On Kamala Harris’ San Francisco home turf, old friends root for her on presidential debate night

Steve Morton, center, and Michaiel Bovenes, right, react during a presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a watch party hosted by the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club at the Academy in San Francisco. “I’m so stressed out,” said Sieck, an abortion rights activist and longtime San Francisco political operative who met Kamala Harris in 2003 at a house party where the first-time candidate stood on a milk crate in her high heels and pearls and urged partygoers to vote for her for district attorney. “Tonight, this is one of our own.” Specialty ice cream honoring Vice President Kamala Harris was served at a presidential debate watch party in San Francisco But not everyone in the city was cheering for Harris. McCrea said the former president was “very well prepared” compared with Harris, whom she called “a stereotypical San Francisco Democrat” that “knows how to woo people in money circles.” Kathleen McCrea, right, takes notes while watching the presidential debate during a watch party hosted by the San Francisco Republican Party.