Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on Kamala Harris' final major speech ahead of the US election

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris gave her final pre-election speech to voters this afternoon.

She delivered the address at the Ellipse in Washington DC - the site where Trump rallied supporters ahead of the January 6 Capitol riot.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this served as an effective reminder for voters ahead of the election.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Barry Sober, senior political correspondence with US NOW. Barry, Hello,
good afternoon, Heather. So I gave a pracee just before
of why you think Kamala Harris is going to win,
which is just you got the vibes.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
No, no, it's not. It's look if you can vote,
if you're a human being. And you look at two
people at the podium. One spends forty minutes winding up
music to dance like a board to and particularly YMCA,
which is a gay national anthem, and he thinks it's

(00:32):
the one of the best songs that he's ever heard
and pokes his fingers in the air. And this man
wants to be the president of the United States again.
I mean, honestly, it's your argument.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
I don't get it.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, I just think, are you saying.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Nobody could possibly vote him in as president?

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, see, I never understood. I've got to say the
first time why he was voted in. And I just
can't understand having watched it all today. Kamala Harris's final
speech speech today, it was the significance of where she

(01:08):
gave it. I think that she delivered a speech that
reminded her of her audience of the end of the
Trump presidency.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Listen, we know who Donald Trump is.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
He is the person who stood at this very spot
nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to
the United States Capital to overturn the will of the
people in a free and fair election, an election that.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
He knew he lost.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
Americans died as a result of that attack, And while
Donald Trump sat in the White House watching, he was
told by his staff that the mob wanted to kill
his own vice president, and Donald Trump responded with two words,
So what, America, that's who Donald Trump is.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, and it's true. I mean they said that they
wanted to hang Mike pens and Trump was told that
by his staff. I went back to check it out,
and look, the man is, to me unbelievable as a
candidate for the United States presidency. Of course, you played
that clip earlier on of him saying that he wanted

(02:33):
the death penalty for all immigrants who killed any Americans. Well,
for his knowledge, many of the millions of Porto Ricans,
for example, who have now gone to the United States,
they are American citizens. So I don't know what he's
talking about.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
He's not having a crackit. I don't want to be
defending the guy, but he's not having a crackt perto Ricans.
The comedian had a cracked Porto Ricans is a.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Chap called Tony Hunchcliffe's. Trump hasn't denied it, they were
apologize for it. He used crass language, joking that Latinos
love making babies and then went on to make that
remark that sparked the immigration turmoil.

Speaker 4 (03:14):
It is absolutely wild times, it really really is. And
you know, there's a lot going on. Like I don't
know if you guys know this, but there's literally a
floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean
right now. Yeah, I think it's called Puerto Rico.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah. And the thing is that the Puerto Rico is
a protected protectorate of the United States. All its citizens
are American citizens, and you know, for Trump not to
distance himself from that, to me is sort of unbelievable.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
So you think that he's not going to be president
because no one could possibly elect this man. Well, yeah,
but look, I know.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
You're going to say that, And I just wonder where
Americans heads are at when they look at it a
man like Donald Trump and say that he's a serious individual.
I mean you have to be joking a remember rocket
man from North Korea. You know, he had us on
the brink of nuclear destruction. Then with Kim Jong On

(04:16):
threatening to fire missiles. I mean, this man, I think
is an absolute danger.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
To the world. You've got to protect your heart.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
If I was an American would be most concerned that
this man is even standing.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
Again, should Candice Owens be allowed into the country or not? Ah?

Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yes, I believe so. And it's the old story. I mean,
if New Zealanders don't want to engage with owns, don't
turn up to see her, I mean, I don't care
what she's got to say. She can say what she likes.
I mean, she has questioned ridiculous things. I mean, she's
as bad as a former incumbent that we've been talking
about in the White House. She questioned, criticizes feminism, she

(04:57):
criticizes the Black Lives Matter movement and trans people. So
what I mean, that's that's her entitlement. She's not running
for office though, she's simply giving her views. I'm going
to tell you what. She's got a lot of followers.
She's got two point eight million subscribers to her YouTube channel,

(05:17):
and that's got over nine hundred videos that have been
viewed viewed three hundred and forty nine million times, so
she's got a following out there. I don't think i'd
go along to listen to her, but you know, if
people want to pay fifteen hundred dollars a table, let
them do it.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
Brilliant stuff, Barry, Thank you very much, Barry Soaper, Senior
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