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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: E24 0725 TRUMP HARRIS
HEADLINE: Trump recalibrates campaign to take on Harris
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PUBLISHED AT: 7/24/22, 1:20 pm
BYLINE: Scott Stearns
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DATELINE: Denver
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((INTRO)) In the U.S. presidential campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump is facing a new opponent with President Joe Biden’s withdrawal as his party’s presumptive nominee. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns looks at how Trump’s campaign is recalibrating its approach to take on Vice President Kamala Harris.
((AP Video ID: 4507123))
1. Mid Trump supporters at end of convention
2. Balloons in party colors
4. Cutaway, balloons drop in convention hall
((NARRATOR))
Republicans at last week’s national convention saw the mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to step down as his party’s presumptive candidate.
((Courtesy: YouTube/GOP))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9__OmOygJT0
((START OF CAMPAIGN AD))
((NARRATOR))
So, when he did, they were ready.
00:09
((NARRATOR OF CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL))
“If you ever wondered how Joe Biden could get the border so screwed up, remember he had help.”
((HARRIS LAUGHTER))
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((NARRATOR))
With this ad pivoting from Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris and blaming her for a surge of illegal immigration.
01:51
((HARRIS FROM CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL))
“I’ve been working on this issue for a very long time.
((NARRATOR OF CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL))
“That’s the truth about Kamala Harris. She’s dangerously liberal on illegal immigration.”
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1. Cutaway of Vice President Kamala Harris walking out at campaign event
((NARRATOR))
In her first campaign event as the Democrats’ likely presidential candidate, Harris was ready with a counterattack reminding voters of her work as a courtroom prosecutor and attorney general.
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((Kamala Harris, US Vice President))
"And in those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So, hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump's type."
((SPLIT SCREEN))
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, US Vice President:
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17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:
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Harris resets a race that former President Donald Trump was leading, says Brookings Institution governmental studies expert Darrell West.
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7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DARRELL M. WEST, DILLON CHAIR IN GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, SAYING:
((Darrell West, Brookings Institution))
“She will be very competitive in those crucial Midwestern states, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. And I think she also will put some of those other swing states that have started to slip away, places like Arizona, back in very strong contention for Democrats.”
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1. FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP ARRIVING AT RALLY
((NARRATOR))
For Republican nominee Trump, a new political challenger means a new derisive nickname.
13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate))
“I call her Laughing Kamala. You ever watch her laugh? She's crazy. You know, you can tell a lot by a laugh. No, she's crazy. She's nuts.”
8. WIDE OF TRUMP ON STAGE AND AUDIENCE LISTENING
((NARRATOR))
It is a campaign confident in beating any Democrat, says Hofstra University’s Meena Bose.
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9. (SOUNDBITE)(English) EXECUTIVE DEAN FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, DR. MEENA BOSE, SAYING:
((Meena Bose, Hofstra University))
“Clearly, former President Trump and his campaign staff thought that President Biden was a beatable candidate. They seem to have the same views of Vice President Harris.”
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19. TRUMP SPEAKING DURING RALLY
((NARRATOR))
The change will mean some adjustments for Republicans, says West.
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9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DARRELL M. WEST, DILLON CHAIR IN GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, SAYING:
((Darrell West, Brookings Institution))
“They're just going to have to recast the whole thrust of their campaign, which was saying Joe Biden was too old, he couldn't do the job, his family was corrupt -- all that disappears now. But I'm sure they will quickly go on the attack. They will note that she came out of the state of California, which is more liberal than the rest of the country.”
((AP Video ID: 4507721))
1. Various of Ohio senator and Republican Vice presidential nominee JD Vance arriving at the rally
((NARRATOR))
Trump running mate J.D. Vance has taken up that attack, blaming Vice President Harris for Biden’s poor performance.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. JD Vance, (R) Ohio and Republican Vice presidential nominee:
((JD Vance, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate))
"Our country has been saddled for three and a half years with a president who cannot do the job and that is all because Kamala Harris and the rest of the Democrats lied about his ability to be our president."
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5. Cutaway of Harris walking from car to pose for pictures with supporters next to plane
((NARRATOR))
Harris says voters have a clear choice between her vision and Trump’s.
((Kamala Harris, US Vice President))
"Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion, and rule of law? Or a country of chaos, fear and hate? And here's the beauty of this moment. We each have the power to answer that question. The power is with the people.”
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1. U.S. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS DISEMBARKING AIR FORCE TWO, SALUTING, SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIAL
((NARRATOR))
Initial political polling since Biden’s withdrawal shows Harris narrowing her party’s gap with Trump.
((Scott Stearns, VOA News))
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Embargo DateJuly 24, 2024 13:27 EDT
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