David Brooks on Hype for VP Harris: I Don’t Know Whether This Is ‘Mass Hypnosis’ or She Really Has Grown

Bennett What about that ░░░░░░░░ Does she have to ░░░░░░░░ establish a vision that ░░░░░░░░ somehow distinct from what ░░░░░░░░ Biden has been talking ░░░░░░░░ CAPEHART I don t ░░░░░░░░ so because her the ░░░░░░░░ speeches we have seen ░░░░░░░░ the last three or ░░░░░░░░ days have been really ░░░░░░░░ because she does talk ░░░░░░░░ democracy and she does ░░░░░░░░ about having people be ░░░░░░░░ to vote and have ░░░░░░░░ say in their elections ░░░░░░░░ she also does it ░░░░░░░░ the framing of freedom ░░░░░░░░ doesn t talk about ░░░░░░░░ She doesn t talk ░░░░░░░░ authoritarianism Freedom Freedom over ░░░░░░░░ reproductive health Freedom to ░░░░░░░░ Freedom to live the ░░░░░░░░ dream which you could ░░░░░░░░ in economics into that ░░░░░░░░ to what David was ░░░░░░░░ about what she said ░░░░░░░░ her run in 2020 ░░░░░░░░ s a big difference ░░░░░░░░ what you say when ░░░░░░░░ are a candidate for ░░░░░░░░ party nomination and what ░░░░░░░░ have done as a ░░░░░░░░ vice president part of ░░░░░░░░ administration And so I ░░░░░░░░ the two dangers you ░░░░░░░░ about I m not ░░░░░░░░ about those at all ░░░░░░░░ I just think the ░░░░░░░░ question for me is ░░░░░░░░ much has she grown ░░░░░░░░ much has she learned ░░░░░░░░ much is she more ░░░░░░░░ Because the Kamala Harris ░░░░░░░░ 2020 was a terrible ░░░░░░░░ candidate And frankly if ░░░░░░░░ go back to the ░░░░░░░░ conventional wisdom about Kamala ░░░░░░░░ 18 months ago it ░░░░░░░░ Failed vice president How ░░░░░░░░ we get her off ░░░░░░░░ ticket And so the ░░░░░░░░ Party has shifted And ░░░░░░░░ don t know whether ░░░░░░░░ is mass hypnosis or ░░░░░░░░ think oh she really ░░░░░░░░ grown She s a ░░░░░░░░ she gets to be ░░░░░░░░ own candidate she s ░░░░░░░░ better than she was ░░░░░░░░ 2020 much better than ░░░░░░░░ was in ‘22.”