have always been bullish on the Democrats 80 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: retaking the House because what we've seen are do nothing 81 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: at best and real extremism that the American people are rejecting. 82 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: And so what we're seeing is this incredible energy and 83 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: momentum that we are going to turn into action and 84 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 1: in real time that is meaningful. Our candidates have seen 85 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: a surge in volunteers of small first time donors. When 86 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: you get that ten fifteen to twenty dollars donation, that's 87 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: a vote, that. 88 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: Is a boat of translate into ten fifteen extra seats 89 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: in the House. 90 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: Though well, we certainly hope so. But my number is 91 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: the whip and I like to keep tagging the numbers 92 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: is to eighteen. That's our goal to win that majority 93 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: and be able to bring the voices of everyday people 94 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: back into the process. We have seen from the GOP 95 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: is this complete focus on their own power, their own 96 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: civil war that they're engaging in, and the American people 97 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: feel like they're outside looking in. When we've continued to 98 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: work with the Biden Harris administration to bring down the 99 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,239 Speaker 1: costs of healthcare, cap insulin at thirty five dollars a month, 100 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: take on big pharma and say it is time that 101 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: people be able to afford their life saving medication. Make 102 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: those investments in climate change that also are great for 103 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: the economy, and all of that work was done and 104 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: brought down our deficit at the same time. These are 105 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: the kind of investments that we are going to build 106 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: upon and continue to help families meet the very real 107 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: challenges they're facing still in this economy with Kamala Harris. 108 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 4: The issue of Israel and it's war against Tomas has 109 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 4: been obviously a big one in this campaign in the 110 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 4: primary cycle, and it's brought some fissures to the Democratic 111 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 4: conference in the House. We've got tens of thousands of 112 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 4: protesters here in Chicago that have been part of the story. 113 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 4: You've also got a couple dozen delegates who are not 114 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 4: committed for this reason, Important congresswomen, will it be for 115 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 4: the Biden administration, the Biden Harris administration to strike a 116 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 4: ceasefire deal this week? 117 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: You know, it is all hands on deck and they 118 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: are working so hard to make sure that we end 119 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: this war, that we have a cease fire, that we 120 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: can bring those hostages home, and that we can surge 121 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 1: aid to Palestinian civilians who, through no fault of their own, 122 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: have suffered horrendously and continue to suffer. So we appreciate 123 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: that there are protesters here, that's part of the democratic process. 124 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: We respect their right to be here, and we hope 125 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: that remains peaceful. But it is the goal of the 126 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: Democratic Party to bring peace and security not only to Israel, 127 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: but to the region. 128 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 2: And of course we know those conversations are ongoing. We'll 129 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 2: still wait to hear more from Hamass to whether or 130 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 2: not it will agree. I'm also curious the conversations you're 131 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 2: having related to your everyday job in Washington. Obviously still 132 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: on the August recess, but when you come back in September, 133 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: it's going to be a race against the clock to 134 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: avoid a government shutdown. Are you in conversations already with 135 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 2: leadership and Republican leadership about how that's going to be 136 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: avoided when you return to Washington in a few weeks, 137 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: What exactly are you going to have to whip. 138 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: You know, I'm so glad you brought that out because 139 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: one thing we realized from the very start, when we 140 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: were in the fifteen rounds of Kevin McCarthy be trying 141 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: to become a speaker, that we are in the minorities. 142 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: So we have reached our hand out to them at 143 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: every turn to say, work with us, help us prevent shutdowns, 144 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: help us get to a budget process that matters. And 145 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: what we have seen from them is a rejection of 146 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: that and a move to try and coddle the most 147 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: extreme members of their extreme party. And so it is 148 00:08:55,880 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: really like such a basic fundamental job and response on's 149 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: ability of the House of Representatives to pass our budgets, 150 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: and they have utterly failed to do that. So once again, 151 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: it will be Democrats, as we have done repeatedly, who 152 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: will keep government functioning, who will come to the table 153 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: forge a compromise. Because we work for the American people. 154 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: They are working to try and hold their own coalitions together, 155 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: and that's the fundamental difference. We're seeing it play out 156 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 1: around reproductive freedom for women. We're seeing it play out 157 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: and bringing down the cost of groceries and housing, these 158 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: issues that I hear about as I not only travel 159 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: my district but travel the country. That is what people 160 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: are worried about. That is what they want to see 161 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: in Congress. It's why we're going to win the majority back. 162 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 4: Meet us back in Washington so we can continue this conversation. Congressoman, 163 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 4: it's great to see you. Love to thanks for the 164 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 4: Times Today on Zoomberg TV and Radio.