This Tuesday, Democratic presidential nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris sat for an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists — the same organization where Republican presidential pick Donald Trump claimed that Harris “happened to turn Black.” Trump was suggesting that Harris was somehow being deceptive and/or conniving in identifying as Black, though her father was born in Jamaica.
In her own interview, Harris spoke of a new way forward for the United States.
“And I will tell you, I do believe that I offer a new generation of leadership for our country that is about, in particular, turning the page on an era that sadly has shown us attempts by some to incite fear, to create division in our country — and to do the work that is about bringing some level of optimism and, dare I say, ambition, about what I know is possible in our country,” she said.
“And so, my plan for the economy includes what I imagine and believe and call an “opportunity economy,” what we can do to grow an opportunity economy where all people have access to the resources to compete, to apply their incredible work ethic, their ambition, their aspirations, and their dreams and actually not just get by but get ahead.”
Among other points, Harris then turned to housing, bringing up again her ambition of seeing the construction of three million new places to live by the end of a potential first term as president.
It contrasts with Trump’s widely circulated — and widely criticized — response during a recent debate between the two of them when asked if he has a specific health care plan. He said, in short, that he does not, even though he has been in the political spotlight since 2015, spending four of those years in office.
“I have concepts of a plan. I’m not president right now. But if we come up with something I would only change it if we come up with something better and less expensive,” he said. The thing being potentially replaced in this discussion is the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
