Vice president Kamala Harris announced in her first tv interview as a presidential Democratic candidate that she would sign a bill introducing fresh immigration restrictions at the border and suggested that she would not advocate limiting aid to Israel. Harris besides explained changes in her views on key issues.
When asked if she was going to change her policy towards Israel, as requested by the progressive wing of Democrats, Harris replied "no", but pointed out that the most crucial thing was to bring about an agreement on the suspension of arms and the release of hostages, due to the fact that "not only is it right to end this war, but it will unlock many things that gotta happen later", i.e. resolving the conflict based on 2 states, "where Israel is safe and equally Palestinians have security, self-determination and dignity."
Harris in the past in a sharper way than president Biden criticized the way the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu waged war. In an interview with CNN, she said that she was "unwavering and unambiguous in her commitment to the defence of Israel and his ability to defend himself, and that will not change," although she pointed out that the way Israel does this is crucial and that besides many Palestinians were "decided.
The question of the war in the Gaza Strip was the only abroad policy issue in about a 30-minute conversation; the first 1 Harris and Vice president candidate Tim Walz conducted after receiving a organization nomination. The candidate was accused by Republicans of being “hiding” from the media and previously unorganized statements.
In an interview, Harris was asked about a number of issues she changed her position on since the 2020 campaign, including the ban on oil and shale gas extraction through alleged fracking (this is simply a peculiarly crucial issue for the economy in the key state of Pennsylvania) and the approach to immigration and securing the border. Harris replied that her values have not changed, but she has travelled around the country a lot and believes that "it is crucial to build a consensus and find a common knowing of how we can truly solve problems."
The Vice president stressed that she continued to recognise the importance and request to fight the climate crisis, pointing to the Inflation simplification Act adopted during her word as the country's largest set of investments in green transformation. Speaking of immigration, Harris, who advocated the "decriminalisation of the border" during 1 of the 2020 electoral debates, said that laws must be enforced and as California's lawyer General fought crime at the border. She besides announced that she would guarantee that the bill developed in Congress, which introduced immigration and asylum restrictions, would go to her desk and sign it.
Harris stated that the political improvement of both parties was lost due to Donald Trump's intervention, due to the fact that the solution to the problem was politically harmful to him. She accused Trump that his torpedoing of the initiative prevented, among others, the simplification of fentanyl smuggling, which is the most common origin of death for young people. Harris besides announced that if she became president, she would call Republican politics into her cabinet due to the fact that she appreciates people with different views and another experiences.
The Democratic candidate besides defended president Biden's achievements, claiming that past would remember him as a "transformative leader", pointing to the adoption of evidence investments in infrastructure, industrial expansion or strengthening and expanding NATO. It besides defended the economical achievements of the administration, including restrictions on insulin and another prescription medicines. However, she admitted that there was inactive a lot to do, among others, to reduce inflation. She announced that the first day of the presidency would start implementing her economical plan to reduce the cost of basic goods, investing in tiny businesses, or expanding the taxation credit for children.
Next to Harris Walz, however, he responded to controversy over inaccurate statements about his military service and his mandate for driving in a sober state. politician Minnesota said that “he does not always talk grammatically” erstwhile he talks about fighting school shootings. He thus translated his statement, in which he compared the rifles utilized by the perpetrators of the massacre to the "war weapon" he wore in the war. Walz served 24 years in the National Guard, but was never sent to war.
Harris was asked twice about subjects related to race and gender, but tried not to emphasize this aspect of her candidacy. Responding to Trump's accusations that it had only late "became black" (Harris is the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica), the Democratic candidate simply stated that it was an "old play" of her opponent and asked for the next question. erstwhile asked about the celebrated photograph from the Chicago Democratic Convention, depicting Amara, her sister's granddaughter, staring at the podium talker Harris and the importance of her candidacy for black women, Harris replied that she "candidates due to the fact that she believes she is the best individual to do this occupation for all Americans, regardless of race and gender." However, she admitted that she was profoundly moved by photography and added that Amara had much to say about her speech.
From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)
