Essential Politics: With long-distance calls, Kamala Harris dials up her diplomatic role
3 years, 10 months ago

Essential Politics: With long-distance calls, Kamala Harris dials up her diplomatic role

LA Times  

This is the Feb. 17, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. This week, I’ll be looking ahead to Harris’ potential as a major player in the Biden administration’s foreign policy, and how it could burnish her political credentials if she runs for president again, as many expect. Reversing ‘America First’ The content of Harris’ call with Macron wasn’t surprising: Both Macron and the Biden administration are eager to resume cooperation on environmental issues, building up alliances and human rights, after four years of friction with former President Trump and his “America First” agenda. She’s no Cheney Thomas Wright, director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, called Harris’ early involvement “pleasantly surprising” given her domestic policy priorities. — Days after Sen. Mitch McConnell denounced Trump on the Senate floor, Trump viciously castigated McConnell in a statement released Tuesday, calling him “a dour, sullen and unsmiling political hack.” — For four years, Democrats succeeded in unraveling much of the Trump agenda through a California-led deluge of lawsuits, Evan Halper writes.

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Opinion: America’s Next Chapter: The Case for Kamala Harris
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: America’s Next Chapter: The Case for Kamala Harris

Huff Post  

We are among the millions of Americans who have already cast their votes for Kamala Harris for president. When she’s crafting solutions for America’s future, she’s thinking about the single parent working two jobs who couldn’t make it to the town hall; the rural family struggling with internet access who couldn’t join the virtual meeting; the first-generation college student studying …

'Warped mind!' Trump rages at Harris' 'rhetoric' after she agrees he's a fascist
2 months ago

'Warped mind!' Trump rages at Harris' 'rhetoric' after she agrees he's a fascist

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump took to his app to rage against Kamala Harris following the vice president's town hall in Pennsylvania, reverting back to calling her "comrade" and saying she has a "warped mind." CNN moderator and anchor Anderson Cooper asked Harris if she believes Trump is a "fascist," in line with statements recently made by Mark Milley and John …

Over 100 former Republican officials, lawmakers endorse Harris
3 months ago

Over 100 former Republican officials, lawmakers endorse Harris

China Daily  

Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she addresses the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 47th Annual Leadership Conference in Washington US, Sept 18, 2024. NEW YORK - More than 100 former US Republican officials and lawmakers endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, while calling Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump "unfit …

Dick Cheney was once vilified by Democrats. Now he’s backing Harris. Will it matter?
3 months, 1 week ago

Dick Cheney was once vilified by Democrats. Now he’s backing Harris. Will it matter?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney is a career Republican still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War as vice president. “It’s easier for prominent Republicans like Cheney and Gonzales to say, ‘I support Kamala Harris’ because, in effect, their old home has been ransacked and destroyed,” said Will Marshall, the founder of the Progressive Policy Institute, a …

The World Can Now See Kamala Harris in its Most Powerful Job
3 months, 1 week ago

The World Can Now See Kamala Harris in its Most Powerful Job

Politico  

Some Trump critics had argued prior to the showdown that he was a stand-in for the autocrats a future President Harris may encounter — the Vladimir Putins and Xi Jinpings of the world. By the time the debate was over, several foreign officials from both U.S. allies and more neutral countries told me they felt more confident that Harris could …

Column: This is the problem with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney’s endorsement of Kamala Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: This is the problem with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney’s endorsement of Kamala Harris

LA Times  

Of all the living Republicans who have run on a presidential ticket, only two are publicly backing Donald Trump: Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice presidential candidate, and JD Vance, Trump’s current running mate. Mitt Romney, Trump’s immediate predecessor as the GOP presidential nominee, and his running mate, former House Speaker Paul Ryan, have said they won’t vote for Trump. And …

The next-generation foreign policy of Kamala Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The next-generation foreign policy of Kamala Harris

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris spent nearly four years working alongside a U.S. president for whom foreign policy is a passion bordering on political religion — one rooted in Cold War memories and a largely unchallenged U.S. global dominance. Her government, she said, has “built and sustained alliances” that made the U.S. the most “powerful and prosperous” country on Earth — …

Former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris

The Hindu  

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Dick Cheney put out a statement Friday confirming his endorsement, which read almost entirely as opposition to Mr. Trump rather than support of Harris. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.” Irrelevant, says Trump …

Dick Cheney says he will vote for Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dick Cheney says he will vote for Harris

NPR  

Dick Cheney says he will vote for Harris toggle caption Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he plans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris instead of former President Donald Trump — explaining that his decision had to do with Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Following the Cheneys' voice of support for …

Former vice president and staunch Republican Dick Cheney will vote for Harris over Trump, his daughter says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Former vice president and staunch Republican Dick Cheney will vote for Harris over Trump, his daughter says

The Independent  

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris

Associated Press  

— Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Like his daughter, Dick Cheney has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, notably during Liz Cheney’s ill-fated reelection campaign in 2022. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.” Trump responded on …

'Truly historic': Politicos shocked by news Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Truly historic': Politicos shocked by news Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris

Raw Story  

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most hardline conservatives in U.S. politics in the 2000s, is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic ticket this fall, his daughter Liz Cheney confirmed in an interview on Friday. "Dick Cheney was one of the most conservative congressmen and VPs in history," wrote talk radio host Barry Markson. "Imagine …

'Wow': Liz Cheney reveals Kamala Harris just secured a powerful Republican's vote
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Wow': Liz Cheney reveals Kamala Harris just secured a powerful Republican's vote

Raw Story  

Former Rep. Liz Cheney revealed Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has secured the vote of a powerful Republican who once held significant power in the White House. “Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris," the former Wyoming representative said at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. Dick Cheney was the all-powerful vice president behind …

Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris for president
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris for president

LA Times  

Former Rep. Liz Cheney in 2022 with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, said Friday he will vote for Kamala Harris for president, two days after his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, endorsed the vice president. In a campaign ad for Liz Cheney as she sought a …

Dick Cheney says he’s voting for Harris in November and Trump ‘can never be trusted with power again’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dick Cheney says he’s voting for Harris in November and Trump ‘can never be trusted with power again’

CNN  

CNN — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris over fellow Republican Donald Trump in the November election, warning that the former president “can never be trusted with power again.” “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” …

Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney endorses Kamala Harris citing 'danger that Trump poses'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney endorses Kamala Harris citing 'danger that Trump poses'

Raw Story  

New audio shows former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney endorsing Kamala Harris for president, citing the "danger" posed by former President Donald Trump and saying the country doesn't have the "luxury" to write in a third candidate. Cheney, who is the daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, made the endorsement at a Duke University public policy event, audio posted …

White House ramps up talk of Harris’s role in foreign policy as she moves to the top of the Democratic ticket
3 months, 3 weeks ago

White House ramps up talk of Harris’s role in foreign policy as she moves to the top of the Democratic ticket

The Independent  

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Vice President Kamala Harris answered questions on CNN about her policy views
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vice President Kamala Harris answered questions on CNN about her policy views

NPR  

Vice President Kamala Harris answered questions on CNN about her policy views It was Harris' first major interview as the Democratic presidential nominee. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with CNN for her first major interview as the Democratic presidential nominee. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: The most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and …

Trump Should Be Very Nervous About This Part of Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech
4 months ago

Trump Should Be Very Nervous About This Part of Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech

Slate  

The biggest surprise on the last night of the Democratic convention wasn’t that Beyoncé or Taylor Swift didn’t show up. In her acceptance speech Harris also said, “I will make sure that we lead the world into the future on space and artificial intelligence; that America, not China, wins the competition for the 21st century; and that we strengthen, not …

How Kamala Harris would govern
4 months ago

How Kamala Harris would govern

Live Mint  

CHICAGO—President Biden came into office trumpeting a sweeping agenda to rescue the shellshocked American economy, with his advisers comparing his ambitions to those of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. So far, Harris has endorsed many of Biden’s leftovers—the suite of proposals that he didn’t manage to get through Congress, from paid family leave to affordable child care. “Of …

Kamala Harris Warns Of 'Extremely Serious' Consequences Of Electing Donald Trump At DNC, Former US Prez Reacts
4 months ago

Kamala Harris Warns Of 'Extremely Serious' Consequences Of Electing Donald Trump At DNC, Former US Prez Reacts

ABP News  

Kamala Harris DNC Speech: United States Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday accepted the Democratic Party's nomination and vowed to be president for “all Americans". During her 40-minute speech at the Democratic National Convention, Harris laid out the consequences of electing former President Donald Trump to a second term. Kamala Harris Mentions Hush Money Case Against Trump During DNC Speech …

VIDEO: Obama brings huge support for Harris, polarisation warning if Trump gets second term | TAKEAWAYS
4 months ago

VIDEO: Obama brings huge support for Harris, polarisation warning if Trump gets second term | TAKEAWAYS

India TV News  

Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous. She then tore into Republican Donald Trump, a sharp shift from the 2016 convention speech in which she told her party, …

Bass cites Harris’ ‘passion’ and ‘fearlessness’ in helping children
4 months ago

Bass cites Harris’ ‘passion’ and ‘fearlessness’ in helping children

LA Times  

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was met with chants of “Karen! Karen!” after she described Vice President Kamala Harris as a role model who would fight to protect children at Monday’s opening night of the Democratic National Convention. “Our bond was forged years ago, by a shared commitment to children,” said Bass, who has known Harris, 59, for nearly two …

Harris offers ‘freedom’ and contrast to Trump, but not many policy details
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris offers ‘freedom’ and contrast to Trump, but not many policy details

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris has developed a crowd-pleasing line for when she campaigns against Project 2025, the 887-page policy agenda written for former President Trump by his Republican allies. But it also reveals what has so far been Harris’ tendency to campaign in broad themes on “ freedom ” and her contrast with Trump without exposing her own vision to …

Kamala Harris Has Been Much More Involved in Foreign Policy Than We Realize
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris Has Been Much More Involved in Foreign Policy Than We Realize

Slate  

What does Kamala Harris know about foreign policy? One crucial fact: According to several officials, Harris has attended almost every National Security Council meeting and, more important still, almost every President’s Daily Brief, during which a senior intelligence officer lays out, both in writing and in an oral presentation, the threats and other developments affecting U.S. interests across the world. …

Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the delicate task of calibrating her policy pitch to American voters, a standard task for any White House hopeful but one that comes with additional challenges this year. Second, Harris has baggage from her own failed campaign for president before she became Biden’s running mate four years ago. “You’re building the plane …

Kamala Harris: The most desperate Republican attack on her yet is also the silliest.
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kamala Harris: The most desperate Republican attack on her yet is also the silliest.

Slate  

Just a few days after Kamala Harris entered the race for the presidency, the conservative attacks on her are already taking shape. Some of the accusations lobbed at Harris are true, insofar as she is indeed a beautiful woman who laughs and does not have biological children, although she is a stepmother to two: Cole Emhoff, who works in film, …

Donald Trump calls Kamala Harris as an ‘insurance policy’ for Joe Biden
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump calls Kamala Harris as an ‘insurance policy’ for Joe Biden

The Hindu  

Donald Trump, the former U.S. president and presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party, has attacked Vice President Kamala Harris, raising questions on her competence and describing her as an "insurance policy" for incumbent President Joe Biden. Maybe the best insurance policy I’ve ever seen,” Mr. Trump, 78, told his supporters in Florida. Mr. Trump said as Vice President, Ms. …

Republicans turn their focus to Harris as talk of replacing Biden on Democratic ticket intensifies
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans turn their focus to Harris as talk of replacing Biden on Democratic ticket intensifies

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For years it’s been a Republican scare tactic. But in a post marking Independence Day on his Truth Social site Thursday, Trump singled out Harris, calling her his “potentially new Democrat Challenger” and giving her a new derisive nickname: “Laffin’ Kamala Harris.” “She did poorly in the Democrat Nominating process, starting out at Number Two, and ending …

Kamala Harris popularity: Why timing may be her greatest issue.
1 year, 2 months ago

Kamala Harris popularity: Why timing may be her greatest issue.

Slate  

By the old political playbook, Kamala Harris did everything right. Harris holds the distinction of being “first” in a long list of roles: first Black vice president, first South Asian vice president, first female vice president, first Black attorney general of California, first South Asian attorney general of California, first female attorney general of California, first elected Black female district …

New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles 'away from the spotlight'
1 year, 3 months ago

New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles 'away from the spotlight'

The Independent  

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Column: Reports of a rift between Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren play into Republican hands
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: Reports of a rift between Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren play into Republican hands

LA Times  

There are so many ways to delegitimize a woman in politics: Attack her for the sound of her laughter, for shedding a tear on the campaign trail, for her choice of clothing, for being cranky with her staff or eating her salad with a comb. In January, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was asked during a Boston Public Radio …

Vice President Kamala Harris, in her toughest hour, is keeping a tighter circle
2 years, 8 months ago

Vice President Kamala Harris, in her toughest hour, is keeping a tighter circle

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris was marinating in a fresh stew of commentary about her public polling that showed her home state approval numbers were almost as dismal as her national ones. “Of course, we addressed her as Madam Vice President, but she was Kamala to us,” said Amelia Ashley-Ward, a Harris friend who is also the publisher of the Sun-Reporter, …

Diplomat-in-chief Kamala Harris: Why the Vice President is leading the charge on the Ukraine crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Diplomat-in-chief Kamala Harris: Why the Vice President is leading the charge on the Ukraine crisis

The Independent  

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VP Kamala Harris to rally US allies at Munich security conference
2 years, 10 months ago

VP Kamala Harris to rally US allies at Munich security conference

Al Jazeera  

Harris will seek to unify NATO allies amid concerns of Russian invasion of Ukraine, as US troops begin to arrive in Europe United States Vice President Kamala Harris will appear at the Munich Security Conference next week to rally European allies against a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, the White House announced on Wednesday. “Munich will demonstrate our ironclad commitment …

Harris still struggling to define herself one year in VP job
2 years, 11 months ago

Harris still struggling to define herself one year in VP job

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden put the full weight of his presidency behind voting rights action last week, heading to Capitol Hill in an effort to push Democrats to change Senate rules to pass legislation. Both White House press secretary Jen Psaki and Harris aides had no clear answer when asked why the vice president didn’t join Biden in the …

Column: When ‘Vice President Harris’ became inevitable, trouble was sure to follow
3 years ago

Column: When ‘Vice President Harris’ became inevitable, trouble was sure to follow

LA Times  

Kamala Harris was considered useful as a running mate, but as vice president, she is inspiring a lot of complaints. Not only is she less popular than her boss, but according to one recent poll, she even broke Dick Cheney’s record for most unpopular sitting vice president. “It’s hard to miss the specific energy that the White House brings to …

Essential Politics: What is Kamala Harris doing with her time?
3 years, 1 month ago

Essential Politics: What is Kamala Harris doing with her time?

LA Times  

When I tell people I cover Vice President Kamala Harris, they often reply with the same question: What does she do? Harris is spending less time talking about COVID-19 than she did in the administration’s early months, when officials were spending much of their energy rallying the country to get vaccinated and control the coronavirus’ spread. These are staples for …

Kamala Harris has touted her role on Afghanistan policy. Now, she owns it too
3 years, 4 months ago

Kamala Harris has touted her role on Afghanistan policy. Now, she owns it too

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris attends a meeting at the White House on Aug. 12, before being called away for an urgent intelligence briefing on Afghanistan. Vice President Kamala Harris has been, at least visually, front and center as President Biden has overseen America’s retreat from Afghanistan. “The decision always rests with him,” she added, “but I have seen him over …

Column: Kamala Harris is making history again — as Republicans’ prime campaign target
3 years, 5 months ago

Column: Kamala Harris is making history again — as Republicans’ prime campaign target

LA Times  

In North Carolina, Senate hopeful Pat McCrory vows to take on the “Harris-Biden administration” and thwart the vice president and Democrats “who want to radically change America for years to come.” In Alabama, Jessica Taylor paints a dystopian portrait of “Kamala’s America” — conspicuously mispronouncing Harris’ first name — and promises to be “Kamala’s worst nightmare” if she joins the …

Kamala Harris faces thorny policy challenges on first international trip
3 years, 6 months ago

Kamala Harris faces thorny policy challenges on first international trip

Raw Story  

Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday urged would-be Guatemalan migrants not to come to the U.S. border illegally even as she expressed empathy for why they might make the difficult decision to flee their culture, their kin and the only home they have ever known. In March, Biden tasked Harris with addressing the root causes …

Kamala Harris: Vice president and Democratic Party heir apparent?
3 years, 11 months ago

Kamala Harris: Vice president and Democratic Party heir apparent?

Al Jazeera  

Harris will make history on Wednesday and will be closely watched as the possible future of the Democratic Party. “That solidifies her in her own right, not only as vice president but into the future.” But, he added, her fate will now be tied to the Biden administration’s success: “As goes the president, goes the vice president.” Biden, who at …

Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House
3 years, 11 months ago

Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office. “But right now, I think what we’re faced with in this country is so big, it’s all hands on deck.” Harris has been closely …

Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully
4 years ago

Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully

LA Times  

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., as she and President-elect Joe Biden, right, introduce their selections for economic policy posts. “There’s going to be plenty of people in the White House that are going to be highly circumspect about anything Kamala Harris does or says for the same reason they were concerned about her …

Kamala Harris’ balancing act
4 years, 4 months ago

Kamala Harris’ balancing act

CNN  

Washington CNN — No one said that being the vice president would be easy. But as Joe Biden’s lieutenant, California Sen. Kamala Harris would be faced with a uniquely challenging balancing act: pioneering the Democratic Party into the future – while navigating the party leadership’s retrograde mores. In particular, the message that a Vice President Harris would send to Black …

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