Can Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump in the 2024 election

Could Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump in the 2024 election  Can Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump in the 2024 election

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00:00And speaking of Vice President Harris, she continues to work the campaign trail.

00:05But as Brian Todd reports, the choice to withdraw by the president would put VP Harris at the

00:11top of the ticket.

00:12And that leads us to a new question.

00:15Could she pull it off?

00:17Tonight, the vice president out on the campaign trail while the president self-isolates with

00:23COVID in Delaware, Kamala Harris taking on her newly nominated direct opponent, Republican

00:29J.D. Vance.

00:30Their plans are extreme and they are divisive.

00:36Harris railing against Vance and former President Trump for their claims to be a unity ticket.

00:41You cannot claim to be for unity if you try to overturn a free and fair election.

00:51Even amid deepening concerns about the man at the top of the Democratic ticket.

00:56The vice president's appearances now more in the spotlight as the calls for President

01:00Biden to exit the race grow louder.

01:02CNN's Jeff Zeleny reports that a senior Democratic advisor said President Biden has, quote, gone

01:08from saying Kamala can't win to do you think Kamala can win?

01:11This is the biggest moment she's had since she was nominated as vice president.

01:15You are seeing her hit the trail, not just talking about abortion rights, but really

01:19being the main validator for Joe Biden's candidacy.

01:23Even with some recent polls suggesting Harris might do better against Trump than Biden would.

01:28Some analysts say the vice president is now walking the finest of lines.

01:32She does not want to be perceived as trying to push him out or even suggest him out.

01:37Harris has been one of the president's fiercest defenders since his disastrous debate.

01:41Look, Joe Biden is our nominee.

01:45We beat Trump once and we're going to beat him again.

01:47He understands everyday struggles because he has actually lived them.

01:54So friends, I say the contrast between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is like night and day.

02:01Now as she navigates maybe the most sensitive moment of her career, a Harris biographer

02:05says those who've run against Kamala Harris have underestimated her at their own peril.

02:10She won statewide three times in California.

02:14That's no small feat.

02:16You don't do that if you're if you're a lightweight.

02:21And that was Brian Todd reporting.

02:22Alex Thompson of Axios says that right now, Vice President Harris is walking a twofold

02:28tightrope, that she's supporting President Biden while also trying to show voters that

02:32she has what it takes to take on former President Trump if it comes to it.