Rep. James Clyburn on Democrats' enthusiasm around the Harris-Walz presidential campaign

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

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Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to talk about the Harris-Walz 2024 campaign strategy, the prospects for Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives and why he feels Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign "surpasses" Barack Obama's 2008 campaign run. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Kapart coming to you from the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
0:08.0	Perhaps no one is more associated with President Biden's win in 2020 than then South Carolina Congressman James Clyber.
0:15.7	It was his endorsement in the final days leading up to the South Carolina primary that
0:20.2	catapulted Joe Biden from former vice president to the Oval Office.
0:25.2	And it was Clyburn who stood by Biden as he made the difficult decision to withdraw from
0:30.0	re-election and throw his support to his vice president Kamla Harris.
0:36.0	In this conversation first recorded for Washington Post live on August 21st, Congressman
0:41.0	Clyburn talks about the call he received from President Biden hours
0:44.8	before he dropped out of the race. He explains why it was imperative that Biden
0:49.6	immediately back Harris. He tells me what he expects to hear from Harris when she
0:54.4	officially accepts the presidential nomination. And he explains how the
0:59.8	freedom of 2024 differs from the hope of 2008.
1:05.0	It surpasses it.
1:06.5	No question about I saw what was happening in 2008
1:12.0	at my fish ride.
1:13.0	When Obama took the stage to that fish ride,
1:18.0	I knew there was magic in the air.
1:22.0	And I'm going to tell you, as good as he was, as effective as he was,
1:29.0	when it comes to the emotions and the energy he finished a second to
1:34.9	Kamala just like he finished second to Missoul last night.
1:39.6	All right so exactly one month ago today, August 21st, President Biden announced that he would not seek elected to a second term.
1:49.0	Take us inside your emotions, watching your friend of, I guess guess nearly five decades make this monumental decision.
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