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And turning blue, good. Mark robinsons comments helped flip the Tar Heel State were going to ask North Carolina democratic congressman Jeff Jackson plus my opinion did jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss if im at 40 , almost four, think of it. That means six Finger Donald trumps suggests jewish democrats would bear the blame if he loses the election while trying to court their vote. And then we each have those moments in our lives where its time to step up star power, Kamala Harris teams up with oprah getting another boost from one of hollywoods biggest names right . 6 00 a. M. In washington alive. Look at raleigh, North Carolina, where first this political scandal is the talk of the town. Morning, everyone, im Kasie Hunt its wonderful to have you with us on this friday morning, we made it to friday and we are just 46 days away from election day. And of course, the race is coming down to the wire in nearly every battleground state, including North Carolina, absentee ballots, are scheduled to go out in North Carolina today its a State Republicans have won every cycle since 2008 or recent polling does show that with Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, it is now incredibly close and a scandal involving The States republican nominee for governor, the current Lieutenant Governor Mark robinson, is adding a new dimension to the race. This new Cnn Kfile Investigation uncovered dozens of inflammatory posts that robinson wrote on a Porn Site Message board over a decade ago. Some of the messages include robinson calling himself, quote, a black nazi. Other posts praised slavery or ridiculed Martin Luther King junior as a quote, Commie Faster The End quote. When confronted with the evidence of his Writings Robinson denied any responsibility how do you explain all of the matching details on this profile . The profile on Nude Africa lists your full name as Mark Robinson via email listed on the account is an email that you used us. You have used elsewhere on the internet, including with your photo. You have used that name many soldier on multiple Social Media accounts, including twitter, pinterest, black planet, and youtube. How can you deny with all of these matching details that this is you . Look, im not going to get into the minutia of house on my manufacturer this all these salacious tabloid lives, but i can tell you this. Theres been over 1 Million spent on me through ai by Billionaire Son whos bound and determined to destroy me. The things that people can do with the internet. Now its incredible so some in robinsons own party are calling him, for calling on him to step aside. But that might not be possible anymore. The deadline to withdraw was a few hours ago at midnight Kamala Harriss campaign quickly moved to Tie Robinson to the top of the republican ticket. They sent out Social Media posts showing donald Trump And Robinson together at various Campaign Events. And trump has praised robinson during stops at North Carolina in recent months hes been an unbelievable Lieutenant Governor, Mark Rock this is Martin Luther King on steroids. I think youre better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two. Mark robinson, hes out there. Hes fighting fighting these are great one. I want to thank a very good man and hes in There Et Fighting is fading and we know hes a fighter. The next governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson all right. Joining us now to talk about all of it. Elliot williams, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, maya wiley, a civil Rights Attorney Sarah Longwell, Executive Director of republican voters against trump, and Scott Jennings, a cnn senior political well commentator. Scott is your lucky day look. Its unlikely that Mark Robinson would be in this position if it werent for Donald Trump who endorsed him, im Tillis Head back to a different candidate in the North Carolina primary and now you have a situation where this stuff has come out. Republicans were already basically writing off this race until us called it a tough day on twitter and he said its time to focus on races. We can win right . This was already jeopardizing things for Donald Trump, and now, i mean, if North Carolina were to Land And Harris is column, its very tough to see how trump could win the presidency is that a realistic possibility here . And what should republicans be doing about this guy a couple of things. Number one, i agree, by the way, more carolina is extremely close its number two for the president ial number two, i think it was unlikely robinson was going to win in the first place. He was already behind. Obviously this doesnt help and i dont want overstate it, but but but i think republicans and already kind of internalized this was a very steep battle the trump people feel very good about their operation. North carolina, i find it unlikely that this will flow uphill. Normally in politics that flows downhill, i dont think it will flow up hill on Trump And Trump endorses a lot of republicans up, but we just showed all with the times that trump hes, hes made hundreds of speeches about republicans he does not own all of their Apo Files anymore than harris owns every democratic Apple File out there. Nobodys do those things after we knew an awful lot about all the other inflammatory things that robinson had said that were leading him to likely lose this race even before any of this came out all i can tell you is that Donald Trump, i assume well do whats best for Donald Trump. And i would be surprised if he continues to drag them around North Carolina yeah. Im going to show some voters that Sarah Longwell talk to you about this guy in a second, but my wife, i want to let you weigh in first on what weve seen from i just have to say, you know, exactly to scotts point. We already look Mark Robinson and already said he absolutely thought Women Shouldnt be allowed to vote he had already said things that were so extremists at this its shocking on one level, but also fits the character we had already heard from Mark Robinson. But i actually think this pattern of Donald Trump picking candidates that are quite extreme i mean, this was a pattern we also saw in the midterms when there was supposed to be a Red Wave and that was one of the factors of the Red Wave. I think we saw, remember Herschel Walker in georgia was actually tame compared to what were hearing now in these stories about Mark Robinson. But remember that North Carolina as a swing state, also has a very large black Population Right . Not helps. And Pell Obama in 2008 absolutely. And that it is The State that had been covered by the voting Rights Act and had been in litigation for five years over over Voter Suppressive Laws out of the State Legislature that many, many local groups had to work very hard on this candidate, actually for grounds, a lot of the fight to make sure there is political voice for black people because he has so far outside of anything, anyone black in North Carolina would be saying about melania thanks a lot of anyone, anyone, anyone in many of these instances. But lets lets Take A Look at Sarah Longwell, whos here with us today, friend of the show. Obviously talks to voters all the time and this was a group that she had before all of this came out yesterday from kfile, but talking to trump voters, people who voted for trump in 2020 about whether they would be willing to vote for robinson. Lets watch it i used to be not a big donor, better donor to wake County Republican in The State of North Carolina republican. And i keep getting Text Messages that my membership has expired and i keep sending them messages that i will not give them a penny as long as robinson is on the ballot now he isnt either medic. I know that he believes that the holocaust never happened he is a vague, ridiculous Conspiracy Theorist he, he, he leans heavily on stuff that just doesnt even correlate what hes trying to do with our state hes very unfriendly to the Lgbt Community on a whole so Sarah Longwell, i mean, again, that was before it helps us understand why he was losing this race so badly. What is your understanding of the connection between Robinson And Trump and how this might all impact the president ial race based on what you heard from these people. Well, theres this set of voters that looks at somebody like Mark Robinson and says, matt, he is just too extreme but for i think hes not a trump. Hes still my guy and its such an interesting and there are a lot of those voters never say right now, if you look at arizona, if you look at wisconsin, the gap between how downballot within the senate races like Tammy Baldwin is outperforming harris so theres, theres, theres always been this gap where trumps people blue think that these people that trump is attracted to the party are too extreme. But trump is fine. And i just want to say the thing that trump is doing, the trump brings all these cranks into the party. Trump is a Conspiracy Theorists. Trump is a liar. Trump is a crazy person. Trumpism isogenous. And as a result, more and more of those people are coming into the Party But Trump has a little something the celebrity and other elements there. Hes sort of baked into the culture in a way that people forgive him, in a way that they dont. These other politicians, lets consider the rules of political gravity. Weve seen repeatedly not apply to trump, but they do still seem to apply to people not named trump and shes right, trump has something that gives him layer of protection. I will point out North Carolina in 16 and 20, trump won the State Democrat was elected governor in both instances. So he does have a history of Outrunning Local Democrats in The State. And if i just make one other issue, ive noticed some republicans are doubting what our own K File Andy did in the reporting here. Let me just hes trustworthy reporter. Hes been writing about politicians in both parties all years, including Kamala Harris, unearthing lots of things that she said in her previous campaign, which republicans are more than happy to tout so andy, antitrust, and i dont think i just dont think its a wise Decision Today to say, oh, well, its coming from cnn or ands, we can know, i mean, its obviously a real thing and you should believe real things when you say no, thank you for saying thats god. I appreciate it. To your point about why its not sticking to trump. Its the power of Trumps Celebrity just sort of what got him catapulted on the political stage to begin with, people, values, celebrity in a way that they dont. Other areas of life. And this idea of trump as the successful businessman and so on as part of what propelled him into success, even spite of all of this, now, the thing its like, whats fascinating maya touched on this a little bit. Theres nothing that Mark Robinson so what we didnt know about the transgender porn before yesterday, but Theres Nothing hes saying that people who are supporting him were not aware of already, given The Statements hes made about Hitler And Stalin and Martin Luther King and so on. The problem is that in such a close race in North Carolinas going to be every single vote could be problematic and who knows what this done . Yeah, well see. All right. Up ahead here on cnn this morning, oprah on the trail, Kamala Harris teams up with a Television Mobile to try to reach undecided voters plus North Carolina democratic congressman Jeff Jackson joins us my by the Robinson Scandal and whether it could make a big difference in the Tar Heel State and the former president s call for jewish democrats to abandon his opponent you have to defeat kamala more than any other people on earth israel. I believe has to defeat her slowing my cancer from growing and living longer are two things i want from my metastatic breast cancer treatment. And with kisqali, i can have both because scaly is a pill that when taken with an aromatase inhibitor, helps Delay Cancer from growing and has been proven to help people live significantly longer across three separate clinical trials. So i have the confidence to live my life because golly can cause Lung Problems or an abnormal heartbeat which can lead to death. 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Im not going to call this as a prediction, but in my opinion the jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss if im at 40 , if im at four, think of it, that means 60 of voting for kamala, who in particular is it bad democrat the democrats abed to israel from Point On to say that quote, israel has to defeat Harris And Quote and touted his record with both Israel And Iran during his time in office Scott Jennings this taps on a lot of i mean, it taps on tropes about loyalty and other things what do you make of what he said here . And do you think he should continue to talk about jewish voters like this . Hes competing for the jewish vote in a way that republicans dont normally expect to compete. Jewish americans normally overwhelmingly vote democratic radek can have for a very long time and hes directly competing to get a better percentage. I mean, normally get it. Why . I like criticizing them. Hes like hes making an overt appeal that if you dont like the policies toward israel or the language of the rhetoric toward israel coming out of the democratic party. Theres another way. And he said he used the term, he could have said that. You could have set it that way yeah well, run next time. He, i mean, he used the term if he got 60 if he got the democrats down to six, that will be a significant movement far below what democrats normally get. I think hes right to try to compete for these voters. I think thats whats remarkable about trump though, is that i really think the one party of one issue that divides the democratic party he right now is israel. Everything else. Theres some disagreements on the margins, but israel really is the big rip. This should be a gimme for the former president , but always taking the argument one step farther than he probably needs to buy. Actually attacking jewish people literally Kamala Harris is married to a jewish man. Not that that changes her Policy Positions or whatever else, but the idea of demonizing her as an enemy of Israel And Enemy of jewish. She was just sort of silly and i think again, we were talking about this in last block. Its a close race and little things like that might turn off more people than they actually pull into the fold. You think democrats are going to do better with jewish voters this year than before. Thats not what im saying, scott, what im saying is that when the former president goes after jewish people and you cant say that going siege, No One whos trying to, hes trying to make an overt appeal to people who always vote democratic, but it doesnt have to wait and influence people write your told them there im their head examined. Look at these idiots. Youd be so stupid. That is how you normally enticed people to come over to your side. Its great. Its great work. Well, mordechai, we are, its, i mean actually doing the quintessential trump thing, which hes making it about him right . Hes actually not speaking to the actual issues that no, he says i havent really been treated very well. Its all about me. Mine, but 40 , i think that and therefore, youre doing something wrong if youre not supporting me because im not being treated well, so i agree with you, scott, that of course he should be competing and for voters thats what Ami Candidate running for office should be doing. And if you know what is of interest and you know, israel is a large interest to very many jewish voters absolutely. But he is, he is reinforcing what, so, what turns off so many voters . I think, which is he isnt really speaking to the policy any speaking more about himself and i think its we know because the Harris Campaign will and continues to remind people whos the one when unite the right, when they vary antisemitic unite the right rally no, not come much, nic, good and bad people if you would like to discuss the relative gatherings of antisemitism in this country going on over the last few months and you want to talk about whos getting together, where and what their political proclivities are. Lets, lets talk about whats going on on all these College Campuses. Lets talk about whats gone on in the streets in new york city. And he is talking about the policy. He did have strong proisrael policies. He did take a hard line against iran. And right now the u. S. Government is constantly with im trying to a mosque the Semitism Problem in this country is on the left. No, no, no, no, no, no. This is with the president ial nominee. Know what this is a really important to nic, what scott, im not here to dispute that we have seen antisemitism on display in College Campuses. I that point is taken, but also this happened with Donald Trump that he dined with Nick Fuentes right . Robinson, look, austin is why if you guys want to draw, if you guys want to poohpooh, what we have seen on the streets of america in the wake of october the seventh, the amount of anti ugly, antisemitic people ripping down the posters, i of hostages. These are not republicans ripping on down. I run the nations oldest and largest civil rights coalition, cofounded by black people and by jewish people. I have very many national jewish organizations as part of this over 200 organizational coalition, we have had this conversation, antisemitism is on the rise. One of the things we just saw this past week in our politics was an Arab American woman testifying, including on antisemitism, including saying that the thing that unites us is organized extreme, extremism, hate groups. Weve had Hate Crimes go up since 26 teen historic levels, year after year after year. And theres a direct link to trump is zomlot, ism, ism, and to the rhetoric. And yes, is there antisemitism . Is absolutely. Have we seen language . I dont my partner is jewish what we cannot compare organized white, extremism. Im saying this as white supremacy, neonazi ism, and equate that to kids on a College Campus struggling with very difficult issues. And its our obligation to do a better job with how we have. I respect you very much in the Work Youve done. You cannot deny what we have seen in america since october the seventh, and it has only to do with one Thing Antisemitism is on the rise and there are people who feel like now is the time to let it out. And it is ugly it is ugly and that is why we shouldnt nominate a president who dines with white supremacists who makes one of his key allies make apologies for it on the left going, im not going to do and i didnt know. You werent you are. Denying that exist on the right you were when you are stumping for trump in a way that tries to ignore that he hit, he himself dined with a white supremacist. Hes cozied up to marjorie, jewish youre making youre making youre making a tactical argument and everybodys sitting at this table knows where the source of antisemitism is in this country. It is not on the right that denial extreme stays not on the right. Thats an extreme i dont think denying it. Did trump know where we nic what point does hes Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist he did down with Nick Fuentes who should not have done that. Yeah, he should right. Okay. So now we know that it is not only so youre saying one person who could have got in Line Dinner versus the thousands upon thousands upon thousands of progressive activists in the streets thats the equivocation actually think a question for you. These college gets you are wrong. I have done denounce those. Thats your party now. Those are your people those are the people you seek to i would never have a nice day geyse. This is obviously very emotionally charged conversation. I appreciate my perspective that you bring. I appreciate your acknowledgement that this did happen as Sarah Kind of pushed you, but i will say i think its very important that any corner where we see antisemitism left, right . Wherever it comes from, it is deeply wrong alright, so to come here after the break, North Carolina democratic congressman Jeff Jackson joins me live to discuss the surat. 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Shows that she cares about our state she knows that we are in play, and she and if she wins North Carolina, she is the next President Of The United States because trump has no other pathway all right, joining us now is North Carolina democratic congressman Jeff Jackson. He is also running to be the States Attorney general congressman. Thank you so much for being here this morning. I really appreciate it. Thank you. So you are sharing a ballot with Mark Robinson anson, who we just learned. All of this information about. Weve been talking about it throughout the hour. What impact is are these comments going to have especially in a time when i think there are a lot of people out there who wonder if anything matters anymore normally someone running for governor, even if they turned out to underperform, wouldnt be someone who would impact the rest of the ticket but this isnt normal were seeing an implosion by this candidate, the likes of which weve never seen in North Carolina, frankly. And given that most of The Statewide races are basically 50, 50 races, my race is a 5050 race. We have a dozen statewide races in North Carolina if he affects it by half a percent, which he certainly could he could swing a whole bunch of elections, including the president ial election do you think that Kamala Harris is doing what she needs to do to potentially win North Carolina and how realistic is that possibility . She has 28 Field Offices open all across The State. That is way more than trump trump. She is investing a ton of tv time which you know, matters a lot. And shes pink personal attention. Shes visiting, she is sending her surrogates. Shes pulling every single weber that you can pull to win this state do. You think that Mark Robinson should drop out of this race . And is it even possible for him to be removed from the ballot at this point, i immediately called for him to drop out. Of course, for the good of The State. Yes. Absolutely. No business serving in public office however, as of 1201, Last Night he had not dropped out. That was the deadline in North Carolina for people to drop out. Hes going to be on the ballot it seems like democrats would probably prefer he remained on the ballot at least privately. I mean, this democrat would not the worst thing is the west of the country is just now discovering who this guy is. And some people are going to think this is who North Carolina is what were about. Were not were a conservative state, but were good people. We are not Mark Robinson do you think that North Carolina voters are going to distinguish between Mark Robinson and Donald Trump. Trump has obviously endorsed robinson a number of times. Weve played the positive comments that he has said about robinson. But at the same time, people do see a lot of voters seem willing to forgive trump for things that they may not forgive other candidates for. I think thats the key question. Does this recent behavior or recent revelation get normalized . I dont think it does. I think its too much stuff hitting all at once, too close to the election for it to get the trump treatment, which is it gets digested, it gets become part of the partisan skew and it gets normalized. I dont think thats going to happen here. I think moderate republicans are going to say i dont want to be associated with this yeah. Your opponent in your race is congressman Dan Bishop also running to be Attorney General he did Back Robinson in the race what does that mean for him . I think youre going to see a bunch of republicans who strongly endorsed robinson start to walk it back. Robinson was the person you wanted at your fundraiser if you were a republican in North Carolina for the last several years, they all have photos with them. They all heaped praise as soon as he started running, i think theyre going to have to start walking that back do you think that robinson would have ended up as the republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, if not for Donald Trump no, i dont. I think Donald Trumps endorsement was key. He was already a popular person. But trump put him over the top yeah all right. Congressman Jeff Jackson, so grateful to have you on the show this morning. Thank you very much for being here. Well be watching your race closely. Alright, still ahead here on cnn this morning, a judge killed in his chambers in the local sheriff is the one under arrest well have that coming up in our Morning Roundup plus Kamala Harris teaming up with Oprah Winfrey for a Star Studded and emotional Campaign Event i want you all to know amber with not a statistic she was loved by a family, a strong family motivate our students. Question here, how customer takes care of everything we need . 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Yes, he did he graphically described his own Sexual Arousal as an adult from the memory of secretly peeping on women that is going to be a tough one for the gop to defend when he said he was keeping on women, he just meant tossing bright Brightyellow Marshmallow chicks on the ladies happy Easter Reporting on North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was quite swift leading election forecaster, Larry Sabato and team to make what they call their fastest Rating Change ever quickly moving in with carolina Governors Race from lean democrat to likely democrat but could Robinsons Campaign also impact the president ial race in this crucial battleground state, cnns stephen collinson, front of the show writes this, this morning, quote, it would be an ironic historical coda if trump becomes Collateral Damage to a republican who would have been anathema to the Old Gop but who thrived in the smash town, Smash Mouth political era. The expresident nurtured if North Carolina finally goes blue again this year, it may show that republicans are finally tiring of the Pandemonium And Maga fellow travelers that trump has enabled joining us now to discuss cnn Political Commentator michael smerconish, the host of cnns smerconish. Michael, happy friday, always a happy friday because we get to have you here on the show. Lets talk about what this means. Big picture, because harris really did put North Carolina in play in a way that biden had not. It is going to be a very close race. There is this potentially going to put it on the map for her . Can i say that if i were voting in North Carolina, i would not vote against someone based on Kink Or Fetish if i thought they were competent, i would vote against someone based on Hypocrisy Stupidity and judgment. How in the world could he believed he could ever get away with this thats really you know, i was going to say the rub of the matter. Im not going to say that. I think thats thats the crux of the issue as i see it. Now, as to your question, does it impact trump . Everything could impact trump because its such a game of Inches Id be most fearful if i were a downballot republican, like my gut tells me that people are coming out to vote about Trump And Harris based on Trump And Harris. But when they get to the rest of the ballot, this could really be problematic. I mean michael what we have ever seen, i mean, if you believe the polling the gap between robinson and the democrat is so vast, have we ever seen a situation where theres that kind of a vast gap in that kind of a race. And there isnt one at the president ial level thats at least if they only need like half a Point Right . I just think that the motivation is such, youre absolutely right. I mean, and thats why i say a game of inches, anything could impact it. I just think that theres such heavy motivation to vote at the top of the ticket in the president ial race. In this case, if it were a different Side Michael and you had at the top of the ticket, the gubernatorial election, i would say republicans could stand the chance of getting wiped out. Look, if i were trump, id be concerned about this. I would be very concerned about how this plays in particular, with suburban women with whom im already doing extremely poor. What will he say today . And what is does he say if the Lieutenant Governor continues to deny deny deny, and everybody who looks takes the time to read the Kfile Investigation and look at some of the imagery and the handles and so forth. I mean, it seems like a No Brainer either that or, you know, theres one other thing i want to say hes trying to blame artificial intelligence, even though this precedes artificial intelligence, theres something called the liars dividend, which means that in a world where you can put out bogus information, it creates a situation where people who really did do things that are exhibiting poor judgment, they get to say, well, thats not me, thats not mine in this case. I dont think its convincing, but there is a longterm lesson in how ai could cause doubt in the future its, its interesting, somewhat disturbing, mychael, while i have you, i want to ask you about something that weve seen elsewhere in the campaign, which is this group White Dudes for harris that has been organizing. Obviously weve talked a lot about the Gender Gap that has emerged pretty significantly its, its been building, but its very significant again, in this particular Election Cycle, lets watch their most recent ad and i want to ask you about it our other side. Watch dudes. So i think were all pretty sick of hearing how much we suck every time you go on line, its the same story. Were the problem and yeah, some White Dudes are trump and all his maga buddies these are out there making it worse because what ive been doing, my own research and decided to check out Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. And before you jump down my throat they were actually talking to guys like guts no lectures, no bs just real solutions that protect our freedoms and help us Take Care of The End of the day, youre your own man. Its your call what do you make of that . The way theyre approaching this michael so theres a huge Gender Gap in the election generally, but particularly its most pronounced among gen zers where youve got, younger women largely supporting Kamala Harris and younger men largely supporting Donald Trump at times C Deanna Poll of six Battleground States found a few months ago that the Gender Gap is 51 points between young men and young women in this election. And the approaches are significantly different in terms of reaching young man, right youve got this Machismo Masculinity Pitch that gets made by former President Trump personified by the paul brothers or ultimate fighting championships, or joe rogan, even if rogan has not formally on board, and then from the harriswalz campaign, youve got youve got Governor Walz coming out on that stage at the convention, followed by a number of his football players. Its a more service oriented pitch to masking delineating what No One can deny is that younger women are thriving in comparison to young men, whether the metric has education, employment, Mental Health, young men in particular seem to be lagging behind and how they can be reached is the issue that this, that this brings up its an interesting way to think about it. I do think a lot of Teen Girls in particular are facing significant Mental Health challenges. But on those other metrics, i i absolutely do i do take your point and its definitely become a central piece of how were fighting this election. Michael smerconish always grateful to have you on the show. Thank you so much. And of course, dont forget. Tomorrow morning, 9 00 a. M. Eastern right here on cnn all right. 52 minutes past the hour. Heres your Morning Round up. A District Court Judge in kentucky is dead after being shot in his chambers. 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Vance to help Tim Walz rehearse buttigieg also played Mike Pence in Debate Sessions with Kamala Harris during the 2020 Election Cycle all right, now this Kamala Harriss campaign getting another boost from some of the biggest names in hollywood please welcome kamala for winfrey, hosting me, Vice President for a town hall, livestreamed event last in michigan, Last Night, gallery of hollywood stars joined remotely. They included meryl streep, chris rock, jennifer lopez, harris was onstage for over an hour and she spoke about the moment it became clear, she was taking over the ticket it felt like avail dropped and you sort of stepped through that veil. Did that actually did you feel like that . Ive felt a sense of responsibility to be honest with you and with that that comes a Sense Of Purpose the Vice President and Oprah Touch on a range of issues and it included that moment in the debate when harris said that she owns a gun, i think gun owner tim Gunn Note that house there Game Shot yes yes. I hear that. I hear that probably should not staff will deal with that later her staff will deal with that later. The panel is back. Maya wiley, what do you make of that moment . There . Well, i won just the power of just Kamala Harris being Kamala Harris in and of itself is something that has been powerful in her campaign. I think for a lot of voters and in that moment that was one of those moments where you really felt after oprah was asking has the veil dropped . And then we saw the veil dropped but it was also shocking. Right . I mean, this is in the sense that this is not something that Kamala Harris has pulled forward to use as a tool and a tactic in her campaign and i its very interesting thing to hear that she both is and that she has not used it. We can think of many reasons why its a complicated issue for a lot of people. But i also think it in a way, it itll be interesting to see what comes of it, but i dont think its going to hurt her with her base because of the other issues. People arent single issue voters. I wonder if having a Hand Gun will make common and Scott Jennings a White Dude for harris. But no i was going to hold my breath but no, but i like what she said about this far more than anything that nothing was ever said. I could tell you that we were talking to whether youre talking with michael about this idea of a Gender Divide and man, but also theres a Gender Divide and doubling down on attracting women. It could actually help the Harris Campaign. And when you see oprah onstage and sort of a kathy clashed format, talking about some things they were talking about there that is explicitly doubling down on the fact that they are doing well with women and need to run up the score with women in places like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin itself, she needs to do more of this type of thing she has not been nearly accessible with off in this kind of way. Donald trump is going on every kind of weird Dude Bro Podcast to try to run up the score with men. And i think that she you should do also more podcasts, more things where she can be relaxed and in an environment where people can get to know her because thats the last bit of this race, especially for Swing Voters and for the undecided voters who are trying to decide not between the two, but whether or not to go out and vote at all. Yeah, its interesting how comfortable she seemed. Yes. Oprah interview because it was it was it came across differently than the interview with Dana Bash than the interview she did with the black National Association Of Black Journalists it it just it felt different. I mean, scott, youve worked with candidates. I mean, you can tell when a candidate is relaxed are in kind of open to whats happening. Obviously its a safe environment for her, right . Its not like shes taking tough questions from journalist, but i mean, do you think sarah is right . I mean, if if harris wants a win, this campaign is stuff like this. Whats going to help her do it . I think thats specific clip. We played. Its the only clip ive seen him harrison this entire election that made me think how this is going to help her candidacy. I watched a good chunk of this thing Last Night. I mean, it was mostly a solid hour of the same sort of vacuous Word Salad Tossing that weve come to expect out of the Vice President. But that little clip actually i think itself, i think that was a helpful moment for her, but the rest of it was really really inane banter. And if you read the transcript of it, you would say what i mean, it was interesting to me that what she said after she made that remark was thats going to thats going to cause problems of course that was telling for me because part of what i think weve seen harris do as she has emerged on the national stage is be very careful try to say, i mean, its every politician does this right. The poll tested thing, that youre supposed to say, youre supposed to not make a mistake. But the fact that we got a moment from her that was so deeply authentic and she immediately thought, well, oh, shoot im going to stay. Its the politics of the democratic party. I mean, youre, youre constantly worried about stepping on real problem for her. That was her being like im gonna get in trouble for this, but she doesnt really think that she knows theres a reason that they have going out there saying, im a gun is odds are im not sure the Governor Thing was an issue. I think it was if someone breaks my house again that Part Part and especially as someone whos been very vocal about gun violence. And so i think that really i agree with elie, thats what she meant, but i also just want to say as someone who has been a black woman whos run for office in an office, no black woman has ever run. I just want to say The Pressure to not make them stake is high because there are certain kinds of attention that are often doublestandards and that you have to navigate as a candidate. And so i think this notion of her being relaxed and comfortable, first of all, i can ive seen her relaxed and comfortable in a lot of settings its not the first time and i think thats what shes done. Shes done it quite a bit across. I mean, this is one of the things that she she kind of rolled out when she took over the ticket. But theyve clearly struggled and kind of these interview situations, right . Elliot but to be clear, its not just interviewed situation. Shes shes speaking to a supporter here and its hard to equate an interview with sort of a more hostile or not even hostile, but critical member of The Press was somebody who was willing, thats what you know, when she when does she said no, what youre hostile media . Yes its not Dana Bash is inherently adversarial in a way that someone who has endorsed your campaign is not a good thing. Like i said, oprah is popular with women and the goal here is to run up the score with women. And its successful in that sense, but we shouldnt call it a Media Interview because it wasnt well, right at this was