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Comment #5330

2024-08-31T23:58:11Z

Rounding.

Trump announced his candidacy in June 2015, so fairly accurate. She wasn't just talking about during his term in office.

Comment #5329

2024-08-31T23:50:25Z

I think she might well have meant a decade, give or take a year, because that’s roughly how long Donald Trump has been politically active, right? So she would not just be referring to his tenure, but his comportment before and after.

Comment #5328

2024-08-31T20:08:04Z

I found the exact quote. The context is the first question of the interview of Harris and Walz by CNN's Dana Bash. It was part of her answer to the very first question, "If you are elected, what would you do on Day 1 in the White House?" You can find it within the first 2 minutes of this CNN YouTube video.

"Sadly, in the last decade, we have had in the former president someone who has really been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing the character and strength of who we are as Americans, really dividing our nation, and I think people are ready to turn the page on that."

I can give her the benefit of the doubt, as she might well have meant the more indefinite "within the last decade" and been referring only to 2017-2020. Of course that's the interpretation she intended, but I still think it's reasonable to assume she was referring to an actual ten-year period.

Comment #5327

2024-08-31T16:04:10Z

Did she really say that? Sounds more like a slip of the tongue from Biden or Trump. I'm really surprised,as of course you're right.