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Kamala Harris

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“With the assumption that there are certain people in demographically certain groups who are more susceptible to an argument about why they should distrust their government because they have a lived experience that tells them that. And so I would say flippantly, oh, so now all of a sudden the issue of race in America is a national security issue, so everybody needs to deal with it. We know that certain demographics are targeted with misinterpretation, be they what we've seen around targeting young voters or other groups based on race or gender. So, when we talk about the role of the Democratic Party, there is a very big role to play, and there is a role for us to require social media companies to play, media companies to play, and so on, because information is coming from all of these places. And the challenge is as big as...”
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“And then when you compound that with intentional efforts to misinform and disinform and targeted, I was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee when we investigated Russia's interference in the 2016 election. We declassified our findings, we made them public. It included the fact that this adversarial nation, included in what they targeted, they targeted black voters.”
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“I'll answer your question directly, but I want to just add to the question that I think part of the question has to be, what is the responsible of media What is the role of corporate on media? God bless independent media. Because a lot of it is also about what set of information are people working with. For example, I've talked to a number of people who voted for me. Saying to them who are having debates, disagreement, you know, ending relationships with people who voted for him. And part of what I'm asking people to do is not to assume that the people with whom they disagree are working with the same set of information. Now, I didn't say facts because 2 plus 2 is four. I think it's a big mistake for us to assume we're all working with the same information.”
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“Yes, evidently. But there is, you know, but at some point, the veneer and the deflection has to wear off. I don't know when exactly that is going to happen. I think that, you know, listen, the tariffs taking hold and when we get around to the holiday season and people realize how many toys are made in China, what strengthens that approach is the rapid amount of disinformation that is spreading. It's so much and it just spreads like wildfire and trying to stay in front of that with fact, much less to your point, practical messaging and logic. It is a real challenge.”
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“And it means also deconstructing. I mean, one of the things, for example, that I've been talking about recently is there's a word that applies so well to him in this era, which is a phrase, gaslighting, right? So there's a whole lot of gaslighting happening, which is basically misrepresenting lying, scapegoating, distracting, right, from what's really occurring. Including like this whole thing where he's coming down so hard with these masty portions, which is picking up a lot of American citizens, by the way, in the process, hard-working people in the process. And what he would have people believe is that your predicament Is because this is what he actually is trying to sell. Your predicament is because of relatively powerless people. So you don't focus on the powerful people.”
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“And misdirection includes, by the way, talking about immigrants eating cats and dogs, and not talking about what's your plan for working Americans to bring down the prices. So then the press covers that whole thing and not, oh, where was his plan? For bringing down prices.”
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“And then they realize if she's on the plane with him, it is very possible last thing he heard was this thing. So they last minute tell me, by the way, a lot of them call me boss because it's like, this is what you do in law enforcement and it just stuck crazy. Hey, boss, we got to tell you something. We didn't mention it to you. There's this whole thing that they're saying on that side about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs. And I was like, are you kidding me? That's ridiculous. No, but it's what They're saying, so just it may come up in the debate. Sure enough it did. But see, here's the thing that I would say to you, Stephen, that Again, one of the reasons I wrote the book is also there are lessons to be learned from those 107 days to be applied today. I believe that part of what is the method is say the outrageous thing.”
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“That Haitian immigrants, regardless of their legal status. In Ohio were eating their pets. Cats and dogs. So I hadn't even heard about it because I'm in debate camp, right? And then two members of my team see him get off the His Trump plane with the main purveyor of this nonsense.”
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“So you've got to find, you have to, this is true for life. You got to see the humor in it. Otherwise, it's just going to undo you, especially if you're dealing with heavy stuff. You've got to see the humor in it. And when he pulled out the cats and dogs thing. I couldn't even believe it. I couldn't because here's what happened. So. I didn't know that this was being said, right?”
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“We'll have fun, but though not just look because I think it's very difficult to look like you're having fun if you're not, right? Yeah, yeah.”
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“Well, the first thing is that we had empty pads on our podium. And in the debate camp and then, therefore, when I walked on stage after I shook his hand, went back to my podium, I wrote a smiley face. Because I just decided I was going to have fun. Because one of the things about these kinds of debates in particular is the person who's having fun wins.”
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“Well, we had conversations about it. I think he got talked into it. And in any event, so I'm watching the debate with my tight team. I wanted it to be a small team so I could just be candid as it's happening because I know I have four interviews right after. And, you know, in every debate, I don't care who you are, there will be statistic wrong or, you know, you name this country, but it was that country. That always happens. There is no such thing as a perfect debate. So there will be something to clean up. And I expected that. And then, you know, we saw what we all saw”
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“I was in LA at the Fairmont Hotel Taking vigorous notes. I had ordered, you know, like they had a little crew to take plate. And I was like, no, this is a pizza night. I ordered pizza for everyone. I had a number of people with me, but I had a tight group of people with me in the room. He called me from debate camp. The president did Biden did. And I could tell something was a little off. I was concerned about, I just, I don't think he wanted to debate is my point. He didn't want that debate. And, you know, it's like any competition you go in, whether it's your bidding for something, if it's sports, you got to want it. If you don't want to be in the competition. It will absolutely have an impact on your performance. And I don't think I'm pretty sure he did not want to debate.”
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“And he interestingly enough, because of course I watched that debate very closely for many, many reasons, including I had four interviews. Right after his debate. To speak on behalf of the president during the debate. And what was interesting in that debate was also to watch how it's a very rare circumstance that you see Donald Trump actually moderate. It was fascinating.”
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“Well, if I had to assume one of the reasons why he'd want me to win. And of course, that this all wouldn't be happening. I don't think anybody. Who cares about the future of the country, the democracy, or even just protecting the constitution of the United States would have wanted this.”
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“And he did say that for the first beat. And then he went on to talk about a group of people in Pennsylvania who were saying bad things about me Because they heard I was saying bad things about him. And when I hung up the phone, I was just. It was unbelievable. And I was, yes, I was angry and deeply disappointed. It just was so unnecessary. There are only two people. In the world other than me that has debated the sky, Hillary Clinton and him. And you know what it's like. It's going into a debate with the stakes being that high and Trump hadn't agreed to another debate? The stakes were so high that the So that's an example of what I mean.”
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“You know, your team will basically try to, they'll break you and then build you back up. So the day of the debate was after that intense period of preparation. And then that morning I had a meeting with my team. I thought it was going to be more prep, but they actually were wonderful and just basically said to me, you're ready. So, okay, then being a woman running for president and many women in various high level positions get their hair and makeup done. To your point about presentation, and it can take hours. Makeup got done. I'm in the hotel room with Doug with my husband. And the president calls, and I was told that he wanted to call me so that I'd be ready. And I was so sure it was to buck me up and go get him.”
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“This is the fake. He would do the makeup, the orange makeup, the long red tie. He was just awful. awful in the best way at trying to get me prepared and and there were a lot of people like Philippe there were a lot of people who are you know I'm very fortunate I have people who have been with me for years and years and years through these various offices and you know even if they go onto different positions they always come back when needed and so debate camp was this intense basically a preparation process where you”
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“So I write and I, you know, I thought about this, was I going to write about it or not? And I decided in writing this book, I was going to just be honest. And these are the facts and the reader can take what they want from it. On the day of the debate, my debate with Trump. So going into a presidential debate is an incredibly intense and intensive project, including what is historically happened that we even called debate camp. Can you imagine? And it's no camp at all. It's going into Where you basically are sequestered for a period of time immediately before the debate. Where did you get all of these? This is Philippe who played Donald Trump.”
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“Yes, it's very complicated. It is. And as I write in the book, it is very complicated. I have a great deal of affection for him. There were times that I've been quite candid about where he. Greatly disappointed me. Frankly, you know, angered me.”
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“It's very frustrating. I can't even tell you. Frustrating and painful. And also, not just for me, but for the people who knew my career and knew what was not being said and what was being said.”
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“That was part of it. I do. I think that they decided that, you know, there are far too many people in this world and in professional life. Who approach things with a zero sum game If I have more, you have less. And it is incredibly short sighted. And I think it's actually quite provincial thinking when you're talking. That were at play. In our administration and, of course, in the election.”
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“The staff and the resources under the president as compared to the vice president are enormous. And to the extent that the vice president is being attacked, resources were available, but not used to defend the vice president in the way that they could have would have enured to the benefit of everyone involved.”
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“To be candid with you, I had a sense of it for quite some time, but it was after the election that I really started to hear the stories about it. I mean, I had a sense of it. It was clear to me in terms of just the challenges with getting them to uplift, getting them to defend, especially when there were inaccurate unfair attacks. And then I started to hear more stories after.”
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“The lore has it that The outgoing chief of staff to the president will tell the incoming chief of staff to the incoming president, regardless of political party. Rule number one, watch the vice president. Lore has it that that's the case. And then I had, of course, run against Joe Biden. I was very acutely aware that I would have to And over again, prove my loyalty that it wouldn't be assumed.”
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“So, the seriousness of the responsibility is that I give all credit to now the late President Jimmy Carter, who decided when he was president, having come off of Kennedy and Nixon and everything, he decided that the vice president should be given greater responsibilities than had been the case because God forbid something happens to the president. There should be a smooth succession. And so Walter Mondale was his vice president and was the first to have an office in the West Wing. The responsibilities were, again, to meet with world leaders. The responsibilities were to travel the country on behalf of our administration and our policies. It's an incredible responsibility. And meeting with the variety of people Who for the most part just want To achieve good things.”
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“Being vice president I didn't know exactly what it would be because there's nothing that can compare to it. I mean, I was the 49th vice president of the United States. There have only been 48 before me, right? And I don't think anything can truly prepare you for what it is because it is a very unique position where you are. Again, you are number two in command.”
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“I don't know, nine-hour interview with a lawyer going through everything, everything, my taxes, my professional record, everything that was everything, everything, everything. I mean, talk about a colonoscopy. Just virtually, that's kind of what it was. And so when all of that has been done, and it's kind of green light, green light through that, then it's about sitting down and just deciding because it is going to be a partnership, right? And it has to be. It has to be where you feel that you can trust someone. You could work with them. You're doing it for the same reasons.”
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“Well, having been in the position of both being the interviewer and the interviewee. It really, as much as anything comes down to chemistry. Because by the time that that interview is happening, it's usually narrowed down to about three people. So all the vetting has been done. I mean, the vetting, I had such a truncated experience when I was running for president of just a couple of weeks. But I think Joe Biden took like nine weeks to make a decision. And so there's vetting when I was being vetted for vice president. I had a”
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“Anything that we'll be right back. The day I actually got the call from Joe Biden asking me to run with him was the same day earlier where one of my girlfriends has a house in Virginia and it was the end of summer and she had all these beautiful end of summer tomatoes. I like to cook. She brought me this big box of tomatoes and I was going to make a bunch of marinara and freeze it. Then I get the call from him. I said yes, of course. And I don't know. It felt like within seconds a parade of people walk into our apartment with a parade of binders, sit down, everyone's in masks. Tell us okay, this is what the campaign is going to be. And because I hate to waste food. Every one of them walked out with me handing them to they left.”
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“Just want to go for a walk. Remember during COVID, everyone just wanted to get some fresh air. They must have thought we couldn't see them. They were like an unmarked vance. So from time to time, I just walked up to them and say, we're going to get some coffee camera.”
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“No, I had an interview. I had an interview. And it was like something out of a spy movie where I had my assistant drove me to one location. This was in DC. And then it was a mall. And then I got out of that car to get in another car that was because the press were watching everything to see who there was a short list that was out, who was going to be. So we had to do this whole clandestine thing. And then I got into another car being driven by one of his assistants. And then we went to this, you know, this very circuitous route to a house. And then through the back door, the windows were closed, the shades were closed. And I had my interview, went back because Doug and I were in our apartment in DC because I was senator at the time. And again, height of COVID, then the press vans were parked out front. And we would”
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“I got a call from then nominee, Democratic nominee Joe Biden. We FaceTime, it was during the height of COVID. And he asked me to be his running mate. And it was a great honor. And I was honored to do it”
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“There was a lot there. Mostly we ran out of money. But I learned a lot of lessons, obviously, about running. But that was the main reason.”
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“Sadly, it does I mean, depending on context. Sadly, it does. We are still, I think, in a world where the way you appear when you walk in the room. Impacts first impressions. Including just, for example, again, even in mentoring people, people will look at their watch or their phone to see if you've walked in the room on time. And we'll judge something about your character. The piece of how you look that is going to suggest the pride that one has in themselves. As a matter of self respect, I mean, I've always, this is, you know, I grew up in the black church. You dress up. And it's a reflection of your dignity. And the respect you have for the place that you may be.”
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“It's important to have some sense of. Conceptually What you mean to say. And not that you have to rehearse what you're going to speak before you speak it, but do have a sense of what you intend to communicate. And I think it's also important to, especially with complex issues in the context of a discussion. Deconstruct Your mind, what the issue is. So you can speak logically”
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“That's what I'm saying. They told me, and I believe them. I didn't think of it, and maybe that's why I don't look in the mirror and see all these things.”
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“Mentorship, when we think about the signals that we as a society send to children, and I mean all of our children, our own children, the children of a community which we should think of as our children. To send them signals that tell them they are special and then back that up with giving them the resources. Make us a much stronger society.”
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“Because there is, I think, a key to success. That each of us who has achieved success probably shares, which is there has been someone at least, and it could be a parent, it could be a teacher, it could be a neighbor, it could be a pastor, someone who convinced you you were special. You may not have been particularly special, but they told you you were and you believed them. I know that's true for me. I may not have been particularly special, but I had a few people who told me I wasn't I believed them. But with that Therefore, don't do this thing because you're, you know, you shouldn't be doing that thing, but go in that room. I think, you know, when we talk about”
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“It's a tool I have used over a period of time, and it has served me well. Yes, there's Mrs. Wilson. That's at my law school graduation, and then that's my mother. That's exactly right. How about that? Yeah. Where'd you get all these pictures? Well, stoking. Yeah, that's Mrs. Wilson”
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“Just like that, when you See all the people. I think sometimes of Mrs. Francis Wilson, who was my first grade teacher who attended my law school graduation. I think of my mother who would say to me, Kamala, don't you ever let anyone tell you who you are, you tell them who you are, right?”
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“You will often be, you may often be, the only one who walks into a boardroom, a courtroom, a meeting room. Who looks like yourself or has had your life experiences. But when you walk in that room, walk in that room, chin up shoulders back, knowing there are so many people who are not in that room. Are so proud of you walking in that room and expect that you will use the voice that you carry. And there are tools that one has to employ when you otherwise are aware that you might be presenting the unfamiliar. But I also would caution is don't walk in that room with the assumption that your value will not be recognized, right? And so again, this gets back to my point about we all have to moderate what limitations are we putting on ourselves with what limitations are being sent our way.”
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“There are times in my career when I walked in the room and someone said, you know, something along if they didn't know me. They didn't know what they were walking into. They were waiting for my boss”
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“I'll see you and add one. And everyone else thinks that this is the image of who can do the job. So, the added challenge is not only the limitations one puts on themselves, but the limitations one might be met with around other people's perceptions about who can do what.”
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“And also, don't discount the signals that many people are sent that you don't belong there. And, you know, especially when I'm mentoring people, will often say to them, don't ever limit yourself based on other people's limited ability to see who you are. That's their limitations to see who you are in your capacity. Don't impose those limitations on yourself.”
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“And I applaud a bit of humility, honest humility, not feign humility. Because there are plenty of people that are self deprecating for the sake of the shtick of it all But yes, to your point, the higher you go It does because the more you're exposed with the people who otherwise feel untouchable. The more you understand that they are not untouchable. The morning, you understand. Everyone's got a little dust on them. Not everyone's shiny. But”
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“And in particular, when the people have vested you with great power. Right, to understand it's not about you. I think that that is part and parcel of what we call imposter syndrome or who has it. I think often it is because they understand how serious the job is on behalf of others.”
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“Yes, I have. But I've also had the imposter syndrome experience, and that was when I was first elected DA. And I challenged then the incumbent. I started out at six points in the polls, which is six out of 100. You know, people recently asked me, what about polls? Polls? Well, if I listen to polls, I would have never run for my first office, and therefore we wouldn't be having this interview probably. won and it was you know it was not expected that i would at least when i jumped in the race and there i was sitting in the office and i thought oh my god i'm i'm now the elected da of a major city in the united states in hindsight it was maybe it's we call it imposter syndrome to your point maybe it is a very loaded term because i think there's nothing wrong with having um and i think there's a lot that is good with having a certain level of humility”
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“It kind of germinated. And then, of course, being vice president and doing the work of vice president of the United States, I met with over 150 world leaders, presidents, prime ministers, chancellors, and kings. I've negotiated very important deals and issues on behalf of the American people. I've spent countless hours not only in the Oval Office, but the Situation Room and traveling around the world. And so in those 107 days, I was fully aware of not only the importance of the job, but fully aware that I had the experience and knowledge to be able to do it effectively.”
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“It was when I was in the Senate. I ran into a And it had not occurred to me until then. It had not occurred to me to run for president. There are people who are born thinking they're going to be president. There are people who look in the mirror every day and see a president. I was not one of those people. But then the thought”
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