Former Vice President Harris said Thursday that no checks and balances have worked to stop President Trump.
on tour promote her new book Harris spoke to journalist and podcaster Kara Swisher in front of a packed audience at the Warner Theater about her campaign, “107 Days.”
“The issue is that for the most part the guardrails have failed,” Harris said. “Except one, who is the people and power of God.”
“So right now, in this moment, if the Supreme Court is not a guardrail… from a legal standpoint, what is that guardrail that you see?” Harris continued. “Just people.”
Harris called congressional Republicans “collusive” and said they “know what is wrong and [are] Not moving forward.” Instead of “speaking out,” Republicans are “living in fear of retaliation and more invested in their own political survival than speaking out and taking the hits that come.”
During their conversation, Harris praised congressional Democrats for defending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which may expire at the end of the year. This prompted a fight with the Republicans which led to government shutdown He is about to enter his tenth day.
“I know there are a lot of Republicans who know this is wrong, but they’re not moving forward,” she said.
Harris said she was “very candid with all the friends here – I don’t know if it’s going to get worse before it gets better…. Every day, something happens.”
On this point, Harris criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). indictment and angrily criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Claim A cabinet meeting on Thursday was told that boys who were circumcised were more likely to have autism.
“My mother was a counselor [the National Institutes of Health (NIH)]And she will leave us for the Bay Area to go to NIH, to work with scientists whose goal is to alleviate pain and elevate the human condition,” Harris said.
“What these people are doing right now, to end the war on cancer, to deny science and fire scientists,” Harris said, calling it “personal to me.”
Of Kennedy’s circumcision claim, Harris said, “It’s weird. It’s nonsense.”
“I don’t have a solution right now as to how this will stop before the end of his term,” Harris said. “But I know we have to fight.”
The former presidential candidate added, “We have to fight.” “We have to stay strong. We can’t get used to this. We can’t be overwhelmed, we can’t be silenced.”
Harris briefly said “something the other day that obviously went viral,” which was heard with laughter. During her book tour, she stopped at The Getty Center in Los Angeles on Monday, where she spoke about How “There’s a lot about this moment that’s trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when in reality, these idiots are crazy!”
The comment drew laughter and applause from the audience, as Harris herself began laughing.
