In an exclusive interview, @19thnews speaks with @KamalaHarris about how #COVID19 is affecting marginalized communities; voting during a pandemic; and the vice presidential chatter around her.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/15/sen-kamala-harris-coronavirus-disparities-veep-question/ …
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“This public health crisis has shone a microscope on the gross disparities that existed based on race, based on income, long before we’ve ever heard the word ‘coronavirus.’”
@KamalaHarris tells@19thnews.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/15/sen-kamala-harris-coronavirus-disparities-veep-question/ …1 reply 26 retweets 42 likesShow this thread -
@KamalaHarris on racial health disparities: "[Black people are] 40% more likely to have [high blood pressure]; black woman three times more likely to have [lupus] than white women; black women are 3X more likely to die in childbirth."https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/15/sen-kamala-harris-coronavirus-disparities-veep-question/ …1 reply 19 retweets 37 likesShow this thread -
@KamalaHarris on being a vice president contender: “I have to be very honest with you: I am not thinking about that. I really am not. … I’m honored, of course, to be part of the conversation, but it’s not where my head is at.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/15/sen-kamala-harris-coronavirus-disparities-veep-question/ …4 replies 22 retweets 49 likesShow this thread -
@KamalaHarris on voting during a pandemic: “We don’t want people to get sick, we don’t want people to get deterred because certain states may shut down polling places, we want people to exercise their voice.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/15/sen-kamala-harris-coronavirus-disparities-veep-question/ …1 reply 25 retweets 52 likesShow this thread
@KamalaHarris on the stakes of the 2020 election: “If there was any question of whether [Trump], in a time of crisis, could be a leader, I think the question has been answered. And that answer is no.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/15/sen-kamala-harris-coronavirus-disparities-veep-question/ …
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