CBS News’ Nancy Cordes interviewed Sen. Kamala Harris, a 2020 candidate, and her State of the Union guest
Sen. Kamala Harris, a 2020 presidential candidate, is bringing a government worker who was furloughed during the recent shutdown as her guest to the State of the Union, telling CBS News’ Nancy Cordes the shutdown was “not without harm.” Harris and her guest Trisha Pesiri-Dybvik spoke to Cordes before the senator’s pre-speech rebuttal to President Trump’s address.
Harris discussed the damage the extended shutdown inflicted on the 800,000 workers who went without pay.
“Whatever decision policymakers and leaders make in this place, in Washington, D. C., has a direct impact on real human beings,” Harris said.
Pesiri-Dybvik is an Air Traffic Control officer who was furloughed during the 35-day government shutdown.
