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Welcome to Pod Save America, I'm Jon Favreau. I'm Jon Lovatt. I'm Dan Pfeiffer. Tommy Vitor. Alright, it's our final night here at the convention. Kamala Harris just gave her speech. We're also going to talk about what comes next. We also had a drop in by our friend and our governor, Gavin Newsom, fellow podcaster. Who's known Kamala forever so we're gonna hear that afterwards. But you know what? Let's just get right into it guys. This was obviously the biggest speech of Kamala Harris's life and she killed it! Let's listen. And so, on behalf of the people...

On behalf of every American regardless of party, race, gender, or the language your grandmother speaks, On behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out On their own unlikely journey, on behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another, On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth. I accept your nomination to be President of the United States of America.

- We got balloons! - Nice. Oh my god. What a fun thing. What production quality. Look at us. Casters I don't think so. Yeah, we're the nominees. I just want you guys to know we've all been blowing up balloons for an hour. Yeah You know when it paid off That was beautiful. How many balloons did you blow up? I blew up like three or four. I'm going to get Daniel Dale over here fact checking you. What's going on with that? All right. What'd you guys think of the speech? and see many like that first of all i just Just... Less than two months ago was Joe Biden debated Donald Trump. 30 days ago, Joe Biden steps aside. There was a lot of internal.

-Ajida and angst about what would come if Joe Biden stepped aside. And it is, first of all, incredible what the campaign has done, but also the way in which, like, everyone put their hopes in Kamala Harris. And Kamala Harris has not just performed as well as her most beloved fans have hoped she would, but I think it's fair to say she's exceeded. Everyone's expectations that even the K has like, whoa, like the amount of pressure on her shoulders, the amount she was expected to do in such a short time, the stage, the pressure, the attention, the spotlight that fell on her and to see someone do as deliver as well as speeches. I think I've ever seen a candidate do in a, at a nominee at a convention. Incredible yeah, we're all staffers at heart campaign staff You got like how did they do this? How did you take a convention?

Was Joe Biden's convention 40 days ago and turn into Kamala Harris' convention? It's incredible. Yeah. Incredible. You asked about the speech, though. Dan, you have something smart to say. Right, she was under the most immense pressure possible that she is a largely unknown figure to the public She has this one moment where she's gonna have millions of people watching her and she delivered a great speech she delivered a concise speech she delivered it with strength and power and charisma and And with her laugh and her smile. And it was just, she knocked it out of the park. Both in terms of the speech itself, how it was written, the delivery of the speech, and also the political strategy behind the speech, right? Knew like if you had asked me in the beginning like what are the five things she has to do she did those five things right and did them effectively i could not have been more impressed and i cannot leave this speech being more fired up about her campaign and her next president Yeah, I mean...

I will say a lot of exuberance right now. It's not like we're saying she's definitely going to win. This is a fight. This is a very close race. But from where we were to where we are now and the chance that she has given the Democratic Party to win this election, it's extraordinary. Like I have never seen anyone in political life step up in a way that she stepped up in this timeframe. Under this pressure and it's just it's extraordinary to see and I also think there's a moment we've all seen candidates we've all worked for

And they're running for president and you wonder like when do they go from being a candidate that you know and a senator or governor or house rep whoever they may be someone you can see being president. She looked maybe and sounded more presidential in this convention speech in this nomination speech than almost any other candidate I've ever seen accept the nomination. And for all the like will the country elect a woman president will the country like the first black woman president like it's just it she she sort of like pushed all of that aside in this speech and just like gave her presentation her delivery her confidence was It was a sight to behold. Both Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were so confident and comfortable in their delivery of the speech. Both speeches were beautifully written.

...the amount of time they put into these remarks and also their speechwriters and all the people who worked on these speeches, but the way they both just kind of got into the speeches, got more comfortable as they went along, had the crowd wrapped. There were periods... Where she got enormous applause and the signs were waving and people were chanting, but there were periods of people just like listening with rapt attention. It was amazing. I mean, Democrats tend to do. Like one of three things, right? They do either do Kennedy karaoke, Clinton karaoke, or Obama karaoke. And both walls and Kamala Harris deliver these speeches, like with strength and power and all of that, but with an authenticity, right? That was just like very them the whole way, which is such a hard thing to do when you, especially for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who are not fully formed candidates, right, they just got into the Tim Walz has been in this for like 10 days and she's been in it for 30 days. There's something, um, Both with Walls and with Harris, that moment we played had it. There's a vulnerability in her voice, which talks about this is the greatest country on earth. There is a lot of pressure on the court.

Something really beautiful about the fact that these aren't two people who set out years ago to get to this point today. Yeah. That they were called upon, both of them were called upon. They were elevated by Kamala choosing Tim Walts and by the party having this big debate and deciding they wanted to make this change. And the fact that they were drafted in a way and are rising to the moment and it's not driven by their personal. Ambitions but actually just a love of country like really carries through and the fact that they're willing to say like it was unlikely that I would be here that I'm I wasn't expecting to be here that Like it makes them on our team as opposed to us being on their team in a way that I really like Yeah, so let's get into the as she said at the beginning when everyone was just applauding and applauding and playing She's like, alright, we got some we got some stuff to do. We got some business get into it. She had two big jobs She to make the case for herself and then to reintroduce herself to the American people and she also had to make the case against Donald Trump.

Do something about it. Do something about it. That was my mother. And she taught us and she always, she also taught us, and she also taught us and never To fight for this country we love. To fight.

The privilege and pride of being an American. So let's get out there, let's fight for it, let's get out there. Let's vote for it and together let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary

Story So she spent a lot of time at the beginning of the speech Telling her story Talking about her upbringing her parents. I thought that the speech was infused with Values again in the best sense of the word not the consultant sense of the word like talking about what actually drives her what her family was like and I thought that the way that she sort of transitioned into The policy section in terms of like domestic policy talking about the economy She sort of transitioned by talking about like, you know how her parents raised

How her mom raised her. What did you guys think about how she talked about herself, her story at the beginning of the speech, Tommy? - I just think it's such a better way to do it. I mean, you can't just say, this is my platform. These are my plans. You have to say, this is who I am. This is who raised me. This is where I came from. And this is how that origin. Story informed my values and what I care about and therefore who I will fight for and then you can talk through what Policy plank was and what I loved about that clip there is we know that Donald Trump is going to try to say She's not American that she's other There's people doing the birther shit to her and for her to say the greatest privilege on this earth is to be in America It was just such a, it's just nice to see Democrats taking back patriotism in that way. - Cannot agree more. I think this is one of the most patriotic speeches ever delivered by a nominee. And it is, I mean, they're all of the Obama parallels are overly facile, right? Because of her race, because of her name.

Is very similar in their approach to politics is telling making their story a part of the American story. And because she is the daughter of two immigrants, which is And Oprah pointed this out last night. Yes, and that is the ultimate American story right there. And the way that her values are Americanized. True that immigrants and the children of immigrants are some of the most patriotic Americans because they truly understand the power of this country of the American dream and the way ...because she knows if you turn on TV right now in Arizona or Michigan or Pennsylvania or the other states, the entire goal of the Republican Party is to define her outside of the American... Mainstream and the way in which she told her story in the context of the American story today is the exact way in which you combat that. Yeah I was thinking about it when she was talking about that how after her parents Separated that she moved around a lot and I was you know Tim Walz one of the places having to be Wisconsin yeah who knew smart smart place for her to

I've had some time. Move to swing states, kids. Yeah. Good foresight. Good move. But Tim Wald's, he isn't that polished. He just isn't. And Kamala Harris, to her great credit, she has polish. She just is. She comes off as incredibly smart, incredibly sharp, sophisticated, serious. And I think that you don't get from her, hey, I had heart-- In my childhood like we moved around a lot like I had to make new friends I had to go to new places. She talks about how her mom always had them on a budget. Yeah and I just think like that isn't what naturally you don't you naturally get that from her in part because of I think how in ferociously intelligent she is and how how serious she is and I think it's just a kind of really humanizing

of the speech. The voters who are undecided, who have heard good things about Kamala Harris, are maybe like not sure... They are wondering, you see this in focus groups, you see this in polling, like, Alright, well, what's her plan? What's she going to do for me? To do, to get that message across is more than just like giving out like a white paper and policy. It's like talking about your values and why you Fight for these things. And I thought that, you know, she, she's done this since she ran in, in, in 20, uh, in 2020, she talks about it. Like I've only had My entire life the people talked about Kamala Harris for the people I think it was really effective tonight where she talked about how she's always fought for people and then she talked about her record and her record was very the way that she talked about her record as Attorney general district attorney was very it was very Liz Warren. Yes with Warren It was like talking about taking on the banks talking about taking on people who've scammed veterans who scammed for-profit

Colleges and students and so i thought that was really effective and then is interesting that she also there was a not at the beginning said i know there's a lot of people of different political persuasions listening to this and i'll be a president who is practical common sense which i thought was very effective way of pushing back She's a radical commie. There's no way if you watch the speech you think that she was a radical commie. Right? And I think she did that with and especially in the econ section. Too and you know along with saying that her mom kept it kept them on a budget they were middle class she taught us that opportunity is not available to everyone and that you've got to fight for it. And then she gets into Trump wanting to give a big tax cut to the rich and raising taxes on people through tariffs with the Trump tax. And she wants to cut taxes for people, which got a huge applause line. It was a really great, effective way to do the econ section, I thought. I think I would make an educated...

Yes, that one of the central strategic priorities of this speech and this campaign is to beat Trump on the measure of who fights for people like you. And in recent polling, that measure is close to tied or behind by a couple of points. And she has to win that by a few points or maybe more to win. And that was throughout the speech. All of that policy was not... It was not trying to get some Brookings Institution stamp of approval at the end. It was to use the policy to show people that she will fight for them. for them. Which takes discipline. Yeah, there's also like the campaign has talked about like building wealth, building generational wealth. And she talked about entrepreneurs, talked about founders. The one part that did feel like the most sort of, I don't know, message testy or like the least I don't know, was when she referred to the opportunity economy, which like I think is. Probably the policies underneath it, the goal of it all makes sense. What was the one part where I thought, oh, well, that feels like a sentence from

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And how he would use the immense powers of the presidency of the United States not to improve your life. Not to strengthen our national security, but to serve the only client he has ever had. Himself! We've talked about this all week. I personally am Not too big on like going through all of the bad things Trump has ever done because I think people have mostly made up their minds about Trump, especially the voters that we need to win. But I thought that was really effective because she sort of brought the thing forward and said calmly laid out what he had done in the past and then said well and consider what he'll do in the future with this power and she basically defined him as someone who has only cared about himself and was not going to help you so I thought that

Pretty good. What'd you guys think? She also didn't make it a bunch of corny lines. Yes She just laid it out simply. He sent a mob to the capital He assaulted women, he was found guilty of fraud, he wants to pardon the January 6th insurrectionists and jail opponents and jail journalists. Imagine what he'll do next. Simple, powerful, got through it. There was not a single corny line in this speech and I thought there's a point earlier before this clip Which he says he's an unserious man, but the consequence of his presence here, which is exactly To do it. And you know, we say all the time, like laying out all the bad stuff he does doesn't matter. But there is a segment of voters, they are Trump 20 voters, who after January 6 walked away from him. And we have struggled and struggled and struggled to get those people to come over to the Democrats. They were not coming for Biden. Some of them are interested in Kamala, but these are the exact voters you need. And that recitation, that delivery is I think an effective way to --

She doesn't gild the lilies, she just does it straight like a prosecutor would. Yeah. I'm sort of done with the phrase everyday Americans. I am. It replaced ordinary Americans because we decided that the word ordinary was pejorative. Was that seems critical? Yeah. It's another everyday American. Do you have an alternative? I'm just thinking about just Americans jury of peers. It's not a criticism of it Just that's that phrase. This is about mid Americans. Yeah Yeah, median Americans. Sure. Anyway, thanks for your edit. One of the big issues in this election, and also one that she had been talking about as Vice President for the last couple years, was abortion rights. She hit that hard in the speech. Here's the key part. he is not done. As a part of the American people's right to vote, we are here to support the American people.

His agenda, he and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, and enact a nationwide abortion ban with or without abortion. Congress and get this, get this, he plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator and force states to report on women's mis- Carriages and abortions. Simply put, they are out of their minds. - That's some creepy shit. - Yeah, it's disgusting, and I'll just say, that's not only a case about how Trump would curtail abortion rights, it's a case that should appeal to libertarians. 'Cause that is crazy. That is a crazy thing to do if you are worried about government intruding into your personal life.

I also thought that just the line, they're out of their minds. I love it. It's just great because it wasn't, you know, we've heard a lot this convention, other places, you get like a line that's designed for an applause and it's a little cutesy and it's Written as a soundbite and she was just, you just say what everyone's thinking, which is like, that's crazy. They're out of their minds. That I do think just to come back to the, to the delivery, like throughout this speech, there were ways in which like moments like that could have been cheesier. Yep. Think she could have hammed it up. She just didn't like, and they're like, I had like a million corny lines in my head that I'm so glad that didn't come out of her mouth. Well, the lines didn't happen, but even the moments that I think she could have hammed up, she did, and she delivered them straight. Yep. Uh, and she let the words speak for themselves. She didn't, she really didn't like, she didn't linger on applause. She kept powering through the speech.

...moving. The kind of like, it was funny, she would have like danced around basically saying that Trump and J.D. Vance are going to appoint an anti-abortion czar. And I would like us to start calling it a czar. Anti-abortion coordinator? Coordinator? Czar. Are. Yeah, czar is scary. Borders are versus abortions are. I'll take that fight. Again, I like that. Thank you for the edit. That's good. It's not an edit. No, it's good. It's an idea for moving forward. We're not going back, Jon. Alright, so I just want to say, Dan was wondering when he could go to the bathroom during the speech. He was wondering when the foreign policy section began, because that's when he was going to go to the bathroom. But to the credit of the speechwriters, it was so short I couldn't go. And it turns out, it turns out, it was an incredibly powerful foreign policy section. - I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-un. Who are rooting for Trump. Who are rooting for Trump. They know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors.

They know Trump won't hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an autocrat. Himself and as president. I will never waver in defense of America's security and ideals because in the... The enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny. I know where I stand and I know where the United States belongs. I like almost stood up and cheered at that part here in our studio. Tommy? Uh, the foreign policy section sparkled on the Red carpet tonight John, I thought... No mention of AUKUS! It was really, there was no AUKUS. What the fuck? I mean, look, sh... Where's Aukus? What was the Pacific Rim, Tommy? No mention of the Pacific Rim. Sorry. Not enough rims. Uh, she looked and sounded tough as hell. She talked about...

Combating autocrats, she talked about rallying NATO after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She did something that frankly President Biden really struggled to do, which was talk about the humanity and suffering of the Palestinian people in a way that I found moving. And I thought she just, it was good. Sometimes the foreign policy section drags, okay? We know that. We know we are the redheaded stepchild. Of your little comms department, your little speech teams. But you know what, tonight we shined. - Well let me say, here's what I'll say. - Okay. - I'm glad I didn't pee. - Thanks. - I have a long history of peeing during foreign policy speeches. In fact, I've never heard a word that Ben Rhodes has written. You could get a bladder infection. And I'm glad I didn't go. It was good. It's the nicest thing you've ever said. I'm glad she did it. I will say, watching that foreign policy section again, that was not just performance. That is-- that last clip that we heard, that is like-- the way that she delivered that--

Is the delivery of someone who has been vice president, who has been around the world, who has dealt with foreign policy crises, who has sat in the Situation Room. She really felt that in a way that if she, when she was a candidate in 2020, maybe would not have delivered it that authentically. Yeah. It, uh, several of the best moments throughout this convention have been people choosing not to process their disgust with sort of like vitriolic sentences, but actually taking a step back. Obama did this, but AOC did this, uh, walls did this. Kamala does this, which is to step back and try to make it figure out like Why is this so outrageous? Like, why is it so ridiculous that we're in this situation? And that, like, that was one of the most moving moments of the entire speech, and it was in the foreign policy sector. Which we normally think is junk Tommy. I know and normally I normally hate myself but to your point about the authenticity of it you're right like

If you're a congressman or a governor or a senator and you're running for president, you're faking it. You're a cosplaying president. She's been in the Situation Room, she's been in the PDB. She has represented Joe Biden in the United States at the Munich Security Summit. She's been to ASEAN. Yeah, awesome. These national summits representing the United States. How many G's has she been to? G unit? I don't know many. There's also something about her being a prosecutor too. Like one of the things that's been striking just over the past couple of years is we saw this with, uh, The indictments and how they're written there's nothing that has disgusted law enforcement officials more than actually confronting the detailed evidence of donald trump's behavior like Kind of like righteous indignation that comes with having been a law enforcement person, seeing the way Donald Trump conducts himself. And I, I appreciate that in this moment.

Okay, so you all know what we thought of this speech. You're all thinking the POD Save America guy slobbered all over this speech. It's embarrassing. Uh-huh. I'm fine with that. Yeah. If the election was tomorrow, it is still possible she could lose. Absolutely. Sure. The way things are right now is very tight. Mm-hmm. We've had a whole convention. It's been a great week. Donald Trump has responded to this in a very Donald Trump way. He was truthing during the whole thing. Just some really wild truths. Where's Hunter was one of them. He started yelling about how Coach Walls was just an assistant coach. This is what he was posting during her speech. The Hunter ship has sailed, my friend. And then he called into Fox afterwards, went on this tirade, and he was so exercised about the whole thing. You could hear the phone. He was hitting the numbers on the phone, and it was going beep, beep, beep while he was talking. He was out of his mind. Nonetheless, the race is still almost tied. It's too bad. final thoughts on where we go from here? Just on Trump for a second.

Yeah, just the split screen of her delivering that speech before that rapturous crowd and Donald Trump calling into Fox News like he's some sort of disgruntled Yankees fan Imagine what the split screen is gonna be like on the morning tomorrow, right? Yeah, I know Yeah Like a real campaign could have had waited till tomorrow and then he could have done an event and he could have received On it you forget what like a normal opposition campaign is like yeah you would just you would take the night off you come back tomorrow and respect about it also a truth walls was an assistant coach not a coach right an assistant coach is a coach you stupid asshole playing one sport in your life for the love of god you call your assistant coach coach It's also like an incredibly effective speech after a very effective convention with some of the best, I think, whatever primetime big speeches that we've seen. If it works, it does everything it's supposed to do and it persuades 10 to 20 percent.

Of the undecided voters to come along. That's four, whoa. I thought you were going to say 10 to 20,000 people. Of the small percentage of people that are undecided, it would show up as a point or two. Okay. It would show up as a point or two. I'm getting at the most effective night we could ever hope for is one in which we would see modest improvement that would make us maybe feel. Little bit more reassured than in a race we could still very much lose so yeah so all right so just to just to bring every

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We're here with Governor Gavin Newsom. Every state's got one. Our governor. How the hell do you keep our names straight? There's a lot of us. Lot of us how you doing? I'm good man. It's uh, I mean, this is fun, right? Yes I know everyone says just reminds me a lot of them bummer in oh wait, but it does right that sense of spirit and pride There's some there's an intangible it's different how you? What about the switch? I mean, the switch. Now we went through a very open process, a very inclusive process. It was bottom up, I don't know if you know that. Yes, that's what I've been told to say. Yes, it was a blitz primary, I believe is what they called it. It was a very, very fast blitz. I think it was a-- It was a blitz primary, so we call that. 30 minute convention. Of between that week and uh... another three amazing out how that's been amazing but it what is amazing is the how unified everybody is his next level so come here is our nominee

You have known her for many years. Crazy. 2020, almost 25 years before, before we were both. The pie i know it was that we're friends you like you roll your eyes politicians being friends right uh... but literally before uh... we're either both of us positive as to what we're gonna do in the future as Run a little restaurant and had a wine store down the road. And she was assistant district attorney in Alameda County. We had some mutual friends, some guy named Willie Brown and some other guys that. - Felling helicopters with Donald Trump. - Right, yeah. - Maybe it's the other round, whatever. But yeah, and here we are. It was a hell of a thing. Like how is this, this was never on a bingo card, man. This is next level surreal. So it's pretty exciting. What's something about Kamala Harris that most people don't know that they should know? I mean, it is a good, I mean, no one even knew I've got more people. I swear to you, the one thing that's universal. I didn't know she worked at McDonald's. That's like the most.

But it is interesting, it is a reminder how you think you know somebody and you don't. And so I think that's her opportunity obviously to introduce herself, not just reintroduce herself but fill out that bio a little bit more and obviously she's doing that with some But that bio is so multifaceted again just in terms of the relationship, the personal relationship, her advocacy, her causes, social justice, racial justice, economic justice. There's so much focus on her criminal justice frame as a district attorney and AG prosecuting the case. But there's a whole other side of her about inclusion and that's something I hope she talks more about. And look, she's prepared, she's tough. She's tenacious. She doesn't suffer fools. Yeah, why'd you point at John? Well, do you want to?

- We got a little history here we need to discuss. Let's air it out. - He's been foolish. - Let's air it out. - Did you all know that McDonald's apparently put out some data where they found that one of every eight Americans has worked out of McDonald's? - Is that true? Now, this is all hearsay from the hallway an hour ago with Dunphy, but this is what I mean, this is you can't just return the hallway the Democratic Convention. What can you trust? I mean, you know what I just want you know, you can trust me because I have raised the minimum wage for fast food workers and my great state. $20. And we've created more jobs since we've done that. Sorry, Wall Street Journal. They're wrong. They created more jobs. Now I'm just saying if Kamala worked under our administration, she would be much better off today than she was back in the day. That's all I'm saying. An old pivot. I'm talking about that's what I'm talking about. But no, so it look, it's exciting. And so it's been so many of our mutual old friends are here and now all our new friends that are old friends

I went to grammar school with Kavala. She's my clone, you know, yeah, I like a lot of that Jesus I did solo Cycle with Doug is again. There was a lot of people who do SoulCycle. By the way, probably a lot of people did do SoulCycle. Apparently, as we hope. I've been to that one many times. California Love was the music playing when you put-- Uh... come over there one of selling in a like kendrick lamar's so i don't know what they want to know i got a new son you can affect our hours new x_ new pic he cost half a million dollars again probably stuff that's what i thought that the other day i think that's what i >> He may have, he wouldn't have done this for free. >> I think that's his daily NBC raid. >> That was amazing. Anyway, that's a whole other unbelievable, I mean, that guy was, I mean, that's the best Olympics I've enjoyed. But no, I know, everyone brought it, the DJ, the whole thing, this was a different thing. - Joyce, California love? - Come on, I love California. - Right? - It's like Green Day or something. - Thank you. We're elder millennials, so we,

There's nothing wrong with Green Day. I know we talked about this. Dre Ull is a bloody guy. LARS, I just checked in two nights ago. How's he doing? He's crushing it. They're still filling out damn stadiums. No one does that. But yeah, no, look. California, cool. Come on. Let's get it. Love when you're cool. Come on. It makes sense. Makes sense. Our youngsters, we're in our slack. There was a running debate. Everyone's waiting for California together. What song is going to be like young people? It's California Love. There's no question. There's only one option. By the way, it was interesting. Just being with my delegation and how everybody we had four of. Us that we're supposed to be in the camera are good senators. Everybody saw that. I mean, we'll talk. It was like college Dame day out there. It was surreal. So obviously California is getting a lot of love at this. Mentioned i_d_ the last president california was ronald reagan republican ronald harris wins are there some statues of him

It can melt down, turn into something Kamala related. Like how are we going to play this? Now this is hard. I'm someone I got as my winners right before I walked in here. Someone said, and grabbed me and whispered. You need to name the golden gate bridge after nancy pelosi and i like to use this as a well that the the papers is named after the former mayor willie brown uh... feinstein i think is Don't get the name of the airport. I mean, we're not run out of things to name. This is a problem, right? You should not say that on microphone because Nancy Pelosi will hear it. No, I know. We know how that goes. That's a lot of pressure on us to come up with something. We need to figure that out for Nancy. I mean that is another part of I think just the California love and that I'm enjoying is just the appreciation for some of the talent that's coming out of the state and that next

For a politician to have been a coach of a team to a leader of young men, what does that say about him? No BS. I mean, I told Tim when I saw him yesterday, I said, Why haven't you publicly thanked me for your job? Like, I'm the biggest Tim Walz fan anyone that's ever met him has to be. He's the most decent. For me, the scorecard of what makes a great politician is a great person. As a human being, this guy is the real deal. He's coach in every way, shape, or form. He really gives a damn about other people. It's the reason he became the head of the DGA. It was just... There's no debate that I remember sitting there when we voted for him, everyone looks like Tim, obviously. And in fact, we don't know what to do without him as the head of the DGA. So he's just a decent, honorable guy. The same guy in private that you see in public. And so there's an authenticity. And the reason I'm not surprised about this pic, knowing Kamala as long as I've known, she's gotta have that trust.

When she is talented all the other considerations were and they were all extraordinarily next-level talented there was no doubt in my mind she would pick Tim on the basis of that interpersonal relationship and just knowing that she did that she would have this guy's trust and she would always Have her back 24/7 and and so it's I just think it's an inspired ticket for her as a situational partner short-term and as a sustainable partner long term because we all know some people regret their vice presidential choices after the election because they just did it for the situational short-term benefit of the political and then i think it's not going to happen yeah i thought that they had a lot of that or you think they do a reality show like sarah palance alaska's all yeah that's right yeah anti that's last You've been in elected office for 20 years, you now have one of the most challenging jobs, in my opinion, so I gotta ask, what lessons have you learned being a podcast host?

- What the hell that went. I was like, in my mind, I had my stump speech response And you literally went there honestly. You told us you were launching last time you were on the show. You guys were giving me advice. You guys know about podcasts but I mean I wanted to be nice. The advice was don't do it. By the way, literally you son of a bitch that was your advice. The worst goddamn advice. That's a fact. I appreciate your honesty. No, I know you did that. That is not a guy worried about our competition. He was serious about that. Do I come to your office and start issuing proclamations and executive orders? No, stay out of our ship. That's all we're saying. Oh geez, I'm like literally. We don't like competition. Unbelievable. So look, hey, just saying, okay, with all due respect, Marshawn Lynch, that's just different.

It's the beast. And by the way, we had a fun little episode. We went into San Quentin death row, which I did a moratorium on the death penalty in California, and then we cleaned out San Quentin returning into an honor yard. And we were able to do an episode there. I met a guy, you talk about sports, God is my witness. I met a kid that I played Little League Baseball with. Really? 25 to life. He just got rejected on a five year parole because of some in prison violations. And Marshawn met a guy I grew up with in Oakland walking through the yard. And that's the kind, I think for us that's the sort of intersection of what we're Trying to do differently because we sure as hell can't compete with you guys in any day anyway And so that what is now what about?

And a politician you basically hosted this whole segment all-pro and in just a moment will be back it's a little work from our sponsor california hemp associate tommy john underwear you've made it i don't know what to provide you have it we have uh... it's with this organization votes in america we're having people are signed up to get involved on Do you have any marching orders for everyone in this election? What do you mean, to vote? I mean, are we seriously having this? Are we really having this conversation? The importance of registering a vote. But you think a lot of people know what I'm not sure. We want them to like go volunteer, knock on doors, make calls, all this stuff. Yeah, no, it's about active, not under citizenship. And citizenship is not just voting every two years.

Years or four years in an election. It's everything that happens in between. It's everything that happens after this convention that will be determinative in terms of fate and future of our country and the planet and the world we're trying to build. And so everybody needs to step up and step in in a much more deep and meaningful way. Get other people activated and involved. Get rid of this cynicism, all the negativity, all that stress. Anxiety and we've all been through in the last three plus years and recognize that we've got to reconcile the world we're living in and we have this unique opportunity in American history to do that and do our dare I say turn the page there you go now donald trump and trump ism i'd put that in the band dustbin of history in the rearview mirror Thank you for stopping by thank you for being our governor good to be with you guys all sealed all three are not for the one that

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