Rep. Clyburn on Trump-Harris debate: 'He is in for an experience' - MSNBC Reports

[Rhiannon12866]

NBC's Yamiche Alcindor spoke with Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina on the upcoming presidential debate and what the Harris campaign needs to do to maintain their current energy. - Aired on 08/10/2024.

[2naSalit]

1. There are several...

Upcoming opportunities to accelerate the energy and slam that bastard into the pavement. The DNC is coming up, then the debate, and then the court dates. Life will be difficult, at best, for the orange anus from now on.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Looking forward to the court dates especially!

[rampartd]

2. clyburn , wow. tallk about a place in history

just listening to him (and we don't hear enough) is kind of inspiring.

who has taken the baton from these great civil rights leaders.

i'm thinking warnock, barber for sure. but there are never enough!

[markpkessinger]

3. I think there's a danger in buildling up a fantasy about a Harris-Trump debate . . .

. . . People have this fantasy -- and it is a fantasy -- of Kamala Harris the prosecutor "prosecuting the case" against Trump during a debate. Look, iit isn't that I don't think she could take him on effectively. But it is important to remember that a presidential debate is NOT a courtroom cross-examination, and the Trump campaign will almost certainly not agree to ground rules that would provide Kamala an opportunity to do this. I worry that we are setting expectations too high -- and thus setting ourselves up for disappointment -- by placing so much emphasis on a Harris-Trump debate.