Glenn looks into the past to see who’s right: Donald Trump or the media. Trump claimed that Kamala Harris only started to emphasize her black heritage over her Indian heritage when it was convenient for her political career. The media called him racist for pointing that out. Well … Glenn opens the archives to prove that the media once sounded just like Trump – Don Lemon especially! Trump didn’t start a “race fight.” The media did. Glenn also reviews Harris’ first unscripted comment since launching her presidential campaign … and it went about as well as you’d expect.

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GLENN: Let's start with Karine Jean-Pierre, about the plea deal on 9/11, that everybody is so happy about. Let's let those people not get the death penalty. What do they do? They only killed 3,000 people. Here's Karine Jean-Pierre.

VOICE: If you have a message to some of the 9/11 families, who wanted to see this kind of come to a fuller process.

VOICE: So, look, I think this is basically what Jake said. This is something that we had no involvement in. He didn't have any involvement in.

And so, the -- the White House played no role, in this process.

And the president directed his -- his team to consult as appropriate with officials and lawyers and Department of Defense obviously.

And, you know, we have said this before, you know, we -- we are -- you know, our hearts go out to the families, who lost the loved ones. On that -- on that day.

And, you know, the president of 9/11, has honored them every year, and the families, who, again, lost their loved one on that terrible day.

GLENN: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Okay. All right. Well, I feel like -- I feel like they've got things under control there at the White House.

Now, Joe Biden is -- is there on the tarmac. Waiting for the American citizens imprisoned in Russia.

And Biden is there. And he's -- he spots a cute little girl. Oh, God.

Cut two.

BIDEN: You all know we have a tradition in the Biden family. We say happy birthday. Right?

All of you.

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, Dear Miriam. Happy birthday to you.

Remember, no serious --

GLENN: Dating advice. Yeah. That's right.

BIDEN: God bless you. She's his daughter.

GLENN: Oh, isn't that great? Hugging her. Giving her a little kiss. Keeping her close, you know what I mean?

Hey, no serious in dating until 30.

I'm not interested until after 30. So we have that going on.

Now, in this hostage release, what was really nice was Joe Biden said, you know, Donald Trump couldn't have gotten this deal done. He wouldn't have done this.

You know, I've got Putin on the horn. And we made a deal.

Let's talk about that for a second.

There's a couple of things that are wrong with that. First of all, why do you think Putin got on the phone with you? Right at election time?

Do you think he's for Donald Trump? Or is he for you being president.

So he's making a deal, which makes you look good. What does that tell you?

Does that tell you that Putin is afraid of you?

No. He's doing PR for you. He wants the Biden administration, not the Trump administration.

Hello, ding-dong. Also, you did make a deal. And it was lousy for us. Why is it, they got more than we got?

Well, why?

Because you're desperate. You're desperate, that's why.

And he knows that. And he wants to play in, to the political narrative, here in America.

Oh. Okay. So now, when -- when he's on the tarmac, Kamala has her first unscripted moment in the last couple of weeks.

They -- they -- they are talking -- her and Biden. And he's just standing there like, I have no idea what she's saying. And they say, what -- any comments on what's about to happen?

And here's what Kamala says, twenty-one, please.

KAMALA: This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy, and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy, and strengthening alliances. This is an incredible day.

GLENN: What did she just say? Whatever circular -- oh, my gosh.

STU: By the way, Glenn. That is, I believe, officially the first question, she's been asked.

I may have missed something. I know RuPaul asked her a couple of questions. So not counting those. I'm saying, from a reporter.

And I believe it was, how do you feel about this amazing thing that happened? But she -- that's, I believe, the first question she's been asked.

And it was the easiest question imaginable. Basically, compliment yourself. And she still -- she still blew it.

That is -- we have to get her -- we just have to get her. You have to get her in front of these cameras.

As soon as people see this. You know, this little boom let goes away.

GLENN: You know, I tell you, I have a real problem with you, Stu.

Because you're so racist. She's still reeling from President Trump. Saying, I thought she was an Indian.

And everybody -- everybody in the press. And they know what they're doing. They are -- they are taking and twisting his words.

He's not saying, she wasn't black. He was making a comment of, wait. But she never called herself black, until this point in the election.

Ask then, when she needed the black vote, had he said, oh, I'm black.

Here she is, Kamala Harris, 2019.

Cut 22.

VOICE: Is -- because you are an idiot.

Okay. And I don't know if anybody knows that. I find that wherever I go, and I see Indian people at the supermarket or the street.

Everyone is like, you know that Kamala Harris is Indian, right?

It's like our thing that we're so excited about, running for president.

We're both Indian. But actually we're both south Indian.

STU: Stop. We need to stop and address one thing here.

What Mindy Kaling has just said has never occurred.

Never, ever, one time, in her life, did this incredibly famous person, who was on one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time have someone walk up to her and say, did you know that Kamala Harris was Indian?

That story never, ever, ever occurred. That is complete nonsense.

I just want to get that on the record.

GLENN: Okay. Next. Here's Kamala Harris in 2020.

She's not black. She's Indian. Listen.

KAMALA: Today on August 15th, 2020, I stand before you as the first candidate for vice president of the United States of South-Asian descent.

GLENN: Okay. Now, nobody is -- nobody is not -- nobody is saying she's not black.

Okay? Yes, she's black. She's Indian.

She's half black. She's half Indian. We know how science works.

You're the ones confused about what's a woman.

So we got it. Her dad was black.

Her mom was Indian.

Even Don Lemon, when she started saying, that she was black. He was started to be offended. Because he was like, she's calling herself African-American.

Listen. This is Don Lemon.

VOICE: Black woman.

VOICE: I agree with that. Is she African-American? No, no, no, no.

But is she African-American?

There is a difference. There's nothing wrong with that. Nobody is trying to take anything away from her. I think you're falling into a trap with that. All she had to do was say, I am black.

GLENN: Okay. Stop. Trouble she got in for that. She's not African-American. No, she's not. She's Jamaican-Indian.

And there's nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with that happen. Except, she uses it to play on constituents. That's the only thing Donald Trump was saying. He's not questioning who she is.

We all know who she is now. But she said, she was Indian. When she was needing the Indian vote.

And then she's black, when she needs the black vote. She's both!

STU: Yeah. And the way --

GLENN: Can you please. It's so bad. The way he actually said it. You know, she turned black a couple years ago.

And like they are so dishonest, that they're acting as if they think he thought she just turned black. Literal statement. Now, they know Kelly what they're doing. It's amazing as well. This is coming from the same people who say, you can change races based on just saying it, right?

GLENN: I know. I know.

STU: This is like the Rachel Dolezal thing, if it was literal.

They would be supporting it. If she was just Indian her whole life and said she was black, they would then say, she is now black. But because Donald Trump made the point in a critical way. All of a sudden, that's not possible. It's racist to even suggest.

GLENN: I know. I know.

So I would like to suggest, she's not only Jamaican Indian. Black.

But she's also southern. Because, you know, she was raised in Berkeley.

That's Southern California, isn't it?

Which explains her speech this week, the southern accent.

26.

VOICE: And you all helped us win in 2020. And we will do it again in 2024.

GLENN: That is -- that is Southern California.

I mean, she's -- she's all over it!

All over it. You know, I don't know if you heard Michael Malice, this week.

But I love Michael Malice. And what he said, on Joe Rogan, this week, about Kamala Harris.

VOICE: Officer Harris, you're either racist or sexist or ableist. So they will use --

VOICE: Yeah, because she's a retard. She's literally retarded. I mean, Ukraine is a country, in Europe. And Russia is another country, and a powerful country. And Russia invaded Ukraine, and that's wrong.

VOICE: This is really important, this is what could be unburdened by what has been. I think America is like a wine mom. Because it seems like she's three deep by noon. And she has got the three faces of wine mom. She's got happy drunk. Oh, my God, cackling. Cackling. Then there is trying to make drunk at work, where you're trying to make sense, but you don't. Space is around us all. And unites us all. And inspires us all.

And then there's, I'm being stern, so you don't realize how plastered I am. And I'm making a point. And that little girl was me. Now I'm going to up stairs, and don't knock on the door. Because I'm going to pass out. So those are the three ways she talks.

VOICE: Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So basically, that's wrong.

GLENN: Can I tell you something though, when I listen to that. I just think, this is so vapid. But then I think, how many Americans need it broken down, that way?

STU: Certainly, her voters do.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

It was a -- it's a bigger country. And so then that's wrong.

Oh, okay. Thank you. Mamala. I appreciate that. Now, I understand big things.

Big countries shouldn't go into little countries. Can little countries go into big countries? Would that be wrong?

I mean, it is -- it's just -- it's amazing. Amazing.

STU: Do we know, Glenn, how many various ceilings, she would be busting through with this?

Because we know we would have the first black woman. We would have the first woman.

We would have the first Indian. We would have the first south Asian.

We would also have the first Asian. And this one particularly, is bothersome. Because at some point, I don't know.

Maybe it's 20 -- somewhere in the 20 years from now.

Some great who can't understand son, or who can't understand daughter, of a person, a Japanese-American, who was put into internment camps by the president that every Democrat thinks is the best president of all time, is going to rise to power, and maybe be elected president. And they'll be like, actually, you're the second Asian president.

Sorry, Kamala won back in 2024. God forbid.

And sorry, you don't count. You didn't break any ceilings. You're a giant zilch. You get no recognition. Sorry about that. Good night.

I mean, that's sad.

GLENN: It's -- did you hear the flashback of Ford from 1978, or '79? Where he was asked. He was running against Ronald Reagan at the time. And they were in the primaries. And he's asked by this little girl. You know, I'm eight years old.

And I want to see some day, a female president. What is it going to take? What advice would you give an 8-year-old girl who wants to be president.

Okay. So he says, well, I'll tell you. We'll have a female president. It is inevitable in the future. But let me tell you how it's going to come. Okay?

This is 1978 or 1979. Let me tell you how it's going to come. Either the Democrats or the Republicans are eventually going to nominate a woman to be the vice president.

And the vice president will be serving in that administration, until the president dies or bows out. And that's how she'll become president.

That will be your first president.

STU: Really? I have not heard that. That's an incredible, biz moment. Why was he -- was he just so convince that had Americans hated women? Or was he convince that had they were sexist. Or what was the reasoning for that?

GLENN: I don't know. I would imagine that -- he didn't think that kind of change could be made.

STU: Really?

GLENN: For a president.

STU: So it's a different era. You know, I understand.


GLENN: Run by white men. Keeping women down.