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Kamala Harris

lines on the record: 118
first: 2025-10-30
most recent: 2025-10-30
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“That's right That's exactly right. That's exactly right because that is how I reconcile it, which is The effort is better placed. Somewhere else”
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“Show that it is possible. And that's probably not changed. I also have started to sit better with the idea that, but you can't change everyone.”
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“She was fearless. She didn't hear no, it can't be done. And whether it was the first case that I had, and I was a young prosecutor and I was going through the files and it was a Friday evening. And I realized that the person who had been arrested had young children at home, a woman. And all the courts were shutting down. And I went to the courtroom and I asked the judge, please take the bench again. She has young children. She can't stay in over the weekend. And the clerk was like, nope, he's gone for the day. He's leaving for the day. And I would not leave. And they call the case, you know? But not hearing no, I just, that has been probably a through line of my life. I don't rest easy with the idea that something is not possible. At least I don't rest easy with it without trying.”
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“Oh, for sure. I've changed over time. The pressure has changed in magnitude. But the pressure that I feel in terms of my sense of personal responsibility. Has not changed. I put a lot of I hold myself to a very high standard. And I tend to be a perfectionist, even though I am far from perfect. I mean, even during the 107 days, every night I would stay awake thinking what more could I have done with that one day.”
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“Well, this may sound trite, but I work out every day I work out every morning, no matter how little sleep I've had, I just find it to be just mind, body, and soul”
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“Years and years and years later. But those cases, you know, it's the worst of human behavior, which is we as a society should be in the business of protecting children and protecting their vulnerability so that they can thrive. But I've prosecuted homicide cases. I've prosecuted fraud cases”
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“Well, for a while, I specialized in child sexual assault, which is about The most horrendous of abuse and crime, which is an adult abusing a child, and Those cases were so difficult for so many reasons. I mean, there's a couple that I remember in particular where I just Where the children were so young that they were They wouldn't be able to testify. One was an elementary school Little girl. And I mean, I remember going into the bathroom of the courthouse and crying. Because I knew a jury. Would not have enough to convict And, um, It broke my heart. I mean, and I have thought about that little girl.”
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“But there's so much more to be done. There's so much more to be done. I think one of my strengths and weaknesses is I like to solve problems, but that means that I tend to Once a problem has been addressed, move on to the next one without maybe taking the time to pat myself on the back. Because now it's time to move on to the next issue.”
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“And that's me protecting her. I grew up also seeing my mother who was a five foot tall brown woman with an accent would be treated. And she taught me this, my extended family taught me. But then I also witnessed the importance of Making sure that all people, that their dignity is respected.”
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“I think there's a lot that has to do also maybe with birth order. I'm the eldest. And from the age of two years old, my mother told me, take care of your sister. Look out for your sister. You've got all kinds of stuffes.”
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“I'm very in love with my husband, and he's very funny. I hope you got a sense Yeah, well, he and I had such different careers, both of us being lawyers, right? He went immediately into private practice. I never wanted to be in private practice. It was never about money for me. It was always about people Could I do the work that was about protecting people and giving people dignity?”
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“My parents and the community that raised me. My mother arrived from India in the United States at the age of 19 by herself. My mother naturally at that young age became aligned with the civil rights movement. In Berkeley and Oakland, California met my father who had been a national scholar in Jamaica. They fell in love. And here I am. My sister and I were born, and we were born in an environment where everyone was fighting for justice and for freedom and for equality. Every message we got was you are important and you have a duty to figure out how you're going to participate.”
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“I do think about how different it could have been. Do you think about it in the context of the number of people who are being impacted in such a horrible way? I think of it in terms of the number of people who are existing and living in utter fear right now. Afraid of being attacked or afraid of being targeted with hate. Much less misinformation. Yeah, I do. And I know that the race that I ran for president of the United States, the outcome of that election is what has happened. It would have been different Been very different. I try not to allow myself to think too much this way, I will tell you that because for better and worse, really do like to be centered on the present.”
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“I think it's very possible. Every day, because actually during the book tour, I've said it to audiences. And in one city and then the next day, something happens. There's a lot that's very unpredictable about this administration, although there is almost all of it that I did predict.”
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“Everything from grateful and feeling very blessed. To extremely Troubled, disappointed, concerned. The state of our country, and by extension the world, like a lot of people who are watching the news and reading the news, there's a state of anxiety what will happen next. I often have found myself saying to people it may get worse before it gets better, and so the knowledge of that, perhaps the anticipation of that, I think keeps me and many others on edge.”
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“Well, I am well. I mean, all things considered. I am well. My family is good health, so I start there. But otherwise, you know, it's a troubling time”
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“I was in the state of shock. Like, I haven't felt anything similar to the emotion I felt that day other than the grief I felt when my mother died. And I knew what was going to happen to our country. So I'd had a hard time reconciling that we can't still do something about it because I grew up in an environment where everyone was fighting for justice and for equality. So I do think about how different it could have been, but sometimes the fight takes a while.”
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“I'm going to just be honest. There were times where Joe Biden greatly disappointed me. And frankly, you know, angered me. Like on the day of my debate with Trump. The stakes were so high, and the president calls, and he said to me. It just was so unnecessary.”
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