Welcome to welcome to primetime weekend. Im rachel maddow. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. The past 24 hours have been a microcosm of the race. Kamala harris and Tim Walz doing the standard Campaign Work for a major party candidate. They kept an even keel at the Sitdown Interview last night that went through a lot of the republican charges against them. While they are doing that, trump is out there, honestly stumbling to put together english sentences. His campaign keeps stepping in masses of its own making including an enormous one tonight which we will get to. Both the candidate and his aides are, as usual, posting through it. The fallout continues from trumps a political Photo Op and Campaign Commercial on tiktok at Arlington National Cemetery at the beginning of the week where he gave the thumbs up over the graves of veterans, including many who did not consent to any of this. He cut a video blaming their deaths on democrats. Now, his campaign is openly doing battle with t
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Shes readY To be on tHe Defense. I donT Think that is a difficult place for her to be. I think its easier for her to be prosecutorial and i believe isnT The Sparring Partner thaT Trump is preparing with tulsi gabbard, who has actually been toE TO Toe with kamala harris. So i dO Think you we are going to see an energetic conversation, but i do. But part of it is what is she like on the offense . We know what she is like on tHe Defense, everyone. Thank you very much. And thank you for watching Cnns Coverage continues righT Now welcomE TO THe Whole story. Im Anderson Cooper, since his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed thE Election was stolen the results somehow rigged by democrats. There is no evidence of widespread Voter Fraud that hasnt stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies. Now, many of those same allies are gathering again, readY To claim fraud if the former president is one once again defeated in november,
I will see you tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. Eastern. We will be back next saturday and sunday at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Prime weekend is next. Welcome to primetime weekend. I am rachel maddow. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. The past 24 hours have been kind of microcosm. Kamala harris and Tim Walz are doing the Stander Campaign Work for any major candidate, and even keel with a major interview Last Night that went through a lot of the republican charges against them. While they are doing that, trump is out there stumbling to put together english sentences. His campaign keeps stepping in misses of its own making, including an enormous one tonight which we will get to. Both the candidate and his aides are, as usual, posting from it. The fallout continues from trumps political fallout in Campaign Commercial on tiktok at the in Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week where he gave a thumbs up at the graves of veterans, including many who did not consent to any of these, blaming the
Military families in america. Should we be shocked? yes, political boomerang. Why republicans should do research before going ahead with their attack on kamala harris. And katie harris said the zoo has come to town. It turns out the real circus just showed up on trump s transition team. I am ayman mohyeldin. Let s do it. Five time draft dodger donald trump loves to paint himself as a champion for veterans. Nobody has ever defended the veterans like i have defended the veterans. I took good care of our vets. We will take care of our veterans better than anybody. Trump s performative support for the military hit a new low this week when he went arlington national cemetery 213 fallen soldiers who died during the 2021 afghanistan withdrawal. As we now know, trump used his visit to get political, filming an ad in which he jabbed president biden with the headstones of fallen troops in the backdrop. We can never assume why trump does what he does, but we do know that it leads to disgraceful m