“Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza & More
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Published 2024-07-22
Journalist Mehdi Hasan joins us to respond to President Joe Biden’s announcement Sunday he is ending his campaign to seek reelection just four months before Election Day. In a letter posted on social media, Biden wrote he was stepping aside “in the best interest of my party and the country,” and then endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris. She quickly received the backing of many powerful Democrats, but Harris could still face a challenge for the party’s nomination in the four weeks before the Democratic National Convention. Questions about Biden’s candidacy had been growing since at least last year. The activist group RootsAction launched a campaign called Don’t Run Joe 20 months ago, and during the primary more than a half-million voters chose “uncommitted” instead of Biden to protest his support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Hasan says that this is a “big, big moment for American democracy,” and when it comes to Harris, we need to “pressure her in a way that we failed to pressure Joe Biden."
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All Comments (21)
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Canada can run an election in a little as 30 days. Not 2 years of political chaos.
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It's a shame that we even have to consider what a few billionaires want in a government that's supposed to be for and by the people 😕
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Good to see Mehdi Hasan on here.
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“Upending” the election seems like the wrong word. “Reinvigorated” seems more accurate.
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Does Mehdi have a show again? I need that
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Thank you for hosting Mehdi. He is a voice worth hearing. It's a gift to hear from him, as it is a gift to hear from all the hosts on Democracy Now.
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When Trump moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem he only opened up a Can of Worms .
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“She could be different on Gaza” couldn’t list a single difference in policy objective but hey there’s magical thinking to convey as reality!
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Good to see Mehdi. 💙
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I am hopeful with Kamala. I was not going to vote for Biden. I will gladly vote for her. Israel is not happy to hear this news. Fingers crossed 🤞
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My 2 favorite journalist on the same show❤ ❤ Today is a good Monday
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If only Medhi and Ami had their own 24/7 news channel
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Wonder how this intersects with the ICJ ruling a day or two beforehand.
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When the US company I worked for were in danger of breaking apart, a woman took over the company and saved them. The males who tried all failed.
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I've read that Kamala wanted Joe to publicly acknowledge the suffering of Palestinians more but i don't think we can expect Kamala Harris will do anything more about genocide. She's as centrists dem as it gets.
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The fact that the best you can do is be ‘cautiously optimistic’ is no reason to support someone whose exact views you don’t actually know. To not be outspoken and to stand on the side of oppressed, the Palestinians — and, to not full-throatedly call to stand with international rule of law — is a flimsy stance to take when so much is at stake, internationally.
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SERENITY NOW ! SERENITY NOW ! Frank Costanza
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Wait, is Biden seriously resigning? Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming!
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As crazy as this year has been I think 1968 was ever crazier.
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I think you underestimate how many people are angry about Palestine!
