Was Kamala Harris’s Path To Becoming The Dem Nominee ‘Democratic?’: Ro Khanna Asked Point Blank

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined Cat Oriel on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss former Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign.

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00:00So we've spent some time talking about former President Trump, President Biden, and of course

00:04we want to look towards the future and get into Vice President Kamala Harris and her

00:07campaign.

00:09But before we get into her and her record, I do want to ask you about how she got to

00:13be the presumptive nominee.

00:15What do you say to concerns about whether it's democratic of how a person who got no

00:20votes in the primary and is not yet, was not yet the duly nominated vice presidential nominee

00:26for 2024 is now the nominee for president?

00:29Well, of course it was democratic.

00:31Anyone could have run.

00:32And people made that clear.

00:33She just got all the support, all the people who were going to run against her endorsed

00:37her on Sunday.

00:38And that shows that she ran a very adept campaign to win the support and unify the party.

00:44But there was no one who handed her the nomination.

00:48Anyone was allowed to challenge her and could have challenged her.

00:52Well, that being said, what is your reaction to her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris

00:56launching her campaign?

00:57And as someone also from California, I'm curious about your relationship with her and whether

01:02she's the best candidate to be former President Donald Trump.

01:05Well, she's had so much energy and excitement.

01:07It doesn't come as a surprise to me.

01:09I've always known that she inspires young people, that she inspires communities of color,

01:15that she inspires women, that she inspires large people who care about social justice.

01:23And so we're seeing that now around the country.

01:26And I've known her for almost 20 years.

01:28I've always respected her as a trailblazer.

01:30I've respected her as overcoming the obstacles and winning races that no one thought she

01:35could win.

01:36And I expect her to win this time.

01:39What would you say as vice president is her biggest accomplishment?

01:42I think standing up for abortion rights, for reproductive rights.

01:46She's been our strongest voice on that issue and with great moral clarity that freedom

01:51is at stake, that we don't want to go backwards for women's rights.

01:56She's also been very, very strong on voting rights and on gun violence.

02:00And those are areas that I think she's so passionate about and gives great clarity to.

Was Kamala Harris’s Path To Becoming The Dem Nominee ‘Democratic?’: Ro Khanna Asked Point Blank

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