THREAD: Since announcing her candidacy, Sen. Kamala Harris has done dozens of interviews/townhalls/speeches/etc. For those interested in hearing directly from her, I have compiled all the FULL interviews/events I could find. These videos cover a broad array of topics....
ABC News Announcement 1/21 (9:24)
Topics include: qualifications to be commander in chief; her parents; Dr. King; what differentiates her; fighting for American people; making the economy work for all; law enforcement
Howard Press Conference 1/21 (18:48)
Topics include: Transgender rights in correctional facilities; economy not working for working people;speaking truth; student loan debt;debt-free college;predatory colleges/lending; criminal justice record &reform, etc
Rachel Maddow Show (1/23) (10:10)
Interview shortly after announcing her candidacy.
CNN Iowa Townhall 1/29 (54:54)
Topics include: health care; immigration; gun control; tax cuts (LIFT Act); education, climate change, etc.
Tom Joyner Morning Show 2/8 (8:44)
Topics include: record as prosecutor; Black agenda- HBCUs, wealth gap, black homeownership, tax credits (LIFT Act), voting rights, criminal justice reform, etc. blackamericaweb.com/2019/02/08/kam…
Breakfast Club 2/11 (44:58)
Topics include: Prosecutorial record; criminal justice reform; fighting Trump; defending Obama; Black agenda; identity politics;racism is a natl security issue;racial disparities;blackness; truancy;legalize marijuana;fun stuff
WMUR New Hamsphire Interview 2/18 (11:55)
Topics include: frontrunner vs underdog; competing in NH; the age factor in evaluating candidates; work on lynching bill; racism and racial reconciliation; border wall; opiod crisis; etc.
NH Politics & Eggs event 2/19 (41:33)
NH Townhall 2/18 (1:03:07)
Topics include: child separation, Trump's tax cuts for wealthy; gun control/violence; restoring truth/trust in government; economy, etc.
SC Townhall 2/18
Daily show 2/20 (18:00)
Topics include: campaign pettiness; small businesses; border security; LIFT Act; debt free college; etc. Fav quote:"If you are not native American you are an immigrant; unless you were kidnapped and brought over on a slave ship".
Daily Show 2/20 Part 2 (12:17)
Topics include: Tupac; how will she change minds of people who won't support a BW; path to legal immigration; DACA
Grio 2/25 (5:59)
Topic: Black Agenda
The Root 2/26 (19:43)
Topics include: Responsibility to Black voters; Trump's racism; racism in America; identity politics; prosecutorial history; criminal justice reform; decriminalization of sex workers;
Jimmy Kimmel 3/19 (12:39)
Topics include: What it's like to run for Prez; how her family feels about her running; Wrestler with a similar name (lol); Electoral College; what distinguishes prosecute the case against Trump". Harris-Hammil ticket (lol); etc.
Morehouse College 3/24 Campaign Rally (25:00)
Andrea Mitchell Reports 3/26
Kamala Harris joins Andrea to discuss key domestic issues (12:37) msnbc.com/andrea-mitchel…
CBS this morning teacher pay 3/26
Topics include: DOJ not defending Obamacare; closing teacher pay gap (paid for by increasing estate tax); Federal matching $3 to $1
Human Rights Campaign Gala 3/31
California Labor Joint Legislative Conference Keynote 4/1
Make it Plain with Mark Thompson 4/5 (25:36). Wide ranging interview on a variety of topics. My favorite part was the discussion about Nipsey Hussle. facebook.com/MakeItPlain/vi…
Pod Save America Interview (4/17) (54:27).
Wide-ranging interview covering topics (but not limited to): her prosecutorial background; Senate work; health care; immigration, etc.
For those interested in a summary (not an A-Z list) of Kamala's policies. Check out this thread...
I've heard more vitriol directed @ VP for telling people they can Google testing sites than Ron DeSantis got for letting 1 MILLION covid tests expire during the Omicron surge & refusing to open state sites. Homegirl ⬇️ said nothing about that but called VP wicked. A few things 🧵
The admin has already conceded more needed to be done on testing AND they have done exactly that. Also even before Omicron, they already invested $1 billion in at-home testing capacity. States also have a responsibility for scaling up testing.
Testing wait times are longer not because VP wickedly refuses to wave her magic pinky, it's because we are dealing with astronomical surge of cases. The daily avg is 800K new cases with a positivity rate>30%. Labs don't have the capacity to turn results around quicker (see ⬇️)
I see there is a sudden renewed interest in anti-lynching legislation as opposed to mostly crickets last year when Rand Klan Paul filibustered it. Here's a quick thread on where it stands for people who are afraid Juneteenth is distracting from getting it passed ⬇️
Last year's George Floyd #JusticeInPolicing Act included #MVPHarris' Justice for Lynching Victims Act (JFVLA), but it was taken out in this session. The JFLVA is still in the Republicans JUSTICE Act. The House has 2 bills & the Senate has 1 that are still in committees.
In the House, the Emmett Till and Will Brown Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2021 is identical to the Senate bill introduced by then Sen #KamalaHarris & co-sponsored by Sen Booker that passed unanimously in the Sen 2X; but it has much fewer co-sponsors than the other bill.
To the "betcha Kamala Harris wouldn't March at a BLM rally" people who responded to her appearance at DC Pride...per usual you are loud and wrong. She ALREADY DID. What else y'all wanna be fake mad about? #MVPHarris
To the "betcha Kamala won't keep the same energy for Juneteenth" folks in response to her appearance at DC Pride- per usual y'all loud & wrong. She introduced a bill to make Juneteenth a national holiday & appeared at a rally. What else yall wanna be fake mad about? #MVPHarris
To the "why won't she speak out about the lynching bill" folks in response to her at DC Pride- per usual y'all loud & wrong. She successfully got it passed after 200 prior failed attempts in the Senate b4 Rand Paul blocked it. What else yall wanna be fake mad about? #MVPHarris
Chile now folks are saying VP of the UNITED STATES Kamala Harris is supposed to solve the COVID-19 crisis in a whole ass nother sovereign country? Let's speak truth: MVP isn't getting attacked because she isn't Indian/Asian enough...she's getting attacked cuz she's too Black.
The common theme in these #MVPHarris hit pieces against isn't just anti-Blackness & racial gatekeeping, it's people making arbitrary measures of how much/ what VP should SAY with no regard for what is being done. We gotta get away from the tweet or it didn't happen culture.
Let me show you how they blatantly LIE on MVP. The article paints VP as only commenting on India as an afterthought at random events not about India. Yet here VP is at an event specifically about US->India relief efforts also speaking about her personal connection.
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.@carmax Drastically reducing the offer was annoying but I have other options incl. keeping my paid off car. But to sign over my title without my consent is outrageous! Now I have to wait for another title to be ordered because I for damn sure ain't accepting their rip off offer.
I should've just used the Far superior online sales option my husband used that didn't bait & switch. Apparently @carmax thinks I have a crack habit I need to support by selling my car for crackhead prices. I can assure them I do not! I'll keep y'all posted but I am PISSED!