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CNN: Harris town hall was most viewed event of its kind
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) broke records Monday when her televised town hall became the most viewed event of its kind in cable news history, according to CNN.
The town hall, moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper in Des Moines, Iowa, allowed Harris to outline her platform as she vies for her party's presidential nomination. Harris officially announced her candidacy Sunday and entered a potentially crowded field, from veteran Democrats like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to newer faces on the national stage like Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana.
The town hall averaged 1.957 million views — the most of any cable-news, single-candidate town hall and 75 percent more than CNN's average for that hour over the past four weeks, according to a CNN news release. CNN cited Nielsen ratings for that night, a standard measure for TV viewership.
During the town hall, Harris laid out several policy objectives, including an endorsement of a "Green New Deal" to combat climate change, calling the issue an "existential threat." Harris also castigated the Trump administration for its handling of undocumented immigrants and President Donald Trump's fight for a border wall, accusing the president of playing with the lives of undocumented immigrants for political gain.
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Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, also defended her record in law enforcement, which has been criticized by some more liberal elements of the Democratic Party for being too tough on crime. Harris said she had been "consistent my whole career" and that she had worked to reform the criminal justice system, listing initiatives she's taken to improve accountability among California law enforcement.
Rival cable news networks MSNBC and Fox both outnumbered CNN in views for that hour, each bringing in over 2 million views during the town hall, according to the CNN release.
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