Shannon watts in san francisco, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. You have had a powerful voice in the american political arena for the last decade and more, but you never sought elected political office. You chose to be an activist. Why . I think you can in many ways get more done and not have to have a certain persona or act a certain way, or present yourself a certain way. And for me, you know, being in the trenches, organising women, really summoning their audacity and helping them find ways to have an impact on the political system, when in america we have very little political power as women, or at least have in the past, that has been incredibly rewarding. And, you know, people ask me all the time, are you going to run for office . And the answer is no i feel like ive been running for office now for 12 years in many ways, but i do get incredible joy from helping other women run for office and win. And it seems to be working. Ri
Why . I think you can in many ways get more done and not have to have a certain persona or act a certain way, or present yourself a certain way. And for me, you know, being in the trenches, organising women, really summoning their audacity and helping them find ways to have an impact on the political system, when in america we have very little political power as women, or at least have in the past, that has been incredibly rewarding. And, you know, people ask me all the time, are you going to run for office . Are you going to run for office . And the answer is no. Ifeel like ive been running for office now for 12 years in many ways, but i do get incrediblejoy from helping other women run for office and win. And it seems to be working. Right, now, lets take it back to 2012, when you founded Moms Demand Action in response to, i think, one particular terrible mass School Shooting. Why was it so important to you that this was very much a women focused and a Women Led Movement . You know, w
To zoom breaking support calls, Vice President Kamala Harris Bid for the White House is off and running strong fueled by volunteers mobilizing from every crosssection of voters. I will ask the woman whose calls started it all, the founder of win with black women, how they will keep the momentum going. Democrats in ra, former first Couple Barack and Michelle Obama endorsed harris residential campaign as democrats lined up to declare their support. Grossman Gregory Meeks is here without perspective on how the party got behind harris so quickly. Donald trumps latest threat to democracy telling the Maga Faithful his next election could be our last. Again, christians get out and vote just this time. You wont have to do it anymore, four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine. Im Jonathan Capehart and this is the Saturday Show. When i was standing here a week ago on the Saturday Show, we were on a different political planet. Democrats were depressed, demoralized and divi
Michelle and i could not be prouder to endorse you. Capping off a remarkable week that saw all corners of the democratic Party Rally around her. Team harris leaning into the cultural storm and the unification of her image. We just had the best 24 hours of grassroot fundraising in president ial campaign history. She is tough, she is capable. These are weird people on the other side. They went after Cat People. Good luck with that. See what Cat People do when you go after them. The campaign says i am the prosecutor and he is the convicted felon. That is their campaign. That is right, bring it on. If you are wondering why you are tired, all of that happened in one week. We are now 102 days away from the election. What a difference a week makes. Last Friday Biden was the presumptive democratic Nominee And Trump locked up the republican Nomination And Control of The Party. Today biden is no longer running, harris is on track to replace him as the nominee and in a few short days polls show s
Word with jonathan capehart, good evening, jonathan. I could apget with a shorter Election Season after the last six days weve been through or the last two weeks, if you want to throw the previous week in. Good lord appeared jonathan, how has it only been two weeks . I feel like i have aged 17 years and last for hours. It is impossible that this is, m that Joe Biden left this race en on sunday. That blows my mind. I am a little nervous for this weekend, my friend. I will be honest. If you have aged 17 years the last four hours, could you text me your Skincare Regimen . I would like to know. Wo please. I need yours. I need yours. Rs we will trade. Thanks a lot, alex, have a good weekend. It was just five days ago when President Biden made the decision to pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris and endorsed her as the democratic nominee for president. Now with the Democratic National Convention in 23 days, democrats are more united than ever and ready to win. According to a new cn