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Who is
Kamala
Harris?
What to
know
about
the
California
Senator
Danny
Clemens
ktrk.com
LOS
ANGELES
- Joe
Biden on
Tuesday
announced
California
Sen.
Kamala
Harris
as his
2020
running
mate.
Here's
what to
know
about
Harris
at a
glance.
Harris
has long
been
active
in local
and
state
politics
Harris,
who grew
up in
Oakland,
has
represented
California
in the
U.S.
Senate
alongside
fellow
Democrat
Sen.
Dianne
Feinstein
since
2017.
She
currently
serves
on the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
Homeland
Security
and
Governmental
Affairs
Committee,
Select
Committee
On
Intelligence
and the
Committee
On
Budget.
Before
she was
elected
to the
Senate,
Harris
served
two
terms as
the
district
attorney
in San
Francisco
and was
California's
attorney
general,
the
first
woman of
color to
hold
that
office.
She
previously
worked
in the
Alameda
County
District
Attorney's
Office
and the
San
Francisco
District
Attorney's
Office.
Harris
announced
her run
for the
presidency
in
January
2019.
She
suspended
her
campaign
in
December
citing a
lack of
funding.
Former
Vice
President
Joe
Biden
announced
Harris
as his
running
mate on
August
11,
2020.
Harris'
view for
the
future:
'We're
at an
inflection
moment'
While
discussing
her
memoir
in a
2019
interview
with ABC
News,
Harris
sounded
off on
her
vision
for
future
leaders
of the
country:
"I
think
we're at
an
inflection
moment,
not only
in the
history
of our
country
but in
the
history
of our
world.
There's
a lot
that is
in flux.
There is
a lot
that is
changing.
We have
emerging
and
descending
economies,
the
impact
of
technology
and
automation,
climate
change,
populations
are
shifting
-- there
is so
much
happening
in our
world
right
now.
"There
are a
lot of
people
who
rightly
feel
displaced
and who
are
wondering
where do
they
belong.
Are they
relevant?
Are they
seen?
Are we
thinking
about
them? It
is clear
to me
that
what we
need in
this
country
is
leadership
that has
a vision
of the
future
in which
everyone
can see
themselves."
"In
this
moment,
there
are a
lot of
people
that are
distrustful
of their
government
and its
institutions
and
leaders.
In order
to build
relationships
of
trust,
we must
speak
truth,"
she
added.
She
thinks
America
is ready
for a
woman of
color to
be
president
Speaking
on "The
View" on
in 2019,
Harris,
born to
immigrant
parents
from
Jamaica
and
India,
said she
thinks
the
American
people
are
"absolutely"
ready
for a
woman of
color to
hold the
office.
"I'm
not
saying
that
about
myself,
but I am
saying
that
about
the
capacity
of the
American
public,"
Harris
said.
"We need
to give
the
American
public
more
credit...they
are
smarter
than
that."
"The
vast
majority
of us
have so
much
more in
common
than
what
separates
us," she
said.
Harris
could
face
scrutiny
for her
time as
a
prosecutor
The
Associated
Press
explained
how
Harris
could
face
criticism
from the
left:
"In her
memoir...the
California
Democrat
describes
herself
as a
'progressive
prosecutor'
and says
it's a
'false
choice'
to
decide
between
supporting
the
police
and
advocating
for
greater
scrutiny
of law
enforcement.
The
argument
is aimed
at
liberal
critics
of her
record
who
argue
she was
sometimes
too
quick to
side
with the
police
and too
slow to
adopt
sentencing
reforms."
"The
passage
suggests
Harris
is aware
that her
seven
years as
the
district
attorney
in San
Francisco,
followed
by six
years as
California's
attorney
general,
is
something
she will
have to
explain
and
signals
how she
may
frame
her law
enforcement
career
if she
decides
to run
for the
White
House,"
the AP
added.
This
story
was
originally
posted
in
January
2019 and
has been
updated.
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