In prime time on Thursday evening American time, Harris and vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz were interviewed on CNN. Host Dana Bash opened the interview by asking Harris what she would do on her first day in the White House if she became president. Harris went straight to a very important issue for millions of Americans: their own wallet. Many have experienced receiving far worse advice under Joe Biden. – One of my most important priorities is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class, said Harris. Wants to bring Republicans to the White House In the interview, Harris blamed Donald Trump for the fact that the United States has become a more divided country in the last decade. She took the opportunity to try to rally the Americans. The presidential candidate said that she wants a Republican with her into the White House. – When important decisions are made, I think it is important to have people around the table with different views and experiences. I think it would be a benefit to the American people to have a Republican in the cabinet. However, she will not give any names. – I have 68 days left before the election, so I’m not putting the cart before the horse, says Harris to the channel. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz on their way out of the campaign bus in Savannah, Georgia. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / AP / NTB Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump brought cabinet members across party lines, but it has otherwise become a sort of tradition to do just this. Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are among those who have appointed several Republicans to high-ranking positions, while George W. Bush gave way to Democratic representatives when he was in power. Will continue to give weapons to Israel The new presidential candidate also had to answer about Israel’s military operation in Gaza. The war is splitting the Democratic Party, and many Democrats are critical of US support for Israel’s warfare. Harris was clear that Biden’s policy regarding arms support to Israel is firm. – Israel has the right to defend itself, and how the country does it matters. Far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed and we have to get the country a deal, said Harris. Furthermore, she said that she will work for a two-state solution that provides security for both Israelis and Palestinians. Harris has received criticism for only giving prepared speeches and not being interviewed. Photo: ANDREW HARNIK / AFP Harris was also confronted with the fact that she has changed her mind several times on important matters. In 2019, she took orders to ban fracking, a controversial form of oil and gas extraction. She doesn’t want that anymore. – The most important thing is that my values have not changed. I have always believed that the climate crisis is real, and that it is important that we take it seriously, says Harris. She will also continue to crack down on illegal immigration via the border with Mexico. Not asked for an interview Ever since Harris was announced as the Democrats’ presidential candidate, she has garnered a lot of criticism for not accepting questions from the press or asking for an interview, especially from Trump and his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at a campaign rally in Philadelphia earlier in August. Last night they answered questions from CNN. Photo: Reuters At the moment there is almost a dead heat between the candidates. A recent poll from the Wall Street Journal shows that Harris has 48 percent support, while Trump has 47 percent. With a margin of error of 2.5 percent, it is almost impossible to say who is leading. There was therefore great excitement attached to Harris’ performance. Especially when it comes to her solutions to the economic issues and animal times many Americans are experiencing. This is one of the political themes that many believe will decide the election. It is also a topic on which Trump has the most credibility among American voters. Kamala Harris hugs grandniece Leila Ajagu at the end of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Photo: AFP Harris, for his part, has “inherited” many Americans’ negative perception of President Joe Biden’s economic policy. They have both been accused of not understanding the problems of ordinary people. It seems that she has taken over. Will use public funds – Day one will be about starting to introduce what I call an opportunity economy. This includes, among other things, reducing the prices of basic goods. We will invest in small businesses. We will also invest in families, Harris said in the interview. Throughout the election campaign so far, she has spoken warmly about using large public sums to increase competition in the grocery industry and prevent the large concentration of power in the market. She has also advocated for the introduction of a federal law prohibiting overcharging. The idea is to prevent certain shops from taking advantage of crises to raise prices unnecessarily. All this, Harris hopes, will help to prevent further increases in food prices, and perhaps even lower the price of important basic goods. Facts about Kamala Harris Born October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California. Has Indian mother and Jamaican father. The mother was a cancer researcher, the father a professor of economics. Married to lawyer Douglas Emhoff, who is Jewish. Called “Momala” by her two stepchildren, Cole and Ella. Graduated in law from Howard University in Washington DC and the University of California. Became state attorney in San Francisco in 2004. Became the first black woman elected attorney general in California in 2010, a position she held until 2017 when she became a senator for the Democrats. Announced in January 2019 that she would seek to become the party’s presidential candidate, but withdrew in December and gave her support to Joe Biden. As a senator, among other things, he worked for health reform, stricter gun laws and progressive tax reform. Was mentioned as a possible Minister of Justice under President Barack Obama, as well as a possible judge on the US Supreme Court. Became the first woman, the first of African American background and the first of Indian background to be Vice President of the United States. Another issue that is important to many Americans is the ability to buy a place to live. Here, Harris has previously mentioned that she wants to spend a lot of government funds on building 3 million new homes for Americans. Harris will give first-time buyers a one-off allowance of $25,000, which will be used to pay off mortgages. Throughout his election campaign, Harris has so far argued for a policy that is a mixture of government intervention and aid to raise the purchasing power of the American middle class. She will give, among other things, tax relief for families with children, and newborns will receive a lump sum of 6,000 dollars. She also wants to make housing cheaper. In the next week, Harris will also announce a tax package for small, start-up businesses. She said that during an election campaign event in Savannah on Thursday. How will it be financed? But the big question is how all this and more will be financed. The New York Times has calculated that what she has proposed so far will raise the US national debt by $1.7 trillion over the next decade. So an awful lot of money. Here, Harris has been rather vague, but has said that she wants to keep Biden’s tax pressure on large companies and the super-rich. However, the New York Times writes that major donors to the Harris campaign are quietly putting pressure on Harris to stay away from such taxation. Published 29/08/2024, at 23.02 Updated 30.08.2024, at 07.21
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Kamala Harris gave her first interview as a presidential candidate – news Urix – Utenriksnyheter og -documentarer
