Starts all right. Tonight, check your mute or dont. What the rigamarole of the debate is revealing about both candidates. Also tonight, jack smith throws a punch in one trump case, might be pulling another in a different case. Ill explain in a moment and voter fraud, Election Rapes the group who says its happening to them in texas. Tonight on Laura Coates Live so if anyone tells you that baseballs americas favorite past time, dont believe him to paraphrase dead pool. Yeah, of course. Have the movie. Theyre not lying. There making an educated wish. Turns out arguing actually is the real favorite for americans, you know, who is in full uniform team harris and team trump. They are arguing about the specifics of how theyre going to argue. I mean, how are you going to debate that sounds much more professional and designate how theyre going to debate and get this. They are debating about a microphone. Tap, tap specifically, whether to mute them when theyre not speaking we agreed to the same rules. I dont know. Doesnt matter to me. Id rather have it probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time that case. It was muted i didnt like it the last time, but it worked out fine worked out fine. What that is true. I mean, joe biden didnt fat drop out. But the time before you didnt want me to ban. All right. Gentlemen, was heavily president. You would have been much later joe jessica. Later, mr. President, what about 2 Million People youre not right . Well spare your ears. The supercut. But seeing that clip reinforces why the Harris Campaign is insisting on the mics been open. They want trump to say every single thing that comes to his mind. And was their Senior Advisor ian sams, quote, because thats what were going to get if he becomes president and quo. And if history is any guide, it may allow harris to do this he said because the president wanted people to remain calm well, lets go, but isnt, this isnt right. And i want to add mr. Vice president s speaking. I have im speaking. Lets talk about cpac in the court then. Lets talk about yet im about to 400,000 a year appeal to trump tax cut. Mr. Vice president , im speaking well im speaking, be important to if you dont mind letting me finish. We can have a conversation, okay. Please. Okay okay so, where are we . Well, the trump team is now using the word if when discussing the debate, talking about the september 10 showdown, than it may not even actually happen. And thats the only one on the books. Mind you . And the Harris Campaign is resorting to adding school yard Sound Effects of videos to taught the former president is it in why not debate her but because they already know Everything Trump see around not doing the debates okay okay chicken sounds. I cant i really cant make this out with me now, alex thompson, he didnt put land listen to Axios National political correspondent, rachel palermo, former Deputy Communications director and counsel to Vice President harris, and shermichael singleton, cnn, bucha tater, and republican strategist. Im just going to say it. Have not heard the bach bach took so long because i was probably an elementary school. Dont anyone guess when that was for you gotta be thats where we are right now. I got to ask you, why do you think . It might benefit the harris team for him to not have his microphone muted. Well, i think you showed it right there. Is that when he is not muted, he sometimes has trouble controlling himself. Their ranoque thing about all of this though, is that the decision to have him have a muted microphone . That was joe bidens campaigns decision. Earlier this year, they were the ones to set the rule for the june june debate. This is also another instance that Kamala Harris has strategic differences with joe bidens team and also its partly because of her different strengths and weaknesses right . Like if shes going to go on the debate stage, she wants to make sure everyone can hear. She also wants to make sure that she can interrupt him. As you you saw what mike pence debate. And so it is interesting, youve seen all these other subtle shifts. Fact that shes emphasizing freedom over the democracy and january 6 rhetoric, the fact that she has, she has really tacking to the center on things like immigration. There are this is just the latest instance of her making her own imprint on this campaign. This is also baiting, right . I mean, you cant do a bop, Bop Chicken Sound unless youre trying to tell someone like here, duckyducky, and trying to give them enough rope to hang themselves whether this is baiting at its finest. I mean, it is and hopefully the former president doesnt fall for it. Let republicans agree to every single thing that President Biden asked for. I didnt think they should have agreed derek thing that they did, but let worked out and former prison like i thought they should have had an audience there. I thought that was something that plays into his strengths. They agreed to it anyway, and it worked out in his favor. I dont think the rules should be changed. I get alexs point. Trump interrupting her. The Vice President interrupting trump. But i think the American People or benefit when theyre able to hear cold jen remarks from each candidate on how they would tackle some of the most Critical Issues of the country. And thats what i think these debates should be about less of the partisan stuff and more about, i guess substantive answers to very complicated problems. How beautifully substantive and maybe naive to think that Everyone Wants to wonder rachel what the American Public look has an appetite for. I mean, right, i mean, shermichael is a hell of a strategist. But i do wonder if the american appetite is more for that substantive granular detail are more for the backandforth. Im im making this without any physical altercation of course. I mean verbally verbally about this one do you think is the more rational approach if youre the strategy is here to think about what you want from the harris team. I think that for this debate, whats really important is the American People deserve to see donald trump and Vice President harris on a stage together talking about their visions for this country. I think theres been a lot of hype about it, and i think were making fun of this joke of the video thats been baiting trump, but hes been running scared. He been going back and forth for months saying, ill debate now i wont debate. Then he insults the network, then now he says that he disagrees with this campaign about whether or not the mics should be muted or unmuted. And so i think that its important that he needs to be put into a corner here to actually debate because people need to see the cost contrast between harris and between trump here how about the woman aspect of it . And were glad i dont think hes running scared. Donald trump always does this. Am i going to debate among not going to debate, i dont like this particular network. I like this network over that network. I mean, thats the goal way he did this person, michael, i mean, i dont know if i had that question. Maybe id be a Multimillionaire Biden but his personality, the way he wants, He Millionaire Who Wants To Be A Millionaire if i may theres one quote from down trump in 2015 that always stands out to me that was made on this network, which is that he says, i am a whiner and i wine and i wind and wind until i win and dont trump the whole point of this is hes trying to play the refs. Hes trying to work the rest. Hes trying to gain leverage. And so he complains. But i also will say here two ounces point earlier about the fact that Kamala Harris is a different candidate than joe biden. Theres something about Kamala Harris thats getting under Donald Trumps skin. Shes a powerful black woman. Shes a career prosecutor. She everyone has talked about how she gathers the evidence. Shes going to build the case and prosecuted against him in that debate stage. And so i think the fact that shes a different candidate here is getting under his skin. But when she was a candidate previously running for president , looked back at two and 2019 when she hadnt when we tulsi gabbard, who was then running against or remember that was that bigger stage and had all this is the pre covid but debates, remember, watch this moment she put over 1,500 people in jail for Marijuana Violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of california. I did the work of significantly reforming the criminal Justice System of the state of 40 Million People, which became a National Model for the work that needs to be done i am proud of that work some praise that answer others pan that answer, but little made at the end of the day with little time for Course Correction between now and the election. I want 72 days. Rachel, every single moment, every answer becomes that much more impactful, which is maybe one i only one debate. But if theres only one, think of how important the answer is now, right and the Vice President has said that after this debate, shes open to other debates. And so it might not be the only one. The only time where people see them on a stage together, but as two, but hasnt scheduled one, correct . Right. But the but these moments are incredibly important and i think donald trump hasnt laid out concrete policies here. Hes being graded on a complete curve as he has throughout any campaign, whether its this 12020 or 2016, and people really need to be able to hold him accountable because what theyve been seeing from him on the trail is him slinging insults at people without actually saying anything substantive. Lets talk about that. You call it a different scale. I call it a total doublestandard. I mean, theres going to be obviously would one has been a part of an incumbent administration as harris has been, of course, trump is a former president , both have records to run on and administrations to talk about. But how people are going to judge harris versus trump is based on personality. On the one hand, you expect harris to give you know, substantive answers to have to dot the is cross the ts talk about her record her with biden as well with trump, you expect the visual reaction and a reactive tone. Is that fair for the electorate to have that imbalance . Well, some of this is because trump is so wellknown at this point, i would say like 99 or maybe 98 of americans already have an opinion about donald trump. And so when he says these things, some people dismiss them in, some people hate him even more. The fact is that this highlights actually, why, why debate is high risk, high reward for Kamala Harris. Its very clear that she could end up coming across as im the candidate, the future. Lets turn the page on this guy. Lets turn the page and the chaos. Everything else. Theres also a case in which people who dont know her that well see her and are unimpressed and actually you were like all my life was okay. In 2019 the covid, by the way. And are just like like will go to the guy that we know. And thats why this debate is maybe in some ways, not as a huge deal for donald trump because people have a set opinion about him, but its a bigger deal for Kamala Harris, a great opportunity, but also great risk is the same for the interviews, because obviously the debate is want. Theyre going to have that total the tow climate. But then you talk about an interview. And this has become such an important conversation. I dont know that the voters are as in tune with wondering whether theyll have interview as the media is about this, but say they are and say that Quentin Tarantino think so to listen to this this is about winning. What what most people dont give the democrats enough credit for alright, but we give the republicans credit for is like no, its sometimes its just about winning and it doesnt matter how we look right this moment. Its about winning. Im going to vote for him in any way, no matter what he says, im a steward being interviewed him, sacked. Dont anything. It wasnt actually that that was actually his voice, which the excuse that was actually as always talking about the reckless seriously when you think about the high risk, high reward aspect of it, the russia i know youre republican, but the idea of having hurt do an interview should she, do it should she wait this long and does it matter who she interviews with . Mean it definitely matters. I would not have waited this long the Vice President has pivoted on quite a few issues consequential issues. I think sitting down with journalists, particularly one that could be a little bit antagonistic against, sir, i would argue would have helped prepare her against someone like gay donald trump was probably going to hit her really hard on immigration. Hes probably got hit her hard on the economy its probably going to hit her hard on the issues with iran and israel and the middle east. And so being able to sit down for 45 minutes, 30 minutes with a journalist as asking her those tough questions, what is your plan to tackle cause . Why have you guys done anything . On immigration . How do you placate to some of your progressive base while also coming to israels aid, would allow the Vice President to sort of pivot, to dance around some issues if she has to maybe get some of her answers and talking points right before this upcoming debate is just what a practice in real time, if you will, wish, she could have had what, 28 days i would argue yes, she did an interview a week to get prepare for this upcoming debate. So i would have utilized that as like your in the boxing match wearing practice before the big showdown. And for whatever reason, her campaign has decided not to do that. So the stakes are so high. If she fails in this first interview, whenever it comes, everyones going to Pay Attention to it you get rachel, youve done congressional investigations and interviews. There is something about what you can prep for behind the scenes and in what happens when a cameras in front of you and your performing for the electorate not a lobotomy that happens, but something akin to it can often take place you can you prep yourself to have cogent questions from trump . Well, what i will say is in terms of this interview, in particular, the Vice President has said shes going to do on by the end of the month. Were getting close to the end of the month, so im sure in the coming days schedule, one by the end of the month, im sure in the coming days will hear when that interview will be, but her campaigns that today shes done at interviews this this year alone, when i worked for her, she did hundreds of interviews everywhere. She traveled from the white house. It was something thats really important to her. I dont think its necessary to be something that prepares her for the debate stage. Shes doing her own debate prep. Shes very prepared. She has her process. And what i think is really important here is that over the last month, she has been hitting the trail. She galvanize the entire Democratic Party around her candidacy. She picked a Vice President ial running mate. She crushed the Democratic National convention and the polls are moving in the right direction for her. And yet despite 30 plus days of incredible coverage, this race is still tied. That should not be a good sign for democrats. Our be worried, get your candidate out there and allow her to sit down with journalists to ask those antagonistic questions to prove to the people who arent quite sure about her candidacy . Yes. She can lead the country for four years. Something tells me that a former Attorney General has had her share of antagonistic moments, but wait, taken. 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