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.
