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Jon Stewart: “Both sides are quite adept at weaponizing those feelings [of…”

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VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats & the Fight Ahead | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 23:15

Right? Because that is the point. That is the point. What feeling translates into action. And by the way, in political terms, Both sides are quite adept at weaponizing those feelings [of fear and anger]. and creating, you know, he is a. Trump is an existential threat to this, Kamala, is an existential threat to this. And it, it does create that. (23:15–23:19)

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Asserts that both political parties effectively exploit fear and anger.

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