Kamala Harris gets tough on the Russia probe (and ignores the mansplainers)

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🗓️ 25 July 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Senator Kamala Harris talks about ignoring mansplaining in the Senate, her disdain for the Attorney General and her love for a man she met on a blind date.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Cape Up. One of the bright spots were Democrat. up.
0:13.5	One of the bright spots were Democrats on election night came out of California.
0:17.8	Kamala Harris, then the attorney general of the Golden State, won her race for the U.S. Senate.
0:23.2	And since coming to the Capitol,
0:24.7	Harris has pursued legislative priorities
0:27.0	such as criminal justice reform.
0:29.0	But her seat on the Intelligence Committee
0:31.3	and how she's been treated during televised hearings
0:33.6	have added to her popular appeal. Harris talks about why she visited a
0:38.3	women's prison, her disdain for the Attorney General, and her love for a man she met on a blind date.
0:45.0	Douglas, my ducky, my husband.
0:48.0	Right now.
0:50.0	Senator Kamala Harris, it's so fun to be able to say that, Senator Kamala Harris, thanks for being on the
0:56.2	I'm so happy to be with you Mr. K Park.
0:58.8	Mr K Park.
0:59.8	We've known each other for a while.
1:01.2	I think we met when you were, were you the San Francisco?
1:06.0	District Attorney. Yes, that is when we first met. Right. And then you went on to be the
1:11.0	attorney general for the great state of California and now you are the junior senator
1:16.5	from California. Is this what you thought it would be? No and it is never boring. Each day presents itself and kind of
1:27.4	unfolds with all this magnificent unpredictable stuff.
1:33.0	Did you're being a little too kind?
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