Jack Tame: Q&A and ZB Saturday Mornings host on Kamala delivering her final speech to voters a week ahead of Election Day

Kamala Harris has delivered her closing arguments to propel her presidential campaign over the line, with one week until Election Day. 

The US Vice President's spoken from Washington DC - where she's painted a strong contrast between herself and rival Donald Trump. 

Harris says Trump would open a floodgate of vengeance against his political rivals, while she would work for the American people. 

Newstalk ZB's Jack Tame was there and says the symbolism of the setting was everything - and she looked presidential. 

"Anyone tuning in on television would have seen Kamala Harris coming up beautifully lit with the White House directly behind her."

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time to turn the page on the drama
and the conflict, the fear and division. It is time
for a new generation of leadership in America.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
That's the message from Kamala Harris, who's just delivered her
closing presidential picture was a thirty minute address from the
same spot that Trump stood prior to the Capitol Rights
Jack Taymee was in the crowdeds with us. Now, hey Jack, Hey, Now,
she spent a lot of time talking about Trump. But
did she actually spend enough time talking about the things
that voters really care about, which is the economy and
the cost of living crisis.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Well, yeah, that's what they say they care about, right,
But I think it's just impossible to have an election
with Donald Trump that isn't at least in some significant
way about Donald Trump. But yeah, looks at she kind
of split it into two parts. So she did the
first part focusing almost entirely on Trump, prosecuting Trump, talking
about how he kind of betrayed the American democracy. And
then in the second half she tried to lay that

(00:57):
layout an alternative vision again, you know, taking a few
points to attack him. But she you know, she laid
out various tax quits that she supported, and things to
make sure that insulin prices would remain low. Presumably things
that are you know, that her team think are important
to American voters. But yeah, like I say, it's kind
of hard to imagine that any election but Donald Trump

(01:19):
doesn't have some of the personal stuff involved.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Why was she delivering a closing address when there are
still a week to go in the campaign.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Well, I think because they're worried about momentum, that's my theory.
And you know, it was really interesting tonight, like that
the symbolism was everything. It wasn't really the message that mattered.
It was a symbolism. It was an amazing set, as
you say, right there at the ellipse, directly in front
of the White House, so anyone tuning in on television
would have seen Kamala Harris coming out, beautifully lit with

(01:47):
the White House directly behind her. You know, it was
that the classic quality that American political commentators always talk about,
you know, the effort to look presidential. Well, I don't
think anyone could deny that she looked presidential. But my
sense is that the Democrats are a little bit nervous
that they have been slipping the polls over the last
few weeks. They're trying to reclaim some momentum. But yeah,

(02:10):
it's hardly like this is. It might be her closing argument,
but it's not going to be her closing speech. The
elections a week away. She's going to be addressing crowds
every day right up until election day and presumably giving
the same message. But I think they really tried to
tried to seize a bit of momentum backetting.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Into the last week, but overshadowed by Biden's faux pad.
Do you reckon Biden was calling? Was he causing? Was
he calling Trump supporters garbage? Or was he actually calling
the guy the comedian garbage?

Speaker 3 (02:39):
The way I just watched it without having read anything first,
the way I interpret it when I watched it was
that he was calling Trump supporters garbage. That's the way
I interpret it. So it seems crazy that they'll put
them put themselves in a position where he would say that.
That being said, I can't imagine there are any really
really die hard supporters have been planning on voting for

(03:02):
Trump right up till now, but were put off because
of the commit mobilizes them. The other day, mobilized no, no, no, no, no.
I think I think it's more likely there are some
marginal voters in Pennsylvania, potentially Puerto Rican, who might have
been dissuaded from voting for Trump. But I don't think
Trump's keenest supporters are going to be turning on them

(03:22):
over those comments, and Biden is unlikely to affect much
for that very same reason. Right Like it may.

Speaker 4 (03:30):
Maybe the bearf you put Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania
who were a bit annoyed at Trump the other day
and are now a bit annoyed at Biden, But I
don't know, we're maybe stretching along vote maybe.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
So Hey, Jack, thanks very much, really appreciate it. Jack
tame Q and a present to host of Saturday Mornings
on z BE. Probably the biggest problem is that Carmela
wanted everybody to be talking about Carmela. But now they're
talking instead, not about Carmela, but about Joe Biden, aren't they?
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