“Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza & More

Journalist Mehdi Hasan joins us to respond to President Joe Biden’s announcement Sunday he is ending his campaign to seek reelection just four months before Election Day. In a letter posted on social media, Biden wrote he was stepping aside “in the best interest of my party and the country,” and then endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris. She quickly received the backing of many powerful Democrats, but Harris could still face a challenge for the party’s nomination in the four weeks before the Democratic National Convention. Questions about Biden’s candidacy had been growing since at least last year. The activist group RootsAction launched a campaign called Don’t Run Joe 20 months ago, and during the primary more than a half-million voters chose “uncommitted” instead of Biden to protest his support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Hasan says that this is a “big, big moment for American democracy,” and when it comes to Harris, we need to “pressure her in a way that we failed to pressure Joe Biden."

[louisesumrell]

It's a shame that we even have to consider what a few billionaires want in a government that's supposed to be for and by the people 😕

[pwcxrdt]

To my American neighbours, do you know that our 3 main political parties are capped at spending 3 less chance of corruption!

[goldlotus]

Why does US election cycle seem to last forever? Too stressful for the candidates as well as voters. Look at other developed countries where elections are short and less of a drama than in US.

[YT_Chroma]

Canada can run an election in a little as 30 days. Not 2 years of political chaos.

[tonipatterson]

I think you underestimate how many people are angry about Palestine!

[skyapache]

I'm a Black American, and I will not be for Kamala Cop Harris

[donnasmith]

The double standard of holding people accountable has really dragged this country down. It's our greatest liability.

[joeyrobison]

I started despising Nancy Pelosi when she said, "We are a free market economy, they [members of congress] should be able to participate in that." Meaning insider trading in her mind was acceptable. Come to find out she has over a 250-million-dollar stock portfolio. Harry Truman said it best, "Show me a man [woman] that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." Her machinations behind the scenes throwing Biden under the bus is the icing on the cake for me. She's despicable.

[grasshopper]

My 2 favorite journalist on the same show❤ ❤ Today is a good Monday

[inspiredbynatureinspiredby]

Kamala Harris is ethnically from India and Jamaica- Indian.

[betterplanet]

Mehdi ! America a Democracy? Really . Have you been livin under a rock.

[kimberlydrakeowens]

Dianna Buttu said it perfectly using the word repugnant... An arrest warrant should be issued for Netanyhu not a welcome party.

[AshleyKeith-vwws]

Wait, is Biden seriously resigning? Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming!

[saganhuxley]

Say the line! "TRuMp iS a ThrEaT tO DeMoCraCy." 🤤

[WB]

This is disheartening to see that experienced people like Mehdi Hasan thinks one party is better than the other, whereas, the reality is that both dogs are leashed by the same owner.

[lisarodarte]

I don't like it that foreign countries made bank in the U.S. when people, like the homeless, and those, living in poverty, needed the most help to get on their feet.

[reinemarais]

Thank you for hosting Mehdi. He is a voice worth hearing. It's a gift to hear from him, as it is a gift to hear from all the hosts on Democracy Now.

[Ogole-oye]

Medhi is a great example of cognitive dissonance. On the one hand he will condemn Trump as the ultimate evil but he greatly ignores the glaring inconsistencies and more threatening policies on the liberal left. I wonder how he reconciles his faith with his political allegiance when it directly goes against the fundamentals of islam unless he is selective in his faith too.

[jeanpollack]

when will politicians start focusing on the homeless and middle class in the UsA who are struggling instead of focusing on every other country before we clean up our own problems

[ethelparis]

the palestinian problem will be like it is no matter who is president, its beyond the presidency