In remarks at the Emerge Gala in San Francisco, California, former Vice President Kamala Harris decried President Trump.
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00:00This moment.
00:03So here's one of the other things I wanted to talk about tonight.
00:07And to hide it.
00:09So look, some people are describing what's been happening in recent months as absolute chaos.
00:18And of course I understand why.
00:21And it's certainly true of those tariffs.
00:24Tariffs that, as I predicted, are clearly inclining a recession.
00:30But friends, please let us not be duped into thinking everything is chaos.
00:41I know it may feel that way.
00:45But understand, what we are in fact witnessing is a high-velocity event.
00:54Where a vessel is being used for the swift implementation of an agenda that has been decades in the making.
01:07An agenda to slash public education.
01:15An agenda to shrink government and then privatize its services.
01:19All while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.
01:26By the way, an agenda that is not lowering costs.
01:34Not making life more affordable.
01:38And not what they promised.
01:41It's an agenda, a narrow, self-serving vision of America.
01:52Where they punish truth-tellers.
01:59Favor loyalists.
02:03Cast in on their power.
02:06And leave everyone to fend for themselves.
02:10All while abandoning allies and retreating from the world.
02:15And folks, what we are experiencing right now is exactly what they envision for America.
02:29Right now, we are living in their vision for America.
02:36We are living in a moment when the checks and balances upon which we have historically relied have begun to buckle.
02:54And we here know that when the checks and balances ultimately collapse,
03:00if Congress fails to do its part,
03:05or if the courts fail to do their part,
03:09or if both do their part,
03:12but the President defies them anyway,
03:17well, friends, that is called a constitutional crisis.
03:21And that is a crisis
03:24that will eventually impact everyone.
03:30Because it could mean that the rules that protect our fundamental rights and freedoms,
03:36that ensure each of us has a say about how our government works,
03:44will no longer matter.
03:46And if that happens,
03:50the one check,
03:53the one balance,
03:55the one power
03:57that must not fail
04:00is the voice of the people.
04:04And look,
04:16look, right now,
04:18I know a lot of folks
04:20are wondering
04:21what's going to guide us through this moment.
04:25How are we all going to
04:26figure out how to chart the course?
04:29I know.
04:46Okay.
04:47Okay.
04:47Okay.
04:48So,