CBS Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley appears to have discovered her new Democrat to gush over for the subsequent 4 years. After mourning Hillary Clinton’s loss to President Trump, praising Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (CA) return to energy, and getting flirty with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Pauley acquired cozy with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as she showcased a number of segments impressed by Harris and her rise to the place.
“Wednesday can also be the day we begin addressing Kamala Harris as madam vp, a change that’s the fruits of all she has labored for,” Pauley gushed in her opening tease. The remainder of the tease was made up of extra reward and quips about Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff (Click on “broaden”):
PAULEY: An unprecedented vp for unprecedented occasions. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will probably be sworn into workplace on Wednesday, dealing with immense challenges. Is Kamala Harris prepared?
HARRIS: I eat “No” for breakfast! [Laughter]
PAULEY: Plus, we’ll meet the person who will probably be by her aspect.
HARRIS: There was a complete dialog about — principally amongst his pals — whether or not he ought to simply be known as the primary dude.
[Laughter]
PAULEY: First dude.
DOUG EMHOFF: And different names that I can not repeat on nationwide tv.
PAULEY: Developing, the primary lady to be vp and the primary second gentleman.
At one level declaring “it might sound that Kamala Harris was born for this second in historical past,” Pauley additionally touted how Harris can be breaking ties within the Senate. “In a Senate now break up 50/50 between Democrats and Republicans, as vp, Harris will forged tie-breaking votes. A break up Senate has solely occurred 3 times earlier than,” she hyped.
From there, Pauley and Harris each agreed that the Capitol riot proved that the American folks have been the nation’s personal worst enemy:
PAULEY: How are you going to take a look at that agenda with out taking a look at it via the veil of what we noticed on January sixth? Once we noticed, how did Walt Kelly put it in Pogo, “we have seen the enemy and it’s us?”
HARRIS: And it’s us.
PAULEY: And that’s true regardless of which aspect you’re on —
HARRIS: However Jane, this isn’t new.
Harris additionally went uncontested when she in contrast the riot to such notorious occasions because the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor. “It’s outrageous, and we are going to keep in mind it like we’ve got remembered among the most important — December 7. We are going to keep in mind January 6 – There are particular issues we’re at all times going to recollect as an assault of the foundations and the elemental rules and beliefs which we maintain pricey,” Harris proclaimed.
Not lengthy after she let Harris get away with the comparability, Pauley shamelessly doted for Emhoff, uncertain of what to name him:
PAULEY: I do not know, do I – do I name you Doug? How do I handle you?
EMHOFF: You may name me Doug.
PAULEY: Okay. Doug. Doug.
Look out Cuomo, you’ve … competitors?
The section on Emhoff alongside ran for nearly seven minutes (6:42) and featured tales about how they have been launched by a mutual pal. There was no such flattery for Mike and Karen Pence 4 years in the past.
The transcript is beneath, click on “broaden” to learn:
CBS’s Sunday Morning
January 17, 2021
9:01:44 a.m. JapaneseJANE PAULEY: Wednesday can also be the day we begin addressing Kamala Harris as madam vp, a change that’s the fruits of all she has labored for, as we mentioned once I paid her a go to a couple of days in the past.
KAMALA HARRIS: Whereas I stands out as the first lady on this workplace, I can’t be the final.
PAULEY: An unprecedented vp for unprecedented occasions. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will probably be sworn into workplace on Wednesday, dealing with immense challenges. Is Kamala Harris prepared?
HARRIS: I eat “No” for breakfast! [Laughter]
PAULEY: Plus, we’ll meet the person who will probably be by her aspect.
HARRIS: There was a complete dialog about — principally amongst his pals — whether or not he ought to simply be known as the primary dude.
[Laughter]
PAULEY: First dude.
DOUG EMHOFF: And different names that I can not repeat on nationwide tv.
PAULEY: Developing, the primary lady to be vp and the primary second gentleman.
(…)
10:06:29 a.m. Japanese
PAULEY: In a Senate now break up 50/50 between Democrats and Republicans, as vp, Harris will forged tie-breaking votes. A break up Senate has solely occurred 3 times earlier than. This one comes after two Democratic Senate victories within the Georgia runoff elections only a day earlier than the Capitol takeover. Nonetheless, the obstacles to the incoming administration’s lengthy to-do checklist are monumental.
How are you going to take a look at that agenda with out taking a look at it via the veil of what we noticed on January sixth? Once we noticed, how did Walt Kelly put it in Pogo, “we have seen the enemy and it’s us?”
HARRIS: And it’s us.
PAULEY: And that’s true regardless of which aspect you’re on —
HARRIS: However Jane, this isn’t new. It’s outrageous, and we are going to keep in mind it like we’ve got remembered among the most important — December 7. We are going to keep in mind January 6 – There are particular issues we’re at all times going to recollect as an assault of the foundations and the elemental rules and beliefs which we maintain pricey. Sure, I agree with you in that regard. However, c’mon, folks strolling round carrying the Accomplice flag?
This isn’t new show. We have seen this. We noticed this over the course of the final 4 years. And we’ve seen it in our historical past and the world’s historical past earlier than.
PAULEY: It might sound that Kamala Harris was born for this second in historical past.
(…)
