Kamala Harris says her prosecutor past will help defeat Pres. Donald Trump
Democrat Kamala Harris played up her experience as a prosecutor on Saturday, telling a mostly black crowd in South Carolina that her prosecutorial credentials have given her a window in to helping improve the criminal justice system and also make her uniquely qualified to take on President Donald Trump.
In addition to portraying her ability to take on Trump directly, Harris aimed to use the speech in this early-voting state, where the Democratic primary electorate is primarily African American, as a way to explain her prosecutorial experience to anyone potentially skeptical of her background as a district attorney and state attorney general who was tough on crime.
Noting that her love for the law came from an attorney uncle, Harris said Saturday that, like him, she"wanted to be the person who people called for help, to solve their problems, to protect people, and to fix what is wrong." Speaking before a mostly black crowd of about 750, Harris noted that some within even her own family questioned her decision to become a prosecutor, saying she"had to defend that decision like one would a thesis.
But on the job, she said, she saw firsthand that her presence and perspective helped white colleagues see issues more fully.
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