Sen. Booker reacts to Harris-Trump debate: ‘She exposed him raw’

>>> AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE, THERE WAS THIS WORRY ABOUT WHETHER VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WOULD MAKE A STRONG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THOSE FEARS HAVE PROVEN TO BE UNFOUNDED. HARRIS COMPLETELY OWNED THE DEBATE LAST NIGHT, WHICH PEOPLE WHO KNOW HER SAID SHE WOULD DO EVEN BEFORE SHE STEPPED FOOT ON STAGE. >> I THINK SHE IS GOING TO FIND VERY DEFT WAYS OF COMING FORWARD AND REMINDING PEOPLE OF THE CHAOS. OF THE CRASSNESS. OF THE PERSON THAT HE IS AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT TAKE HER INTO THE MUD, WHERE DONALD TRUMP LOVES TO GO, BUT IN A WAY THAT IS STRAIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND LETS THEM COME TO THE CONCLUSIONS THAT TO ME ARE VERY OBVIOUS. >> I WILL ADMIT AS SENATOR CORY BOOKER WAS SAYING ALL THIS LAST NIGHT ON THIS VERY NETWORK, I WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE AND THINKING I'M NOT SURE YOU WANT TO PUMP THE FIST BEFORE THE DEBATE HAPPENS, BUT CLEARLY HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS A DEMOCRAT FROM NEW JERSEY AND A LONGTIME FRIEND AND ALLY OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THEY SAT ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND HE JOINS ME NOW. SENATOR, THERE IS A WEIRD THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE RUN-UP TO DEBATES WITH EXPECTATIONS GAMES WHERE PEOPLE START TO BE LIKE MY OPPONENT IS THE BEST DEBATER AND I AM A HUMBLE SLOB. IT IS PUT ON, BUT BOTH YOU AND GAVIN NEWSOM LAST NIGHT WERE LIKE SHE IS SO GOOD. SHE WILL KILL HIM. I WAS THINKING, BOY, ALREADY A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HER, BUT YOU WERE RIGHT. WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> IT WAS SIMPLY AWESOME. I SAT NEXT TO HER FOR YEARS AND HIGH-STAKES JUDICIARY HEARINGS AND WATCHED HOW SHE ROSE TO EVERY SINGLE MOMENT. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, CABINET SECRETARY. YOU PITCH TO KAMALA, SHE WILL KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS AND WE KNOW THE STAKES WERE HIGH FOR HER GOING INTO IT, BUT SHE IS A GAMER AND SHE REALLY BROUGHT IT LAST NIGHT AND BROUGHT IT AS A SAID TWO NIGHTS AGO IN A DEFT WAY. SHE FOUND WAYS TO BAIT HIM AND EXPOSE HIM BEFORE EVERYBODY. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EATING CATS AND DOGS, YOU KNOW YOU LET YOUR OPPONENT SHOW HIS TRUTH. >> YOU KNOW THE THING YOU SAID ABOUT A HIGH-STAKES SITUATION AND SHE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. WHAT IS CONCERNING TO ME AS I HAVE INTERVIEWED THE VICE PRESIDENT A NUMBER OF TIMES. I DON'T KNOW HER WELL, BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN FORMIDABLE AND IMPRESSIVE. BUT AS A CHARACTER TESTAMENT, THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ON HER AS A PERSON AND AS A POLITICIAN AND AT EACH POINT OF THAT PRESSURE SHE HAS HAD TO RESPOND TO, NAVIGATE IT. I JUST THINK IT SPEAKS REMARKABLY WELL TO HER ABILITY TO BE PRESIDENT, HONESTLY. GIVEN THAT THE JOB IS A VERY PRESSURE PACKED A JOB WITH REALLY HIGH STAKES AND YOU REALLY HAVE GOT TO DELIVER IN THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER MOST. >> SHE REALLY IS A CLUTCH PLAYER AND I THINK IT DOES SPEAK TO HER PRESIDENTIAL CAPACITY. LOOK, YOU TALK TO KAMALA HARRIS AND THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HER THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN, THAT SHE IS NOT MAKING THIS ABOUT HER. DONALD TRUMP, IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIM, HIS FRAGILE EGO. HE COULD NOT RESIST TRYING TO DEFEND A TAX ON THE EGO. FOR KAMALA IT IS ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK I WANT PEOPLE TO REALLY KNOW ABOUT HER RIGHT NOW, THAT SHE FEELS THE URGENCY OF THE CHALLENGES BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE FEELS THE PAIN OF THE PEOPLE FACING STRIPPING AWAY OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. SHE FEELS AN ECONOMY WHICH MANY PEOPLE THINK DON'T WORK FOR THEM ANYMORE IN AMERICA. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT DRIVE HER. SHE IS ABOUT SERVING THIS COUNTRY AND KNOWS THAT THIS IS A MOMENT NOT TO BE DONALD TRUMP, BUT REALLY WHERE WE NEED LEADERS IN THE PLURAL TO RISE, SO THAT WE AS A NATION CAN COME TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD AND I AM REALLY HONORED REALLY TO WATCH A FRIEND RISE TO THIS MOMENT AND KEEP THE SPOTLIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> WE SHOULD NOTE THAT SHE IS GOING TO DO THE FIRST POSTDEBATE EVENT IN WILKES- BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. A KEY COUNTY AND A KEY SWING STATE. AS WE LEARNED LAST NIGHT, 800,000 POLISH AMERICANS IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP SUCKING UP TO PUTIN AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR THE NATION. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE FOREIGN-POLICY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM BECAUSE SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT IS HARD TO BEAT THE EXPERIENCE, FOR VOTERS WHO ARE NOT IN THE WEEDS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESIDENT. >> AGAIN I THINK WHAT SHE DID LAST NIGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, TALKING ABOUT RONALD REAGAN REPUBLICANS WHO STOOD UP TO RUSSIA, TO THE KREMLIN, KNOW HOW URGENT THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE IS AND KNOW THAT IT IS REALLY ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE. DEMOCRACY AT LARGE AND THE RULE OF LAW GLOBALLY. SHE EXPOSED DONALD TRUMP FOR BEING ON THE EXTREMES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. SOMEONE WHO WOULD CAPITULATE TO PUTIN. WHO WOULD SURRENDER AGAINST TOTALITARIAN AIMS OF PUTIN WHO THINKS MIGHT MAKES RIGHT. SO THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL AND IT IS A MESSAGE TO A LOT OF AMERICANS. IN NEW JERSEY WE HAVE A LOT OF UKRAINIAN AND POLISH AMERICANS. IN PENNSYLVANIA AND KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHOSE ANCESTRY GOES BACK TO EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHO KNOW ABOUT THE HORRORS OF TOTALITARIAN DICTATORS AND THEIR AMBITIOUS TERRITORIAL AIMS. SO THIS WAS AGAIN, SHE GAVE A MASTERS CLASS LAST NIGHT AND SHOWED HOW YOU LET YOUR OPPONENT EXPOSE THEMSELVES BEFORE ALL OF THE COUNTRY AND SEE THINGS THAT MANY OF US HAVE