The Beat with Ari Melber, Aug. 06, 2020
Duration: 45 Minutes
Discussed Today:
Trump will lose to Biden with this bold VP pick, say CA Dems
Discussed Today, In Detail:
Trump will lose to Biden with this bold VP pick, say CA Dems
As Trump trails in the polls and Democrats seek a mobilizing running mate for
Joe Biden, a lesser-known name has recently emerged: Karen Bass. The liberal
Congresswoman broke a barrier as the first Black woman speaker in any state in
the union, yet she defied political labels by using that post to broker a
centrist compromise with then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In this edition of
The Beat’s Backstory Series, Ari Melber reports on why some Democrats are eying
that experience now, noting “as California’s Speaker, she was the government
official responsible for an economy that, if it were a country, would be roughly
the fifth largest in the world.” The original report traces how Bass deployed a
tough, collaborative and bipartisan style to engineer one of the most
consequential budget deals in the U.S. – leading some of her home state
Democrats to push for her as a great option for Biden.
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