It's not about rhetoric at a rally but actually fixing a problem. Border officers need resources to do their jobs- transcript of Harris speech in AZ today

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"Gangs crossing border who traffic in guns drugs and humans could care less who somebody voted for." [Video linked at bottom]

20:40 mins into video:

KH: Arizona, i think you all know, and this is why you are here, there are consequential issues at stake in this election. And one is the security of our border.

The United States is a sovereign nation and i believe we have a duty to set rules at our border and to enforce them, and I take that responsibility very seriously. We are also a nation of immigrants. The United States has been enriched by generations of people who have come from every corner of the world to contribute to our country and to become part of the American story.

And so we must reform our immigration system to ensure that it works in an orderly way that it is humane and that it makes our country stronger.

So I've just come from visiting the border and the port of entry in Douglas. I spoke with dedicated agents from border patrol and customs officers who every day see the overflow of commercial traffic through the port. These men and women who work there and at other places along our southern border help keep our nation secure, and they need more resources to do their jobs, which is why we have and are in the process of investing half a billion dollars to modernize and expand the port of entry here in Douglas, and why last December I helped raise the rate of overtime pay for border agents, and also why i strongly supported the comprehensive border security bill (*** see ref 1 below) written last year- written last year as you know by a bipartisan group of senators including one of the most conservative members of the united states congress.

That bill would have hired 1,500 more border agents and officers, it would have paid for inspection machines to detect fentanyl that is killing tens of thousands of Americans every year, it would have allowed us to more quickly and effectively remove those who come here illegally, and it would have increased the number of immigration judges and asylum officers.

It was the strongest border security bill we have seen in decades. It was endorsed by the border patrol union. And it should be in effect today producing results in real time right now for our country.

But donald trump tanked it

He picked up the phone and called some friends in congress and said stop the bill.

Because you see. He prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. And the American people deserve a president who cares more about border security than playing political games and their personal political future. And so even though Donald trump tried to sabotage the border security bill, it is my pledge to you that as president of the united states, i will bring it back up and proudly sign it into law.

And let me say, the issue of border security is not a new issue to me. I was attorney general of a border state for two terms. I saw the violence and chaos that transnational criminal organizations cause and the heartbreak and loss from the spread of their illicit drugs. I walked through tunnels that traffickers used to smuggle contraband into the united states. I've seen tunnels with walls as smooth as the walls of your living room complete with lighting and air conditioning making very clear that it is about an enterprise that is making a whole lot of money in the trafficking of guns, drugs, and human beings.

My knowledge on how they work comes from the fact that i have prosecuted transnational criminal organizations who traffic in guns drugs and human beings. My team and i broke up a heroin trafficking ring in the bay area with ties to Mexican cartels. We took down a gang working with the [sounds like] Caloa cartel to traffic methamphetamine into the united states. We seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine from the Guadalajara cartel and broke up a drunk a drug trafficking operation, including pill mills and so-called recovery centers that were pushing opioids with deadly results.

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Focus on fixing a problem instead of running on a problem

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As attorney general of california it was years ago that i brought a bipartisan group of american attorneys general and led that group to travel to mexico city to meet with mexican attorneys general to address this issue, and in particular to increase intelligence sharing on gang activity, all of which allowed us to prosecute more human traffickers. And i started as attorney general the first comprehensive report in the state of california analyzing transnational criminal organizations and the threats they pose to public safety and to the economy.

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“We understand that many people are desperate to migrate to the united states, our system must be orderly and secure”

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So stopping transnational criminal organizations and strengthening our border is not new to me and it is a longstanding priority of mine i have done that work and i will continue to treat it as a priority when i am elected president of the united states.

And it is my pledge to you understanding how solutions get formed that i will reach across the aisle and i will embrace common sense approaches and new technologies to get the job done. Because i know transnational gangs coming across the border trafficking in guns drugs and human beings could care less who somebody voted for in the last election. They could care less. They've got one goal in mind.

And it is therefore critically important that anybody who calls themselves a leader would work with other leaders for common sense solutions understanding the pain and the suffering that americans are experiencing. If we don't work together to fix these problems. And look, transnational gangs, one of the things i know about them, they are always innovating. So to disrupt them we must do the same.

And that means again working together in real time grounded on finding common sense approaches, not just about some rhetoric at a rally but actually doing the work of fixing a problem, and as president i won't only bring back the border security bill that donald trump tanked, i will do more to secure our border, to reduce illegal border crossings.

I will take further action to keep the border closed between ports of entry. Those who cross our borders unlawfully will be apprehended and removed and barred from re-entering for years. We will pursue more severe criminal charges against repeat violators and if someone does not make an asylum request at a legal point of entry and instead crosses our border unlawfully, they will be barred from receiving asylum.

While we understand that many people are desperate to migrate to the united states, our system must be orderly and secure.

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Fentanyl is a scourge on our country

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And that is my goal, and that is my goal. Securing our border also means addressing the flow of fentanyl into our communities. Fentanyl is a scourge on our country the nature of it as a drug is that it is highly addictive, and it is highly lethal, so much so that using it one time only can be fatal.

I have met far too many families, parents, loved ones who have lost a family member a child to fentanyl, and their grief is heartbreaking. And the devastation caused by fentanyl is being felt from rural communities to big cities, it's impacting communities across our country regardless of where they are geographically, politically, or any other demographic you choose to talk about, it's a scourge in our country, and we have to take it seriously.

As president i will make it a top priority to disrupt the flow of fentanyl coming into the united states and i know everyone here understands that most of the fentanyl in america comes from two cartels based in mexico. Most often they are smuggling it through vehicles at legal ports of entry like the one i visited today.

The fact is border officers don't have enough resources and are only able to search a fraction of the vehicles that pass through their checkpoints. This is unacceptable. They need the resources to do their jobs.

As we could have done with that border security bill, i will surge support to law enforcement agencies on the front lines, more personnel, more training, and more technology including new inspection systems that can detect fentanyl hidden in vehicles.

And we will make sure that our ports of entry including airports and sea ports have additional state-of-the-art technology to detect fentanyl and the chemical tools used to make it.

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I will ensure that we target the entire global fentanyl supply chain

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I will also double the resources for the department of justice to extradite and prosecute transnational criminal organizations and the cartels, yes, i will ensure that we target the entire global fentanyl supply chain. Because we must materially and sustainably disrupt the flow of illicit fentanyl coming into our country.

My approach takes into account also that the precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl are by and large made in china and then shipped to mexican cartels and trafficked right here into the united states. Our administration demanded that china crack down on the companies that make those chemicals and it has started to happen. But they need to do more.

As president i will hold them to their commitment to significantly reduce the flow of precursor chemicals coming from china, and all of this to say-

We must tackle this issue from every angle, because our highest charge must be to protect the lives of our people. It must be to understand the pain and to have the courage to know that solutions are at hand if we focus on fixing a problem instead of running on a problem. And on this issue writ large we must ensure that our country remains strong and competitive, which includes fixing our broken immigration system.

And let me be clear.

I reject the false choice- i reject the false choice that suggests we must either choose between securing our border or creating a system of immigration that is safe orderly and humane.

We can and we must do both. We must do both. And we need clear legal pathways for people seeking to come into our country. And we must make our current system work better.

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At long last a pathway to citizenship for hardworking immigrants

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For example, it can take years for asylum claims to be decided. Well, this is a problem we can solve including by hiring more asylum officers and expanding processing centers in people's home countries. And as president i will work with congress to create at long last a pathway to citizenship for hardworking immigrants who have been here for years for years and deserve to have a system that works.

I also have in mind our dreamers.

I have met- i have met with so many of our dreamers throughout my career who have grown up in the united states, were educated here, pay taxes here, serve in our military, and contribute to our communities every day. They are american in every way but still they do not have an earned pathway to citizenship. And this problem has gone unsolved at this point now for decades.

The same goes for farm workers who ensure that we have food on our tables and who sustain our agricultural industry. They too have been in legal limbo for years because politicians have refused to come together to fix our broken immigration system.

Well as president i will put politics aside to fix our immigration system and find solutions, solutions to problems which have persisted for far too long. For far too long we have all known this is not working as it can and as it should.

And so as i said at the beginning, these issues are highly consequential for a nation and the contrast in this election is clear.

It is a choice between common sense solutions and the same old political games.

In the four years that donald trp was president he did nothing to fix our broken immigration system, he did not solve the shortage of immigration judges, he did not solve the shortage of border agents, he did not create lawful pathways into our nation, he did nothing to address an outdated asylum system, and did not work with other governments in our hemisphere to deal with what clearly is also a regional challenge.

As overdoses went up during his presidency, he fought to slash funding for the fight against fentanyl, and what did he do instead- well let's talk about that.

He separated families, he ripped toddlers out of their mother's arms, put children in cages, and tried to end protections for dreamers. He made the challenges at the border worse, and he is still and he is still fanning the flames of fear and division.

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We cannot accept donald trump's failure to lead, we should not permit scapegoating instead of solutions.

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And let me be clear. That is not the work of a leader. That is not the work of a leader. And that is in fact i think we all believe an abdication of leadership.

And so on behalf of all across our nation who want to see these problems solved, i say we cannot accept donald trump's failure to lead, we should not permit scapegoating instead of solutions, and let's see what's happening- let's not permit scapegoating instead of solutions or rhetoric instead of results.

As your president i will protect our nation's sovereignty, secure our border, and work to fix our broken system of immigration; and i will partner with democrats, republicans, and independents to do it.

Arizona, it is time for us to turn the page on the ugly battles that have characterized our politics, and it is time time to move forward together to achieve real solutions that make our country stronger. And i know we can get this done i know we have the will i know we have the courage i know the solutions are at hand and i know we are ready and so with all of that i say thank you may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america thank you all thank you

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VIDEO: Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks from douglas, az | harris-walz 09.27.2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qegwt7ard5u

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In America it takes too long and it costs too much to build, from concept to reality, in blue States and Red States and it's a national problem.

Transcript of Kamala Harris speech in Pittsburgh PA today (9/25/24)

-tax credits for expanding good union jobs in steel and iron, and Manufacturing communities like here in [SOUNDS LIKE] Mon Valley. And across all these industries of the future we will prioritize Investments for strengthening Factory towns. This is so important for strengthening Factory towns, retooling existing factories, hiring locally, and working with unions, because no one who grows up in America's greatest industrial or agricultural centers should be abandoned.

And understand what that means for real people people we know, people we care about, we don't have to abandon a strength we've known to achieve a strength that we [Applause] plan. And here is what else we will do.

When I am President we will double the number of registered apprenticeships by the end of my first [Applause] term cuz I almost made it a goal of mine. I am, I think I am going to fall short- but trying to visit every IBW local in America. Because I'm gonna tell you-

Those apprenticeship programs, those are tough Duty man and women and everyone they're tough Duty, I mean it.

Talk about the skills that are about engineering and science and math and just the most highly skilled folks who are in those apprenticeships and teaching there and also one of the things we must do- understanding that and understanding the nature of that part of our educational system is-

Let's eliminate degree requirements while increasing skills [Applause] development and let's start with something I can do as president was ensure that we do that for the half million of federal jobs that are within our ability to make it. So showing what is possible and then challenging the private sector to make a similar commitment to emphasizing skills and not just [Applause] degrees.

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Lift up workers through Equity profits and benefits.

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And we will reform our tax laws to make it easier for businesses to let workers share in their company's success. And I will challenge the private sector to do more to lift up workers through Equity profits and benefits, so more people can share in America's success and prosperity.

And not only must we build the industries of the future in America, we must also build them faster.

There's a time for patience and there's a time for impatience, that's not in Ecclesiastics but I just want to go off script for a minute, mayor, but the simple truth is-

In America it takes too long and it costs too much to build, whether it's a new Housing Development, a new Factory, or a new bridge, projects take too long to go from concept to reality. It happens in blue States it happens in Red States and it's a national problem.

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China is not moving slowly, they're not.

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And I will tell you this. China is not moving slowly, they're not. And we can't afford to either. If we are to compete, we can't afford to either.

As president, if things are not moving quickly, I will demand to know why, and I will act I will work with Congress, workers, and businesses, cities and states, Community groups and local leaders to reform permitting, to cut red tape, and get things moving faster. Because look as I said-

Patience may be a virtue but not when it comes to job creation or America's competitiveness. Many of you know the Empire State Building. You know how long it took to build that? One year. The Pentagon, you know how long that took? Months. No one can tell me why we can't build quickly in our [Applause] country. I've got empirical evidence now look-

My opponent Donald Trump, well he makes big promises on manufacturing. Just yesterday he went out and promised to bring back manufacturing jobs. And if that sounds familiar it should. In 2016 he went out and made that very same promise about the Carrier plant in Indianapolis, you'll remember.

Carrier then offshored hundreds of jobs to Mexico under his watch and it wasn't just there. On Trump's watch offshoring went up and manufacturing jobs went down across our country and across our economy. All told almost thousands of manufacturing jobs were lost during his presidency starting before the pandemic hit, making Trump one of the biggest losers ever on Manufacturing [Applause].

Donald Trump also talked a big game on our trade deficit with China but it is far lower under our watch than any year of his administration, while he constantly got played by China. I will never hesitate to take Swift and strong measures when China undermines the rules of the road at the expense of our workers, our communities, and our companies; whether it's flooding the market with steel inferior, or at all unfairly subsidizing ship building, or hurting our small businesses with counterfeits.

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I will never sell out America to our competitors or adversaries

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Recall Donald Trump actually shipped Advanced semiconductor chips to China, which helps them upgrade their military, understand the impact of these so-called policies that really are not about a plan for strengthening our prosperity, or our security.

I will never sell out America to our competitors or adversaries never never.

And I will always make sure we have the strongest economy and the most lethal fighting force anywhere in the world.

So at this pivotal moment we have an extraordinary opportunity to chart a new way forward, one that positions the United States of America and all of us who are blessed to call this home, for success and prosperity in the 21st century.

There's an old saying that the best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Well that is the story of the steel city that is the story of the Steel City, the city that helped build the middle class, birth America's labor movement, empower the rise of American manufacturing, and the city where Alan Newell and Herbert Simon launched the first AI research Hub at Carnegie [Applause] Mellon and created entirely new Fields like machine learning and Carnegie Mellon is now home to the largest university robotics Center in [Applause] America.

So the proud Heritage of Pittsburgh I so strongly believe reveals the character of our nation, a nation that harnesses the  Ambitions, the dreams, and the aspirations of our people, seizes the opportunities before us because we see them, because we believe in them, and then invents the future, that is what we have always done and that is what we must now do, and I know we will I thank you all for inviting me may God bless you may God bless the United States of America [Applause]

END OF SPEECH

[Harris’s speech today in Pittsburgh is available in several places on the internet. ] 

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Affordable child care & home health care, extending child tax credit, these things strengthen our economy- Harris current stump speech

Transcript of KH appearance 09.17.24 video linked below

“We have a shortage of housing… let's just take this and deal with it head on… engage homebuilders, with tax credits to give them the incentive to create new housing, 3 million by the end of my first term.”

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TRANSCRIPT:

Q: We want to start on an issue that Americans across the country say is their number one concern and that's the economy. A question that has been asked of you and everybody that's on the Democratic side is whether or not voters are better off now than they were four years ago are they better off now than they were four years ago?

Kamala Harris: Well first of all let me just say it is good to be with the National Association of Black Journalists and I thank you for the work you do and that your members do every day. It is very important that we ensure that this organization and your members always have the resources and the platforms to deliver the voices that must be heard, so I thank you for hosting me today.

Four years ago when we came in, we came in during the worst unemployment since the Great Depression, we came in during the worst Public Health epidemic in centuries, we came in after the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War, and a lot of it due in large part to the mismanagement by the former president as it relates to covid and obviously January Sixth.

And we had then a lot of work to do to clean up a mess. As of today we have created over 16 million new jobs over 800,000 new manufacturing jobs. We have the lowest black unemployment rate in Generations, we have invested in small businesses and they're to the benefit of many people but including black small businesses, some of the highest rate of creation of new black small businesses in years.

We have done the work of capping the cost of prescription medication for our seniors for issues like insulin- and again I'm speaking to the black journalists who care about all people, but in particular i'll talk about the impact on black people, where we know black folks are times more likely 60% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. And we have now finally capped the cost of insulin for our seniors at $35 a month capped the cost of prescription medication for our seniors at $2,000 a year.

Because we, unlike the former president who promised to do it, we finally have allowed Medicare to negotiate drug prices against the big pharmaceutical companies. And these are just some of the accomplishments.

Is the price of groceries still too high, yes, do we have more work to do, yes and I will tell you-

I do believe that I offer a new generation of leadership for our country that is about in particular turning the page on an era that sadly has shown us attempts by some to incite fear, to create division in our country, and to do the work that is about bringing some level of optimism. And dare I say ambition about what I know is possible in our country.

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An opportunity economy where all people have access to the resources to compete to apply their incredible work ethic their ambition their aspirations and their dreams.

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And so my plan for the economy includes what I imagine and believe and call an opportunity economy, what we can do to grow an opportunity economy where all people have access to the resources to compete, to apply their incredible work ethic, their ambition, their aspirations, and their dreams.

And actually not just get by but get ahead. And I can talk in more detail about it but specifically. I'll mention a few things yeah.

One of the big issues that affects people right now in terms of the economy and their economic well-being is we have a shortage of housing supply. It's too expensive people can't afford to buy a home.

Our parents had the ability to somehow believe the American dream was attainable. Not so much for younger working people. And I recognize that.

So my Approach is a new approach which is to say let's just take this and deal with it head on. And part of my Approach is I'm going to employ and engage the private sector, in particular homebuilders, with tax credits to give them the incentive to create new housing, 3 million by the end of my first term.

And understanding that not everybody is, you know, handed a a silver spoon, works hard, and is trying to save up for a down payment.

Part of my plan under my opportunity economy is to give first-time home buyers a $25,000 down payment assistance, so they can just get their foot in the door, to be able to then engage in what will prove to be their opportunity to build intergenerational wealth.

And here's my personal experience. I grew up a middle- class kid my mother was hard working. She raised me and my sister Maya. She saved up and it was only by the time I was a teenager that she could afford to actually buy her first home and I know and I identify with I know where I come from. [OVERLAPPING] and I know but I'm just going to finish. I know that so many people work so hard and should have the opportunity to just get their foot in the door. Again so it's not just about getting by but getting ahead

Q:  Please I'd like to ask you more about the opportunity economy. Housing is part of it as well as expanding the earned income tax credit financial support as you mentioned for first-time buyers and $25,000 tax deduction for startups and small businesses. But I want to talk to you about the squeeze that millions of Americans are also dealing with that impacts their ability to work and make money, and that is child care and elder care, and it's a squeeze for millions of people. In some parts of the country it costs more for child care than for rents, I think Bloomberg recently reported an average of $33,000 a year. So I'm just wondering you mentioned that in your opportunity economy, a child tax credit; but that's just one part of an ecosystem. Please tell us what plans will you propose to guarantee that families can actually afford child care and elder care?

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KH; So to your point, it is it is sadly the State of Affairs in our country that working people often have to decide to either be able to work or be able to afford Child Care, like they can't afford child care and actually do the work that they want to do because it's too expensive. And it doesn't actually level out in terms of the expense versus the income.

My plan is that no family, no Working Families, should pay more than 7% of their income in child care. Because I know that when you talk about the return on that investment, allowing people to work allowing people to pursue their dreams, in terms of how they want to work, where they want to work- benefits us all. It strengthens the entire economy.

We saw for example during the pandemic what happened, and it sadly has dissipated as a conversation that we need to resuscitate, which is the number of women that had to leave the workforce because of a lack of child care and home health care. And so many of our families- and particular women- end up carrying the responsibility, men do too of course, what we call people who are in the sandwich generation who have young children and are also taking care of their parents.

And it is just absolutely too expensive for them to be able to work and do that.

So my plan is not only about 7% of income for working people for child care, but also we need to do better for our child care providers, and our home health care providers, in terms of ensuring that they receive the wages that they deserve based on the Dignity of their work. I have spent time with Home Health Care Providers and their work is some of the most taxing work you can imagine, and I actually –

When my mother was sick with cancer, I did a lot in terms of taking care care of her. And the the work that is about taking care of a loved one in particular an elder is extraordinarily heavy, in terms of the emotional toll, the time it takes.  And we do it because that is what we do.

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We need to make sure we have home healthcare workers.

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But not everyone has the ability to take time from work to do it, and they need help. And we need to make sure we have home healthcare workers that can help them.

But I want to get back to the earlier point that you made about extending the child tax credit.

So part of my new approach is we need to expand the child tax credit.

And so part of my plan that is- under an opportunity economy- is to extend and expand the child tax credit to $6,000 so that young families- in particular for the first year of their child's life which is an extraordinarily important time in their development- have the resources to be able to buy a crib, buy a car seat, buy children's clothing, and not have to worry about whether they're going to be able to meet their other needs.

And I will. I don't need to remind anybody here especially these  esteemed journalists, but when we expanded the child tax credit a couple years ago, we reduced child poverty by half. And so again, if you talk about the benefit and if you think about the benefit to the economy overall, it strengthens our economy to do things like pay attention to affordable child care, affordable home health care, and extending the child tax credit.

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Previous stump speeches this month

Kamala Harris stump speech as of September 3

 Another addition to the cofa Blog Transcript Project 

Trump stump speech, TRANSCRIPT here from PA rally 08.30

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Clooney tells Kimmel "It's very hard to let go of power and Biden did something extraordinary, That's what should be focused on."

Another entry in Transcripts for Harris / Walz at CofA Blog

TRANSCRIPT of "George Clooney on NY Times Op-Ed on Biden, Insults from Trump, Film with Brad Pitt & Pulling Pranks" on Jimmy Kimmel Live 09 18  (Video Linked at Bottom

01:45 into video

JK: All right I want to talk to you about the big thing and you know what that is. You as everyone knows now, in July you wrote an op-ed in the New York Times.

GC:  Got to get right into that don’t we have time for one more question?

JK: And it really it may well have- it did actually change the world. I mean it had an enormous impact on the presidential election, right?

GC: No I don't I don't know that that's true, [OVERLAPPING]  there was an awful lot of people yeah it was well you know listen.

Bottom line is as you know let's get right to the bottom line the bottom line is okay the bottom line is that that-

It's very hard to let go of power and President Biden did something really extraordinary, really extraordinary. And so honestly, I really do think that that's that's what should be focused on. Really yeah yeah-

JK: And yet it was a risky move. Because had he not decided to step aside, it would probably have damaged him. To to, I mean having been one of his great supporters and-

GC: What are you getting at J?

JK: I'm getting at you took a big swing and thank God you hit that ball out, because it could have gone very bad-

GC: [OVERLAPPING] it could have gone very very badly go badly listen I I don't know I mean seems to be going pretty well right now.

JK: But have you like have you thought about if Donald Trump wins, have you thought about the possibility he might use the power of the federal government against you personally?

GC: Yeah I have but I just- I'm confident in the fact that he's coming after you first

JK: that makes you feel better

GC: Yeah you know that theory about you don't have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the one kid. You're that one kid. [LAUGHTER]

JK: I'm that kid [LAUGHTER]

END OF TRANSCRIPT of "George Clooney on NY Times Op-Ed on Biden, Insults from Trump, Film with Brad Pitt & Pulling Pranks" 

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if you Vote Democrat, I don't even want you around this church.” -France 24 report on Christian Nationalists in US: Pastors praise Rudy Giuliani, “God sent Trump”

Another edition of Transcripts for Harris/ Walz

FRANCE 24 report: “Trump's devout followers: How Christian nationalists could sway the US election” Sept video linked below  

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F24: they call themselves God's soldiers, fighting to save the soul of America, their weapon the Bible. These Christian nationalists believe their religion should Define US laws and set the country back on track.

Woman: if you Vote Democrat, I don't even want you around this church. You can get out. You can get out, you demon.

F24: for Donald Trump they might even help him return to the White House.

Woman: President Trump is the man that will bring righteousness, the rule of law, and the Judeo Christian values to our civilization.

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“It's okay to call me a Christian Nationalist because I believe in country and I believe in the Bible, okay. So how can you be wrong with that?” 

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F24: Many stormed the capital in January and could have a drastic impact on American democracy. Many people Hannah Salesbury and Roxy Cruz are devout Christians, and they do more than just praying.

One wants more Bibles in public schools. The other is a pro-life activist.

Another woman: it's going out into the abortion clinics and it's praying Heaven down and saying oh Jesus let these people know that that life is precious and not to abort it but to embrace it. Then you go into the schools and you take Bibles. We have to go back to God and the Bible. We have to follow by God's commands. We have to fear God.

F24: Both women believe that the line between the church and the state should dissolve and the devil has taken our ground.

In Virginia this group of Christians have been given permission to gather in a government building. Their message is clear. America will be doomed if the population doesn't respect the Bible.

Man: Every measure of a healthy Society has been in freefall in America skyrocketing addiction pornography crime divorce.

[CLIP OF TRUMP AD] God looked down on his planned paradise and said I need a caretaker. So God gave us Trump.

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“If you are talking about spiritual warfare all the time, it's a very small jump to get to actual Warfare.”

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F24: Don Blake is one of the event organizers. He believes that church should guide politics and made a comparison with France.

Blake: Now I think the French people have missed a boat the last years by turning away from God, and government needs to be influenced by the biblical worldview, people, because God set up government. Yeah that's okay to call me a Christian Nationalist because I believe in the country and I believe in in the in the Bible, okay. So how can you be wrong with that?

F24: For many Christian Nationalists, Donald Trump is a hero. In an unofficial ad, the Republican candidate is compared to the Messiah.

[CLIP OF TRUMP AD]

God looked down on his planned paradise and said I need a caretaker. So God gave us Trump, a popularity that Trump is eager to maintain. They try and shame us us. I'm a very proud Christian.

[END OF CLIP ]

F24: Actually Donald Trump also relies on preachers to Rally his Evangelical base, like [SOUNDS LIKE] Jackson Lawmayer, founder of pastors for Trump. At this Gathering, he's invited a special guest.

[CLIP]

Pastor: absolutely will you all stand to your feet and welcome Mayor Rudy Giuloiani.

F24: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former lawyer. Officially pastors are not allowed to tell people who to vote for but Jackson Lawmyer has found another way to influence voters.

[CLIP]

You could Target them one by one, cost you a lot of money, take a lot of time. Or you could go and you could influence pastors to encourage their churches to register to vote, to vote their value system.

And if Christians vote their value system, they will vote for Donald Trump.

[END CLIP]

F24: According to religious experts, radical Christian nationalism is on the rise. If you are talking about spiritual warfare all the time, it's a very small jump to get to actual Warfare. Will we see more threats to uh poll workers to candidates to uh our democracy as a whole about a third of Americans say they support Christian nationalism and they could sway the upcoming election in November.

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Transcript of video: Kamala Harris says 'harmful' attacks on Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, 'a crying shame' linked below Sept. 17 on ABC News 

Harris on ABC 0917

ABC: Madam vice president, I want to move to Springfield Ohio and what's happening there. We've seen school closures, parents worried about their kids leaving the home because of racist conspiracy theories that I won't repeat here. But they have been repeated by leaders on  the Republican side, former president Trump and Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance. From your perspective, is this just a case of irredeemable racism that can't be mitigated by any rational action? Or is this a situation in which a federal response could help this community heal there's a question of resources and

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Kamala Harris: It's a crying shame. I mean my heart breaks for this community. There were children, elementary school children who it was it was school photo day, you remember what that's like- going to school on picture day who were dressed up in their best, got all ready, knew what they were going to wear the night before, and had to be evacuated.

Children children, a whole community put in fear and i'll say a couple things about it.

One, I learned a long time ago in my career, having a background as a prosecutor. When you have these positions, when you have that kind of microphone in front of you, you really ought to understand at a very deep level how much your words have meaning.

I learned at a very young stage of my career that the meaning of my words could impact whether somebody was free or in prison.

As attorney general of California, fifth largest economy in the world, I was acutely aware that my words could move markets. When you are bestowed with a microphone that is that big, there is a profound responsibility that comes with that, that is an extension of what should not be lost in this moment this concept of the public trust.

To then understand what the public trust means, it means that you have been invested with trust to be responsible in the way you use your words, much less how you conduct yourself, and and especially when you have been and then seek to be again president of the United States of America.

And so I go back to it's a crying shame literally what's happening to those families, those children in that Community, not to mention what is happening in terms of look-

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Spewing lies that are grounded in tropes that are ageold and look- this is not new. This is not new in terms of these tropes, not new where it's coming from.

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You say you care about law enforcement, law enforcement resources being put into this because of these serious threats that are being issued against a community that was living a productive good life before this happened-

And spewing lies that are grounded in tropes that are ageold and look- I said it not very far from here the other day at the debate.

This is not new.

This is not new in terms of these tropes this is not new in terms of where it's coming from.

And whether it is refusing to rent to black families; whether it is taking out a full page ad in the New York Times against five innocent black and Latino teenagers the Central Park 5, calling for their execution; whether it is referring to the first black president of the United States with a lie, birther lies and look-

The American people deserve- and I do believe want- better than this, I do believe that. I know the vast majority of us as Americans know we have so much more in common than what separates us.

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Let's turn the page on this.

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I know that. I know that regardless of someone's background their race their gender their geographic location I know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening to that community, in Springfield Ohio and it's got to stop.

And we've got to say that you cannot be entrusted with standing behind the Seal of the president of the United States of America engaging in that hateful rhetoric that as usual is designed to divide us as a country, is designed to have people pointing fingers at each other, it's designed to do that.

And I think most people in our country, regardless of their race, are starting to see through this nonsense and to say-

Let's turn the page on this.

This is exhausting and it's harmful and it's hateful and and and and grounded in some age-old stuff that we should not have tolerance for. So let's turn the page and chart a new way forward and say you can't have that microphone again

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