“I think what she did tonight was disqualify Donald Trump from ever being the country’s commander-in-chief. She said this, ‘fellow Americans, this election’s not only the most important election in our lives, it is the most important in the life of our nation. And you take her speech and you take some of these lines from former secretary of defense Leon Panetta, who said every president since…
“I heard the word ‘bitter’ way too many times. Because this is not bitter for Joe Biden….This is a prideful night because there’s going to be so many ‘Thank you, Joe’s!’ in this place. There are going to be people crying, there are going to be babies yelling for Joe Biden.”— Contributor Bakari Sellers on CNN’s The Situation Room, August 19, 2024.
“He’s [Joe Biden] going to do one of the most beautiful acts of political leadership; to step back so somebody else can step forward….You’re going to have Kleenex boxes from up there, over there of people watching someone do something honorable. And it’s going to make people want to fight that much harder, that his sacrifice is not in vain.”— Contributor Van Jones on CNN News Central, August 19,…
“All right, you will remember where you were when you heard the speech tonight from the Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris really introducing herself to the nation. Speaking as much to Republicans and independents as she was to the Democrats who are nominating her tonight. Asking Americans to remember how great their country is and to fight for its values. You are going to…
“It’s a very interesting thing. Joe Biden dropped out of this race 30 days ago, and that is played very much to Kamala Harris’s advantage. She’s had this kind of speed dating relationship with voters and so far, it’s a love affair!”— Chris Wallace on CNN’s The Situation Room, August 20, 2024.
“I’m Hallie Jackson, live at the home of the Chicago Bulls! And if Vice President Harris hopes to be the new political Michael Jordan for Democrats, tonight we’re gonna hear from the guy you could call her Scottie Pippen.”— Correspondent Hallie Jackson on NBC News Now's live coverage of the night three of the Democratic Convention, August 21, 2024.
“Everybody has to come on your radio show. She [Kamala Harris] hasn’t done a big interview in a while here and certainly not since announcing. Are you going to talk to her soon? What do you think? What do you think she should do? Or does she do better to ignore all those calls to talk and just keep doing what she’s doing?”— Erin Burnett to radio/podcast host Charlamagne on CNN’s The Situation…
“So nobody’s ready to write the epigraph for the Trump years, but I do think, you know, it’s a powerful suggestion, right? That Barack Obama is the future. That Kamala Harris is the future and that Donald Trump is the past. And indeed, that demographic reality lies at the core of so much of Donald Trump’s power over his audience, right? The idea that a multicultural inclusive America is actually…
Correspondent Linsey Davis: “As you know, former President Donald Trump is expected to go campaign in Howell, Michigan tomorrow. Many people are aware that a month ago, in Howell, KKK protesters marched in the streets with the white robes on and suggested that they support Donald Trump. I’m curious if you make anything about that connection and him going in particularly to Howell tomorrow.”…
“We kind of started putting the pieces together about how we got here, we talked about talk radio grafting onto the Republican Party, rhetorically. This is a political movement….that’s totally codependent on disinformation. And so, as sort of the right-wing media ecosystem became more — people used to change channels, right? Now they are locked into Fox News. And then, if they flip around, they’…