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Rachel Maddow: “That's the way that she describes it, as you being the first…”

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Rachel Maddow's full interview with Kamala Harris I MSNBC EXCLUSIVE

Published | Video Starts at 47:07

And so that I think was based on the calendar when that happened. I'm pretty sure that was the very first time anyone had said anything to her about that. That's the way that she describes it, as you being the first person to actually articulate it to her. So I mean, she was a two term Attorney general at that point. She, the campaign that she ran to become the elected DA in San Francisco was the most significant cinematic freaking thing you could possibly imagine. (47:07–47:13)

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Asserts that [Kamala Harris] describes [Lawrence O'Donnell] as the first person to suggest she run for president.

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