We have a presumptive Dem nominee and voters need to look at her from all angles….I can help.

Not much is known a Harris by the average voter….she was from California, was a lawyer and then vice president…..beyond that not much is known….I decided to try and educate the readers about her life and skills and since I am having limited time to research this I found a good summation of her life and skills in the Guardian…..

Let us start with her name….

After Kamala Harris was named as Joe Biden’s running mate in August 2020, Donald Trump said she was “totally unlikable” and a communist; he twice called her “this monster”. While “monster” is a dehumanising term, the pronoun flags what seems to me to be a racist subtext: not “a” monster, but “this” thing we have all agreed is a monster.

But he also strategically mispronounced her name, elongating the middle “A” to make it sound more foreign. It’s important, therefore, not to get it wrong by accident. It doesn’t rhyme with Pamela; it doesn’t sound like Tony Soprano’s wife. For Americans, it’s “comma” with a “la” at the end and the stress on the first syllable. In Britain, it depends on your accent, but it sounds like “kaw-ma-la” or “karma-la”. The video below from Harris’s 2016 Senate campaign shows children demonstrating the correct pronunciation.

(there is more…..read and learn)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/kamala-harris-cheat-sheet-19-things-to-know-woman-might-be-president

Since one of the pressing topics during this election will be climate change….I thought a look at Harris and her stance….

As vice president, Harris argued for the allocation of $20 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, aimed at aiding disadvantaged communities facing climate impacts, and frequently promoted the IRA at events, touting the bill’s investments in clean energy jobs, including installation of energy-efficient lighting, and replacing gas furnaces with electric heat pumps. She was also the highest-ranking US official to attend the international climate talks at COP28 in Dubai last year, where she announced a US commitment to double energy efficiency and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. At that same conference, Harris announced a $3 billion commitment to the Green Climate Fund to help developing nations adapt to climate challenges, although Politico reported that the sum was “subject to the availability of funds,” according to the Treasury Department.

As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris proposed a $10 trillion climate plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 on the campaign trail, including 100-percent carbon-neutral electricity by 2030. Under the plan, 50 percent of new vehicles sold would be zero-emission by 2030; and 100 percent of cars by 2035. But that proposal, like similarly ambitious climate change proposals released by other Democrats during that election cycle, was nothing more than a campaign wishlist. A better indicator of what her plans for climate change as president would look like — better, even, than her record as vice president, as much of her agenda was set by the Biden administration — could be buried in her record as San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011 and as California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2017.

(vox.com)

Will she still be a staunch supporter of green energy?  After election will tell the tale.

There is more on her stands….

Harris’s career in public life is well-documented, beginning as San Francisco District Attorney in 2004. She has long been a centrist, though she veered into more progressive territory during the 2020 campaign, endorsing Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, a comprehensive policy measure devised by progressive leaders aimed at tackling the climate crisis. Biden’s campaign wouldn’t align with the progressive movement on those issues, but offered robust climate proposals as part of his marquee policy agenda, the Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed by Congress in 2022. 

On health care, Biden often speaks proudly of the Affordable Care Act, passed when he was Vice President under Barack Obama. Throughout his first term as President, Biden has talked about improving access to Medicare, but stopped well short of endorsing anything close to a single-payer health care system. 

On foreign policy, Biden is an adherent of 20th century America’s often self-imposed role of global mediator. Since October 7, 2023, he’s been unflinching in his support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza, despite widespread outcry over the death toll of Palestinian civilians in the region. Biden has often reinforced the importance of strengthening international alliances, namely the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which Trump disparages as a so-called globalist money-pit. Harris is pro-NATO, like the vast majority of mainstream politicians.

(inc.com)

She appears to be a bit progressive but that could all change once the nomination is hers and the donors start calling the shots.

But so far so good in my book…..she will be in my process.

The big story is the speculation who she will pick to be her running mate…..my prediction is….some generic white guy with no baggage.

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