Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to journalist Roland Martin about her advocacy for the “opportunity economy,” her sharp criticism of former President Donald Trump, and her appeal to black voters. They discussed a variety of issues, including how the camp is tackling the issue. .
“Look at it in the context of how he actually thinks and talks about black people in America,” Harris told Martin. “And you and I have talked about this before, he doesn’t care about people when he’s a landlord and he’s not going to rent to a Black family. When he put out a full-page ad in the New York Times saying they should be executed: The Central Park Five. , the first black president of the United States, but he was born with lies,” Harris added.
she continued. “And now, if you look at the black immigrants, legal immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio, he gets on the debate stage and says they’re eating pets. Come on. This guy is dangerous.”
Harris went on to question Trump’s fitness to be president, taking advantage of Trump’s decision to skip the second debate or sit down for an interview on 60 Minutes, with staff members monitoring Trump. He accused her of making fun of him.
“Every president running for office in the last half century has done the same thing. Everyone has done it except Donald Trump. He will never argue with me again. He doesn’t give out his medical records, and you have to ask why his staff is doing that. “Maybe it’s because they think it’s not necessary, that it’s incompetent, that it’s unstable, that they don’t need to be that transparent with the American people. There’s a real choice in this election.” Harris said.
The vice president was also asked about the battleground state of North Carolina, where he was at the news conference, and the potential threat to voting rights, especially for Black Americans.
“So whoever’s watching this in North Carolina, Josh Stein running for governor is going to be a very important thing, so we should all be paying attention to the state House race. “I think that if we can shift the balance, we can move forward with more protections for voting rights in the state legislatures,” Harris responded.
Harris went on to criticize attempts to limit expanded voting during the pandemic.