Last night, CNN’s Jake Tapper moderated a town hall in Iowa with California Senator Kamala Harris, who recently announced she’s running for President.
The questions from the audience members addressed everything you’d expect – medicare for all, immigration, guns, #MeToo and why she’s the best person to take on President Trump in 2020.
On guns, Harris says, “You can be in favor of the Second Amendment and also understand that there is no reason in a civil society that we have assault weapons around communities that can kill babies and police officers.”
“You can be in favor of the Second Amendment and also understand that there is no reason in a civil society that we have assault weapons around communities that can kill babies and police officers,” Kamala Harris says of guns in America. #HarrisTownHall https://t.co/0EMGUsQFut pic.twitter.com/Y3v93a9PcP
— CNN (@CNN) January 29, 2019
On insurance, she’s taking it even further than Barack Obama did in 2008 by backing “Medicare-for-all” single payer health insurance and doing away with private insurance to make sure it happens.
Kamala Harris says she wants to eliminate private insurance even if you like your planhttps://t.co/LnitxAyAh3 pic.twitter.com/XXKYgJErPI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 29, 2019
When asked about racism in America, Harris responded, “The vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us and we need leadership in this country that recognizes that and understands that.”
“The vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us and we need leadership in this country that recognizes that and understands that,” @KamalaHarris says when asked about racism and division stoked by Trump. #HarrisTownHall https://t.co/0EMGUsQFut pic.twitter.com/QczgY85JJP
— CNN (@CNN) January 29, 2019
And on funding for the border wall? “I’m not going to vote for a wall under any circumstances.” She also called it a “medieval vanity project.”
“I’m not going to vote for a wall under any circumstances.” Kamala Harris says she won’t support funding for what she calls Trump’s “medieval vanity project,” even in exchange for funding for permanent protections for DACA recipients. #HarrisTownHall https://t.co/0EMGUsz45T pic.twitter.com/jAjL8l5nwP
— CNN (@CNN) January 29, 2019