Kamala Harris - Policy stance

Fiscal Policy

Harris emphasizes that wage increases have outpaced inflation since the pandemic, contrasting this with Trump’s plans to further cut taxes for the wealthy 1.

Harris advocates for growing the economy by expanding the middle class and defending core democratic principles, positioning her strategy against Trump's vision of economic policy favoring the rich 2.

She has embarked on an Economic Opportunity Tour to highlight and defend the economic policies enacted under the Biden administration while criticizing Trump's economic agenda 3.

Harris aims to focus on lowering costs for working families, restoring freedoms, and bringing jobs and supply chains back to the U.S. This indicates a continuation yet possibly a more intensified focus on certain economic aspects compared to Biden 4.

Abortion

Vice President Kamala Harris has openly advocated for federal protections on abortion rights, proposing during her first presidential campaign that states should clear laws regulating abortion with the Department of Justice to ensure their constitutionality before they take effect, a measure aimed at limiting state restrictions on abortions 5.

Harris embarked on a nationwide Reproductive Freedoms Tour to highlight and counter attacks on abortion access, a centerpiece of her tenure as vice president, and she attended her first stop in Wisconsin on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, showcasing her proactive stance on the issue 6.

She proposed legislation that would federally protect a woman's right to choose, a stark contrast to some of the more cautious approaches seen in Biden's tenure, although she shares the fundamental viewpoint that women should be able to make their own healthcare decisions without political interference 7 8.

Harris' aggressive stance on protecting abortion rights includes becoming the first president or vice president to visit an abortion clinic, indicating her willingness to place herself directly in advocacy roles, which may be seen as more front-line than Biden's more traditional executive actions 9.

5: Harris proposed federal protections that would limit state abortion restrictions during her first presidential campaign. Under her proposal, states would need to clear laws regulating abortion with the Department of Justice, which would need to confirm they are constitutional before taking effect, she explained in 2019. View Source6: Harris’ support for women’s access to abortions has been a focal point of her tenure as the country’s first female vice president. She embarked on a nationwide Reproductive Freedoms Tour earlier this year to draw attention to attacks on abortion access following the Dobbs decision. She attended her first stop in Wisconsin on Jan. 22, the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. View Source7: Vice President Kamala Harris, unlike President Biden, speaks easily and openly about abortion rights. View Source8: “We believe women should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians,” she said. “Kamala Harris is going to be looking at Donald Trump, the guy that did the video this year that said he was proudly the person who overturned Roe v. Wade. She is the prosecutor, is going to be able to talk about what he’s done all of his felony indictments in a way that you’ve never seen before, and then she’s going to be able to talk about the economic record.” View Source9: “When people talk about Harris, they don’t talk about the nuance. For a large majority of her career, she was a lawyer, which is not transferable to being the vice president,” Etienne says. “But it’s clear she understands the value she adds now in a way that I don’t think we knew in her first year. And so the administration is giving her more space to flex. She’s gotten a little looser, running greater risks. Like when she went down to Florida and went after [Ron] DeSantis. Or going to Minnesota and becoming the first president or vice president to visit an abortion clinic, right? She’s putting herself in the center of the action and it’s paying off. She’s got higher favorables than the president with key constituencies, from Black and brown people to young people and women.” View Source

Climate & Energy

As a presidential candidate in 2019, Kamala Harris proposed an ambitious $10 trillion climate plan aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, with targets such as 100-percent carbon-neutral electricity by 2030 and a ban on fracking 10, 11.

Harris has a history of prosecuting environmental violations, securing substantial settlements from corporations like Volkswagen and ConocoPhillips, demonstrating her commitment to holding polluters accountable 12, 13.

As vice president, Harris was significantly involved in promoting the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest climate investment in U.S. history, and announced major U.S. climate commitments at COP28, such as doubling energy efficiency and tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 14.

Harris co-sponsored the Green New Deal, advocating for a dramatic increase in renewable energy production, which marks a more aggressive stance compared to Biden’s initial, less extensive climate policies 15.

10: As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris proposed a $10 trillion climate plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 on the campaign trail, including 100-percent carbon-neutral electricity by 2030. Under the plan, 50 percent of new vehicles sold would be zero-emission by 2030; and 100 percent of cars by 2035. But that proposal, like similarly ambitious climate change proposals released by other Democrats during that election cycle, was nothing more than a campaign wishlist. A better indicator of what her plans for climate change as president would look like — better, even, than her record as vice president, as much of her agenda was set by the Biden administration — could be buried in her record as San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011 and as California attorney general from 2011 to 2017. View Source11: While running for president in 2019, she proposed a climate plan with a $10 trillion price tag — nearly ten times more than the $1.6 million Biden has invested in addressing the issue. She also called for a ban on fracking. View Source12: Vice President Kamala Harris has for years made the environment a top concern, from prosecuting polluters as California’s attorney general to sponsoring the Green New Deal as a senator to casting the tiebreaking vote as vice president for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in United States history. View Source13: As attorney general, Harris secured an $86 million settlement from Volkswagen for rigging its vehicles with emissions-cheating software and investigated ExxonMobil over its climate change disclosures. She also filed a civil lawsuit against Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips for environmental violations at gas stations, which eventually resulted in a $11.5 million settlement. And she conducted a criminal investigation of an oil company over a 2015 spill in Santa Barbara. The company was found guilty and convicted on nine criminal charges. View Source14: As vice president, Harris argued for the allocation of $20 billion for the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, aimed at aiding disadvantaged communities facing climate impacts, and frequently promoted the IRA at events, touting the bill’s investments in clean energy jobs, including installation of energy-efficient lighting, and replacing gas furnaces with electric heat pumps. She was also the highest-ranking U.S. official to attend the international climate talks at COP28 in Dubai last year, where she announced a U.S. commitment to double energy efficiency and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. At that same conference, Harris announced a $3 billion commitment to the Green Climate Fund to help developing nations adapt to climate challenges, although Politico reported that the sum was “subject to the availability of funds,” according to the Treasury Department. View Source15: As a senator, she co-sponsored the Green New Deal, which called for a dramatic increase in the production of renewable fuels, including wind, solar, and hydropower sources. The 10-year mobilization plan pushed for a transition to energy systems less reliant on generating greenhouse gases, which are the primary contributors to climate change. View Source

Democracy & Rule of Law

Kamala Harris has been a steadfast defender of the rule of law throughout her career, as demonstrated by her experience and effectiveness in holding figures like Donald Trump accountable for their actions, including significant felony indictments 16 17.

Harris has taken a more front-line approach in defending democratic principles and ensuring accountability compared to Biden’s more traditional executive actions. This includes her proactive cross-examination of conservative Supreme Court nominees and direct advocacy on various issues such as reproductive rights 18 19 20.

Aligning with democratic values, Harris has praised Biden’s transformational leadership and demonstrated her commitment to continuing his legacy while enhancing it with her proactive stance on key issues, indicating a more vocal and active engagement 21 22.

Harris’ prosecutorial background and public confrontations showcase her willingness to directly challenge undemocratic forces and uphold the rule of law, contrasting with Biden's more institutional approach 23 24 25.

16: “We believe women should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians,” she said. “Kamala Harris is going to be looking at Donald Trump, the guy that did the video this year that said he was proudly the person who overturned Roe v. Wade. She is the prosecutor, is going to be able to talk about what he’s done all of his felony indictments in a way that you’ve never seen before, and then she’s going to be able to talk about the economic record.” View Source17: Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, recalled Harris’ cross examination of conservative Supreme Court nominees who ultimately overturned the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade. View Source18: “We believe women should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians,” she said. “Kamala Harris is going to be looking at Donald Trump, the guy that did the video this year that said he was proudly the person who overturned Roe v. Wade. She is the prosecutor, is going to be able to talk about what he’s done all of his felony indictments in a way that you’ve never seen before, and then she’s going to be able to talk about the economic record.” View Source19: For four years now, Vice President Harris has been in the trenches fighting against right-wing populist forces challenging America’s future here at home and abroad. During her term, Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions ranging from humanitarian to military. She was a point person for the administration on immigration, on climate and on women’s right to health care and reproductive freedom. Sometimes studious, sometimes vivacious, she has emerged as the very antithesis of Trump. Harris and Trump now offer voters the starkest political contrast in U.S. campaign history since 1860. View Source20: Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, recalled Harris’ cross examination of conservative Supreme Court nominees who ultimately overturned the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade. View Source21: "Vice President Harris was a critical partner in building the Biden record over the past four years," he added. "Count me in with Kamala Harris for president.” View Source22: It's the first time she'll be delivering public remarks since Biden dropped out of the race and she jumped in, but sources around the VP say she is not expected to talk about her candidacy since it's an official White House event. However, Harris is expected talk about Biden. View Source23: "Vice President Harris has proven, at every point in her career, that she possesses the skills, strength, and character to lead this country and the vision to better the lives of all Americans," he says. View Source24: Countering Trump’s innate sexism and lawlessness, Biden recognized and valued the incisive intelligence Harris had honed as a courtroom prosecutor, district attorney, attorney general and senator. View Source25: Everyone who truly knows Harris, not the media, knows she is brilliant and an empathetic voice for social justice. The vice president’s family — as recounted in her excellent memoir, “The Truths We Hold” — is part of the great American immigrant success story. When Trump said at a 2023 New Hampshire rally that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Harris’ response came swift and hard. “It is language meant to divide us,” she said later the same day, likening Trump’s vitriol to “the language of Hitler.” View Source

Foreign Policy

Kamala Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions that involve a wide range of foreign policy issues including humanitarian efforts and military matters 26.

Harris has largely aligned with Joe Biden on major foreign policy issues, including maintaining robust relations with China and firmly supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression. She has labeled Russia's actions in Ukraine as "crimes against humanity" 27.

One area where Harris might diverge from Biden is on the issue of Israel. While she has not opposed Biden's staunch support for Israel, she has shown signs of being tougher on the Israeli-Gaza conflict, expressing sympathy for Palestinian casualties and calling for a temporary cease-fire 28 29.

26: For four years now, Vice President Harris has been in the trenches fighting against right-wing populist forces challenging America’s future here at home and abroad. During her term, Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions ranging from humanitarian to military. She was a point person for the administration on immigration, on climate and on women’s right to health care and reproductive freedom. Sometimes studious, sometimes vivacious, she has emerged as the very antithesis of Trump. Harris and Trump now offer voters the starkest political contrast in U.S. campaign history since 1860. View Source27: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source28: As Biden’s second-in-command, Harris has largely stood behind his foreign policy positions, but there are signs she could be tougher on Israel over the war in Gaza than the president. View Source29: Harris has not directly opposed Biden’s staunch support for Israel, but has expressed sympathy for the more than 38,000 Palestinian lives lost during the conflict. She was one of the first high-profile members of his administration to call for an immediate temporary cease-fire in March. She acknowledged the “immense scale of suffering” in Gaza and said the Israel-Hamas war is a “humanitarian catastrophe” for innocent civilians. View Source

Immigration

Vice President Kamala Harris has been the administration's point person on immigration, a central issue she has confronted through extensive travel and diplomatic efforts, distinguishing her as a proactive figure in this policy area 30.

She has often been criticized by Republicans for her more liberal immigration positions compared to Biden, who they argue has used Harris to cover weaknesses in his own immigration policies 31 32.

Harris' response to anti-immigrant sentiments, like those expressed by Trump, has been forceful and immediate, highlighting her commitment to defending immigrant communities and opposing divisive rhetoric, which contrasts with Biden’s more measured approach 33.

While tasked by Biden with addressing migration to the southern border, Harris has not deviated significantly from his overall stance, but her proactive diplomacy and direct involvement in immigration issues present a more hands-on approach compared to Biden's broader executive oversight 34.

30: For four years now, Vice President Harris has been in the trenches fighting against right-wing populist forces challenging America’s future here at home and abroad. During her term, Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions ranging from humanitarian to military. She was a point person for the administration on immigration, on climate and on women’s right to health care and reproductive freedom. Sometimes studious, sometimes vivacious, she has emerged as the very antithesis of Trump. Harris and Trump now offer voters the starkest political contrast in U.S. campaign history since 1860. View Source31: Specifically, Republicans are already highlighting Harris’s more liberal immigration positions and will argue that she “covered up” for Biden’s mental acuity. “You lied about it every day,” senior Trump campaign official Chris LaCivita said on X. View Source32: While Harris' video has gone viral, Trump's allies have also immediately launched an attack on the vice president. The Republican National Committee released a video on YouTube, branded as "the truth about Kamala Harris." The video was centered around Harris' immigration policies, which Trump has made a focus of his own campaign. These views were spotlighted during the RNC in his speech on July 18 where he accepted the GOP nomination. The former president said, "We become a dumping ground for the rest of the world, which is laughing at us." View Source33: Everyone who truly knows Harris, not the media, knows she is brilliant and an empathetic voice for social justice. The vice president’s family — as recounted in her excellent memoir, “The Truths We Hold” — is part of the great American immigrant success story. When Trump said at a 2023 New Hampshire rally that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Harris’ response came swift and hard. “It is language meant to divide us,” she said later the same day, likening Trump’s vitriol to “the language of Hitler.” View Source34: Harris was never given this title, although in 2021 Biden tasked her with collaborating with other countries with the goal of "stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border." View Source

Ukraine & Russia

Vice President Kamala Harris aligns closely with Joe Biden's stance on Ukraine and Russia, explicitly labeling Russia's actions in Ukraine over the past two years as "crimes against humanity" 35.

Harris has shown no indication that she will diverge from Biden's overarching support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, maintaining a consistent and firm stance against Russian aggression 36.

While Harris might vary from Biden on some other geopolitical issues, such as taking a potentially tougher stance on Israel over the Gaza conflict, no significant changes are expected in her position on Ukraine compared to Biden's 37.

35: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source36: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source37: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source

Israel & Gaza

Vice President Kamala Harris has expressed sympathy for the more than 38,000 Palestinian lives lost during the conflict and was one of the first high-profile members of the administration to call for an immediate temporary cease-fire, acknowledging the “immense scale of suffering” in Gaza and describing the Israel-Hamas war as a “humanitarian catastrophe” for innocent civilians 38.

Although Harris generally aligns with Biden's foreign policy positions, her calls for a temporary cease-fire and her explicit sympathy for Palestinian casualties set her apart, suggesting she could be more proactive in addressing the humanitarian aspects of the conflict 39.

38: Harris has not directly opposed Biden’s staunch support for Israel, but has expressed sympathy for the more than 38,000 Palestinian lives lost during the conflict. She was one of the first high-profile members of his administration to call for an immediate temporary cease-fire in March. She acknowledged the “immense scale of suffering” in Gaza and said the Israel-Hamas war is a “humanitarian catastrophe” for innocent civilians. View Source39: As Biden’s second-in-command, Harris has largely stood behind his foreign policy positions, but there are signs she could be tougher on Israel over the war in Gaza than the president. View Source

Gender & LGBTQ Rights

Kamala Harris has actively opposed policies restricting discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in educational settings, as demonstrated by her criticism of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law during a Pride Month event. This positions her as an ardent supporter of LGBTQ rights 40.

Harris has placed herself directly in advocacy roles, illustrated by her becoming the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic, which underscores her proactive stance on gender and LGBTQ issues. This approach is more front-line compared to Biden’s traditional executive actions 41.

Harris introduces significant elements of race and gender into the political landscape, distinguishing her from Biden whose earlier efforts did not focus as intensely on these aspects. Her candidacy thus brings a more vocal and direct approach to gender and LGBTQ issues 42.

40: At a Pride Month event last year, she criticized Florida’s 2022 “Don’t Say Gay” law banning educators from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary and middle school classrooms. Shortly after she announced her presidential campaign Sunday, the American Federation of Teachers endorsed Harris. View Source41: “When people talk about Harris, they don’t talk about the nuance. For a large majority of her career, she was a lawyer, which is not transferable to being the vice president,” Etienne says. “But it’s clear she understands the value she adds now in a way that I don’t think we knew in her first year. And so the administration is giving her more space to flex. She’s gotten a little looser, running greater risks. Like when she went down to Florida and went after [Ron] DeSantis. Or going to Minnesota and becoming the first president or vice president to visit an abortion clinic, right? She’s putting herself in the center of the action and it’s paying off. She’s got higher favorables than the president with key constituencies, from Black and brown people to young people and women.” View Source42: Biden’s exit from the race upends Trump’s campaign too. Republicans are well-versed in campaigning against Harris, but the elevation of the first multiracial woman will inject new elements of race and gender into a contest that previously was between two elderly white men. View Source

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1: While on tour, she touted legislation passed during Biden’s time in office, including the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act. Harris has tried to emphasize that wage increases have outpaced inflation since the pandemic and made the case that Trump has plans to give more tax cuts to the rich. View Source2: “While Donald Trump campaigns on dividing the American people and rigging the system for the rich, Kamala Harris will grow the economy by growing the middle class and defend our core principles of democracy and justice for all. I’m proud to stand with Kamala and excited to get to work to elect her!” Clark said in a statement. View Source3: Harris has traveled on an Economic Opportunity Tour this summer to defend the Biden administration’s economic policy and attack former President Donald Trump’s economic agenda. View Source4: “In Vice President Harris, Michigan voters have a presidential candidate they can count on to focus on lowering their costs, restoring their freedoms, bringing jobs and supply chains back home from overseas, and building an economy that works for working people,” Whitmer said in a statement. “She’s a former prosecutor, a champion for reproductive freedom, and I know that she’s got Michigan’s back.” View Source5: Harris proposed federal protections that would limit state abortion restrictions during her first presidential campaign. Under her proposal, states would need to clear laws regulating abortion with the Department of Justice, which would need to confirm they are constitutional before taking effect, she explained in 2019. View Source6: Harris’ support for women’s access to abortions has been a focal point of her tenure as the country’s first female vice president. She embarked on a nationwide Reproductive Freedoms Tour earlier this year to draw attention to attacks on abortion access following the Dobbs decision. She attended her first stop in Wisconsin on Jan. 22, the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. View Source7: Vice President Kamala Harris, unlike President Biden, speaks easily and openly about abortion rights. View Source8: “We believe women should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians,” she said. “Kamala Harris is going to be looking at Donald Trump, the guy that did the video this year that said he was proudly the person who overturned Roe v. Wade. She is the prosecutor, is going to be able to talk about what he’s done all of his felony indictments in a way that you’ve never seen before, and then she’s going to be able to talk about the economic record.” View Source9: “When people talk about Harris, they don’t talk about the nuance. For a large majority of her career, she was a lawyer, which is not transferable to being the vice president,” Etienne says. “But it’s clear she understands the value she adds now in a way that I don’t think we knew in her first year. And so the administration is giving her more space to flex. She’s gotten a little looser, running greater risks. Like when she went down to Florida and went after [Ron] DeSantis. Or going to Minnesota and becoming the first president or vice president to visit an abortion clinic, right? She’s putting herself in the center of the action and it’s paying off. She’s got higher favorables than the president with key constituencies, from Black and brown people to young people and women.” View Source10: As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris proposed a $10 trillion climate plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 on the campaign trail, including 100-percent carbon-neutral electricity by 2030. Under the plan, 50 percent of new vehicles sold would be zero-emission by 2030; and 100 percent of cars by 2035. But that proposal, like similarly ambitious climate change proposals released by other Democrats during that election cycle, was nothing more than a campaign wishlist. A better indicator of what her plans for climate change as president would look like — better, even, than her record as vice president, as much of her agenda was set by the Biden administration — could be buried in her record as San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011 and as California attorney general from 2011 to 2017. View Source11: While running for president in 2019, she proposed a climate plan with a $10 trillion price tag — nearly ten times more than the $1.6 million Biden has invested in addressing the issue. She also called for a ban on fracking. View Source12: Vice President Kamala Harris has for years made the environment a top concern, from prosecuting polluters as California’s attorney general to sponsoring the Green New Deal as a senator to casting the tiebreaking vote as vice president for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in United States history. View Source13: As attorney general, Harris secured an $86 million settlement from Volkswagen for rigging its vehicles with emissions-cheating software and investigated ExxonMobil over its climate change disclosures. She also filed a civil lawsuit against Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips for environmental violations at gas stations, which eventually resulted in a $11.5 million settlement. And she conducted a criminal investigation of an oil company over a 2015 spill in Santa Barbara. The company was found guilty and convicted on nine criminal charges. View Source14: As vice president, Harris argued for the allocation of $20 billion for the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, aimed at aiding disadvantaged communities facing climate impacts, and frequently promoted the IRA at events, touting the bill’s investments in clean energy jobs, including installation of energy-efficient lighting, and replacing gas furnaces with electric heat pumps. She was also the highest-ranking U.S. official to attend the international climate talks at COP28 in Dubai last year, where she announced a U.S. commitment to double energy efficiency and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. At that same conference, Harris announced a $3 billion commitment to the Green Climate Fund to help developing nations adapt to climate challenges, although Politico reported that the sum was “subject to the availability of funds,” according to the Treasury Department. View Source15: As a senator, she co-sponsored the Green New Deal, which called for a dramatic increase in the production of renewable fuels, including wind, solar, and hydropower sources. The 10-year mobilization plan pushed for a transition to energy systems less reliant on generating greenhouse gases, which are the primary contributors to climate change. View Source16: “We believe women should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians,” she said. “Kamala Harris is going to be looking at Donald Trump, the guy that did the video this year that said he was proudly the person who overturned Roe v. Wade. She is the prosecutor, is going to be able to talk about what he’s done all of his felony indictments in a way that you’ve never seen before, and then she’s going to be able to talk about the economic record.” View Source17: Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, recalled Harris’ cross examination of conservative Supreme Court nominees who ultimately overturned the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade. View Source18: “We believe women should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians,” she said. “Kamala Harris is going to be looking at Donald Trump, the guy that did the video this year that said he was proudly the person who overturned Roe v. Wade. She is the prosecutor, is going to be able to talk about what he’s done all of his felony indictments in a way that you’ve never seen before, and then she’s going to be able to talk about the economic record.” View Source19: For four years now, Vice President Harris has been in the trenches fighting against right-wing populist forces challenging America’s future here at home and abroad. During her term, Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions ranging from humanitarian to military. She was a point person for the administration on immigration, on climate and on women’s right to health care and reproductive freedom. Sometimes studious, sometimes vivacious, she has emerged as the very antithesis of Trump. Harris and Trump now offer voters the starkest political contrast in U.S. campaign history since 1860. View Source20: Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, recalled Harris’ cross examination of conservative Supreme Court nominees who ultimately overturned the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade. View Source21: "Vice President Harris was a critical partner in building the Biden record over the past four years," he added. "Count me in with Kamala Harris for president.” View Source22: It's the first time she'll be delivering public remarks since Biden dropped out of the race and she jumped in, but sources around the VP say she is not expected to talk about her candidacy since it's an official White House event. However, Harris is expected talk about Biden. View Source23: "Vice President Harris has proven, at every point in her career, that she possesses the skills, strength, and character to lead this country and the vision to better the lives of all Americans," he says. View Source24: Countering Trump’s innate sexism and lawlessness, Biden recognized and valued the incisive intelligence Harris had honed as a courtroom prosecutor, district attorney, attorney general and senator. View Source25: Everyone who truly knows Harris, not the media, knows she is brilliant and an empathetic voice for social justice. The vice president’s family — as recounted in her excellent memoir, “The Truths We Hold” — is part of the great American immigrant success story. When Trump said at a 2023 New Hampshire rally that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Harris’ response came swift and hard. “It is language meant to divide us,” she said later the same day, likening Trump’s vitriol to “the language of Hitler.” View Source26: For four years now, Vice President Harris has been in the trenches fighting against right-wing populist forces challenging America’s future here at home and abroad. During her term, Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions ranging from humanitarian to military. She was a point person for the administration on immigration, on climate and on women’s right to health care and reproductive freedom. Sometimes studious, sometimes vivacious, she has emerged as the very antithesis of Trump. Harris and Trump now offer voters the starkest political contrast in U.S. campaign history since 1860. View Source27: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source28: As Biden’s second-in-command, Harris has largely stood behind his foreign policy positions, but there are signs she could be tougher on Israel over the war in Gaza than the president. View Source29: Harris has not directly opposed Biden’s staunch support for Israel, but has expressed sympathy for the more than 38,000 Palestinian lives lost during the conflict. She was one of the first high-profile members of his administration to call for an immediate temporary cease-fire in March. She acknowledged the “immense scale of suffering” in Gaza and said the Israel-Hamas war is a “humanitarian catastrophe” for innocent civilians. View Source30: For four years now, Vice President Harris has been in the trenches fighting against right-wing populist forces challenging America’s future here at home and abroad. During her term, Harris has traveled extensively, visiting 21 countries on missions ranging from humanitarian to military. She was a point person for the administration on immigration, on climate and on women’s right to health care and reproductive freedom. Sometimes studious, sometimes vivacious, she has emerged as the very antithesis of Trump. Harris and Trump now offer voters the starkest political contrast in U.S. campaign history since 1860. View Source31: Specifically, Republicans are already highlighting Harris’s more liberal immigration positions and will argue that she “covered up” for Biden’s mental acuity. “You lied about it every day,” senior Trump campaign official Chris LaCivita said on X. View Source32: While Harris' video has gone viral, Trump's allies have also immediately launched an attack on the vice president. The Republican National Committee released a video on YouTube, branded as "the truth about Kamala Harris." The video was centered around Harris' immigration policies, which Trump has made a focus of his own campaign. These views were spotlighted during the RNC in his speech on July 18 where he accepted the GOP nomination. The former president said, "We become a dumping ground for the rest of the world, which is laughing at us." View Source33: Everyone who truly knows Harris, not the media, knows she is brilliant and an empathetic voice for social justice. The vice president’s family — as recounted in her excellent memoir, “The Truths We Hold” — is part of the great American immigrant success story. When Trump said at a 2023 New Hampshire rally that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Harris’ response came swift and hard. “It is language meant to divide us,” she said later the same day, likening Trump’s vitriol to “the language of Hitler.” View Source34: Harris was never given this title, although in 2021 Biden tasked her with collaborating with other countries with the goal of "stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border." View Source35: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source36: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source37: Harris has not given reason to believe she will deviate much from Biden on issues relating to China, for example. She is also unlikely to sway from supporting Ukraine. Harris said earlier this year that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine over the last two years. View Source38: Harris has not directly opposed Biden’s staunch support for Israel, but has expressed sympathy for the more than 38,000 Palestinian lives lost during the conflict. She was one of the first high-profile members of his administration to call for an immediate temporary cease-fire in March. She acknowledged the “immense scale of suffering” in Gaza and said the Israel-Hamas war is a “humanitarian catastrophe” for innocent civilians. View Source39: As Biden’s second-in-command, Harris has largely stood behind his foreign policy positions, but there are signs she could be tougher on Israel over the war in Gaza than the president. View Source40: At a Pride Month event last year, she criticized Florida’s 2022 “Don’t Say Gay” law banning educators from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary and middle school classrooms. Shortly after she announced her presidential campaign Sunday, the American Federation of Teachers endorsed Harris. View Source41: “When people talk about Harris, they don’t talk about the nuance. For a large majority of her career, she was a lawyer, which is not transferable to being the vice president,” Etienne says. “But it’s clear she understands the value she adds now in a way that I don’t think we knew in her first year. And so the administration is giving her more space to flex. She’s gotten a little looser, running greater risks. Like when she went down to Florida and went after [Ron] DeSantis. Or going to Minnesota and becoming the first president or vice president to visit an abortion clinic, right? She’s putting herself in the center of the action and it’s paying off. She’s got higher favorables than the president with key constituencies, from Black and brown people to young people and women.” View Source42: Biden’s exit from the race upends Trump’s campaign too. Republicans are well-versed in campaigning against Harris, but the elevation of the first multiracial woman will inject new elements of race and gender into a contest that previously was between two elderly white men. View Source