Alyssa Farah Griffin And Ameshia Cross Discuss The Next Stage Of The Campaigns

listen this was a historic and remarkably well-executed Democratic National Convention um having Republicans come out endorser my friend and former colleague Adam kinzinger Jeff Duncan the former lieutenant governor of Georgia as well as some Trump Administration uh officials but also I was paying most attention to the words she was using and the things she was saying and that that clip that you played at the top resonated with me last night where she said she asked Independents or Republicans for their votes J deposed to Donald Trump who said we don't want the Nikki Haley voters much less trying to bring in Democrats so I think she she she is running knowing that she needs to bring in some folks who wouldn't traditionally necessarily be with her I thought it was a very smart message but now she's going to have to answer some really tough questions around policy luckily Donald Trump also has some weaknesses around policy so I think who can first Define where they're going to stand and moderate toward the middle as the person who's going to win let me bring Amisha cross to this conversation Amisha how does kamla Harris navigate this next stretch it's a critical stretch of this campaign where she'll have to take more press questions for example she'll have to debate Trump and she'll have to get more specific on policy well we know she's going to be laser focused on preparation for this upcoming debate um not only because she has not personally debated Trump before but because we've seen many a Democrat as well as many Republicans fall into um fall into trapping so to speak of how to debate Donald Trump because he is so so so much of a non-conventional debater I think that there is a lot of pressure around what that's actually going to look like in real time and the fact that the man is unraveling before our eyes acknowledging that he's running against a black woman with all that said she also recognizes that she is the underdog in this race so we're going to see more uh more movement in the Battlegrounds not only from her but more so from her surrogates as well acknowledging that this truncated time frame is what it is the DNC brought a Love Fest of Democrats Independents as well as moderates and some Republicans to Chicago my hometown I'm still here um to actually celebrate what this new ticket is but that does not mean that this is going to be smooth sailing through November she recognizes that and the Investments and the roll out as it relates to digital campaign ads that are going to come after September 1st after Labor Day that's going to be huge we know that the influencer community is huge and bringing in consistent younger voters but moreover it's going to be organizing on the ground getting people to understand and acknowledge her story um being very strategic about the roll out of what her policy plans actually are we already heard an economic agenda but putting the nuts and bolts together of that economic agenda specifically in the Battleground States is what we're going to see next