theSkimm’s Interview with Sen. Kamala Harris
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🗓️ 28 October 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A few days ago, the Schim interviewed Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. |
| 0:06.3 | We had asked both Senator Harris and Vice-President Mike Pence to join us in the lead-up to election |
| 0:11.0 | day. |
| 0:12.0 | And while we haven't heard back from Pence, we've got all the info you need to learn |
| 0:15.2 | more about him, President Trump, and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Schim |
| 0:20.1 | dot com slash vote. |
| 0:22.2 | So without any further ado, this is our complete interview with California Senator Kamala Harris. |
| 0:31.0 | So, if elected, what is the first thing you and Vice-President Biden would do to stop the spread of COVID-19? |
| 0:41.0 | When elected, with everyone's help, Joe Biden and I will, as one of our highest and first orders of priority, |
| 0:49.0 | get a reign on COVID. |
| 0:51.0 | And that's going to be about, first of all, doing what we should be able to take from for granted, |
| 0:56.0 | which is embrace science, speak truth, and base policy on fact that the public health officials help lead. |
| 1:06.0 | And so what are we going to do? |
| 1:07.0 | We will have and implement a national plan for testing, for treatment, for contact tracing, and God willing, |
| 1:16.0 | as soon as we get a safe vaccine for distribution of the vaccine. |
| 1:19.0 | I'll also tell you, part of Joe's approach and my approach is to recognize that the pandemic really highlighted longstanding disparities that just got worse, |
| 1:29.0 | including on this issue of the public health impact of the pandemic, racial disparities. |
| 1:34.0 | So we also as part of our plan for implementation, have a task force that is dealing with the racial disparities piece of it to make sure that the resources go in those communities hit the hardest and with the greatest need |
| 1:47.0 | so that we have equitable outcomes. |
| 1:50.0 | So if you win and the president refuses to accept the results, or if we have no results for days or weeks, |
| 2:00.0 | which a lot of people are saying is a possibility, what would you and vice president Biden do to ensure that there's a peaceful transfer of power? |
| 2:09.0 | So I know there's been a lot of talk about, you know, is there going to be a peaceful transfer of power? |
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