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Vice President Kamala Harris wears her measured style as a badge of honor and said in a wide-ranging interview with radio host Charlamagne the God in Detroit on Tuesday that it’s “very scripted.” ”, he dismissed the criticism.
“It would be called discipline,” Harris said, arguing that “there are some things you have to repeat to make sure everyone understands your position.”
As her campaign vacillates in Michigan, Ms. Harris is courting key black male voters in her coalition, but has repeatedly pushed back against suggestions that she is disconnected from the black community, and her rival, former President Donald Trump. vigorously appealed against. He feeds on fear and agrees with the radio host that it is “about fascism.”
“When you vote in this election, you have two choices: you vote or you don’t vote, but when you vote, you have two choices, and those are two very different visions for our country,” Harris said. and gave his usual warning about Trump becoming president again. It will “set us back.”
But Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of radio show The Breakfast Club, urged the vice president to go further.
“The other one is about fascism,” he said. “Why can’t you say that?”
“Yes, I can say that,” Harris said.
In an hour-long town hall-style interview, Harris called the upcoming election “a race with a margin of error,” outlined new proposals aimed at appealing to black men, and talked about her economic outlook. Medical issues, medical proposals and plans were also discussed. He continues to push for justice in the George Floyd Police Act, an anti-police brutality bill that was defeated in Congress.
Harris defended her career as San Francisco district attorney, calling herself “one of the most progressive prosecutors” in marijuana cases. Harris said she would push for federal decriminalization if elected.
Asked how she plans to engage with the black community, particularly the black church, Harris said she “grew up” in the church and that any suggestion otherwise would amount to slander by the “Trump team.”
“They’re full of misinformation and disinformation because they’re trying to separate me from the people I’ve worked with and where I’m from,” said Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants. Because there is.” “Because if they don’t, they can’t do anything.”
At a rally in Aurora, Colo., last week, Harris also slammed President Trump’s pledge to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which facilitates the removal of undocumented gang members.
“He’s working full time on a campaign that instills fear, not hope, not optimism, not the future,” Harris said.
The night before, on a trail in Pennsylvania, she took the unusual step of playing to the audience a series of clips of President Trump calling his political opponents “the enemy within,” and that the video showed the former president “increasingly unstable.” , it’s in disarray.”
In an interview Tuesday, Harris called out President Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, which sparked an uproar that led local officials to cancel a celebration of cultural diversity and Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. called the state police. Protect school students.
“Look at what he did when he said legal immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets,” Harris said.
Mr. Trump and his running mate, junior Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, made false claims despite facing multiple fact-checks and public reprimands from Mr. DeWine and local officials. repeated.
Harris claimed it was a diversion to distract from President Trump’s successful effort to dismantle the bipartisan border agreement on Capitol Hill earlier this year.
“Hypocrisy is rampant when it comes to immigration, to be clear, when some of the most conservative members of the U.S. Congress worked with others to pass the strongest, toughest border security bill yet. “Because I sponsored a border security bill,” she said, “over a long, long time.”
“He likes to address problems rather than solve them, and we have to call it out and find out what it is,” Harris added.
After the interview, Harris stopped by a watch party at CRED Café, a coffee shop and event space owned by former NBA players Joe Crawford and Jordan Crawford. She thanked those in attendance and encouraged them to vote.
“Early voting, we all know that voting starts here in Michigan in four days, and Detroit will help make it happen for Michigan,” Harris said. “Michigan is going to help us win.”
Earlier in the day, she visited the Black-owned Norwest Art Gallery and joined actors Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo, and Detroit native Cornelius Smith Jr. for a conversation with Black men focused on entrepreneurship. We exchanged
This headline and story have been updated.
