AND THEN THERE WERE 15 SENATOR
KAMALA
HARRIS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THAT
SHE'S DROPPING OUT OF THE
2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. AFTER A
STRONG START A RECENT DIP IN
POLLING NUMBERS SPELL
TROUBLE FOR THE SENATOR SHE
CITED A LACK OF FINANCIAL
RESOURCES IS THE MAIN REASON
FOR ENDING
HER BAY. ALEX COUNTY TOWN AS A
REPORTER WITH THE HILL AND
JOINS US NOW FROM DC TO DISCUSS
ALEX WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
HEY GOOD TO
SEE YOU. SO SENATOR HARRIS HAD
A REALLY STRONG START WHAT.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. SHE CAME IN
REALLY HOT. SHE HAD A STRONG
HER INITIAL
RALLY BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF
DOWN
HELP FROM THERE. SHE JUST
HASN'T AT WAS UNABLE TO GET
THAT THAT SHE WAS HOPING FOR I
THINK SHE WAS KIND OF CAUGHT IN
THIS BETWEEN 2 LANES OF
MODERATE RAIN WITH BIDEN AND
GOOD JUDGE AND THE PROGRESSIVE
WAY AND WITH THE LIVES OF THE
WAR AND.
>> AND BERNIE SANDERS AND SHE
COULDN'T REALLY FIND HER
FOOTING BETWEEN THE 2 IN ORDER
TO TO GET THAT KIND OF
MONEY AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND
OF POLLS THAT SHE NEEDED.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SURPRISED THAT SHE DROPPED OUT
SO SOON WHEN KING ANY INSIGHT
INTO WHAT WAS BEHIND THE
TIMING.
>> THE PRETTY
SCATHING NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE
CAME OUT ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN AND
HOW IT WAS NOT VERY WELL
MANAGED AND THEN ANOTHER THING
TO KEEP IN MIND IS
THAT SHE'S A SENATOR AND THE
SAME THING HAPPENED A CHRISTIAN
JO BRAND. THEY HAVE NO JOB TO
DO BACK HERE IN WASHINGTON AND
SO USING THAT KIND OF.
>> TIME.
>> TIME AND MONEY AND ENERGY ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN YOU'RE
NOT GETTING THE SAME.
>> RESULT RESULTS BERNIE
SANDERS OR ELIZABETH WARREN IS
REALLY NOT
WORTH IT. IN THE IT'S WORTH IT
TO COME BACK HERE AND MAYBE
FOCUS ON YOUR NEXT REELECTION
IN FUND RAISING FOR THAT.
>> WHEN AND IF YOU THINK WE'LL
GET AN ENDORSEMENT FROM HER.
>> YEAH WE WILL SEE ITS
INTERSTATE IT SEEMS LIKE ALL
THE CANDIDATES ARE POSTING
PHOTOS LIKE YOU KNOW TALKING
ABOUT HOW SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT
BOY.
>> IT'S IN THE DEBATES IN
INDIA.
>> ELECTION OF COURSE HER AND
CORY BOOKER ARE
GOOD FOR.
>> AND THE AND HE POSTED A VERY
NICE TWEET ABOUT HER COULD SEE
HER MAYBE GRINER
HAPPY HIGH HIM BUT HE HASN'T
MADE IN THE NEXT DEBATE AND HIS
BIRDS ARE STILL LOW, HE HAS
STILL STRUGGLING WITH THAT SAME
TRACTION THAT SHE WAS
STRUGGLING WITH SO I DON'T
THINK WE'LL SEE.
REALLY THROWING ALL OF
HER WEIGHT BEHIND HIM UNTIL HE
CAN IN POPULARITY OF THAT
BESIDES THAT I MEAN SHE HAS A
FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP WITH
ELIZABETH WARREN. I DON'T THINK
THAT SHE WOULD ENDORSE HER AND
OF COURSE HER AND JOE BIDEN YOU
KNOW
SHE ATTACKED HIM ON THE DEBATE
STAGE THEY HAVE THIS BACK AND
FORTH REALLY THAT ONE OF THE
ONLY
CANDIDATES ACTUALLY GO AT JOE
BUT IN THE END IF HE ACTUALLY
DOES. COME UP AS THE FRONT
RUNNER I COULD SEE HEARD OR
SEEN HIM THAT WELL SO THAT
>> A POLL FROM REAL CLEAR
POLITICS IT HAS PROVIDED A
BIDEN BERNIE SANDERS ELIZABETH
WARREN AND KEEP FOOD IS
BASICALLY
MEETING THAT HACK DO YOU THINK
WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE
CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> SO FAR ONLY 5 HAVE
ACT THEY MADE IT IN
THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE AND WITH
HER DROPPING OUT AND SO I THINK
THIS IS REALLY THE
TIME THAT MORE AND MORE ARE
GOING TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE,
ESPECIALLY TOM STAR AND THAT
DEBATE AND SO
I THINK WHAT WE SAW SENATOR
HARRIS SAYING I'M NOT
A BILLIONAIRE ARE YOU KNOW I
DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL
BACKING UP THAT I THINK OTHER
CANDIDATES ARE IN THE SAME BOAT
OF SAYING OK WELL I
DON'T HAVE TIME SERMANNI
OBVIOUSLY MIKE BLOOMBERG IS NOT
GOING TO BE IN THE DEBATE BUT
HE HAS THE FINANCIAL BACKING
TO SURVIVE EVEN A JOHN DELANEY
HAS THE FINANCIAL BACKING AN
ASSAULT ON THE TO BE ABLE
TO CONTINUE. IN THIS AND THEN
OTHER CANDIDATE WHO DON'T HAVE
THAT IN COURT BOOKER HAS
SAID THAT IN RECENT INTERVIEWS
THAT IT'S GOING TO TURN AND THE
MORE BILLIONAIRES ARE ON THE
DEBATE STAGE. AND THEN OTHERS
WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER IF IT'S
REALLY WORTH IT FOR THEM, I
THINK SOMEONE LIKE COREY
BOOKER, SOMEBODY WATCH ABOUT
DROPPING FORM
CASTRO IS ALSO SOMEBODY
WORTH WATCHING. AND THEN AMY
KLOBUCHAR HAS MADE THE DEBATE
SO IF YOU ASKED ME A MONTH AGO,
I'D SAY MAYBE SHE WAS WORTH
WATCHING BUT I ACTUALLY DO
THINK SHE'S
RATES AND AND COULD BE SOMEONE
THAT CAN HOLD OUT FOR LONGER.
>> WE THIS ELECTION
CAMPAIGN HAS RAISED THE PROFILE
OF KAMALA HARRIS. SHE ACTUALLY
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED HER SAY.
TOO BAD WILL MISS YOU AND THEN
SHE TWEETED
BACK SAYING DON'T WORRY.
MISTER PRESIDENT I'LL SEE YOU
AT YOUR TRIAL WHAT ARE THIS ALL
MEAN ANYTHING
FOR HER HER ROLE IN THE
IMPEACHMENT IF AND WHEN IT
REACHES THE SENATE.
>> WITH A PRETTY INTERESTING
EXCHANGE
TO SEE.
>> AND ON THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE AND OF COURSE IN THE
IF IT DOES REACH THE SENATE
THAT'S REALLY WHERE A COMMON
HERITAGE SHINES.
>> WE SAW HER DURING THE.
>> HAVE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
SHE MADE NEWS SHE WAS NOT
AFRAID
TO GO AHEAD OF HIM THIS IS WHAT
HER BACKGROUND IN LINE. I THINK
THAT SHE REALLY
VERY
VOCAL VOICE THAT THAT MAKES IT
TO THE TO THE SENATE. AND I
COULD SEE SOME DEMOCRATS HERE
SHE SHOWS THIS MAY BE
HER START.
>> AND THEY DO IT AND I'M SORRY
I DO HAVE TO CUT YOU THERE JUST
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO
THE HEARING OUT OUT SCANNED IT,
I KNOW WHAT THEY'LL THANK YOU