Vice President Kamala Harris is a former San Francisco prosecutor and California attorney general, and she's long seen her debating skills as a strength. Her sharp public questioning has some highlights of her political career. But there have also been testy debate exchanges that didn’t play as well.
FILE - Former Vice President Joe Biden , left, listens as Sen. Kamala Harris , D-Calif., speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debates, July 31, 2019, in Detroit . FILE - Sen. Kamala Harris , D-Calif., left, questions President Donald Trump ’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 5, 2018. FILE - Rep.
It was memorable but also planned. Harris’ campaign then posted the same phrase on social media over a picture of its candidate as a school-aged girl in pigtails.Gabbard said Harris “put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana.” With the audience roaring, Gabbard further accused Harris of having “blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so.
In her response on the debate stage, Harris attempted to dismiss Gabbard, saying, “I am proud of making a decision to not just give fancy speeches, or be in a legislative body and give speeches on the floor, but actually doing the work.” Kall, of the University of Michigan, said Harris’ 2020 debate performance against Republican Vice President Mike Pence was also well-received. Her most memorable line then was probably rebuking Pence’s interruptions by retorting, “Mr. Vice President, I am speaking.”. The vice president was at first accommodating, saying, “I am here because I believe in democracy, and everybody’s voice matters.”
Cullen Tiernan, who was a spokesperson for Gabbard’s 2020 campaign, spent hours in debate prep with the then-congresswoman before the on-stage exchange with Harris. He played one of her other primary rivals,Now political director for a labor union, Tiernan said he saw parallels between Harris’ debate stage reaction to Gabbard’s criticisms and the interruption in Michigan — but not in a good way.
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