Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a national gathering of a black college sorority Wednesday — skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress to speak instead about how she plans to build upon President Biden’s record if she becomes America’s first female president.
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a national gathering of a black college sorority Wednesday — skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress to speak instead about how she plans to build upon President Biden’s record if she becomes America’s first female president.
Harris, 59, spoke to members of Zeta Phi Beta in delivering one of her first speeches since becoming the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee following President Biden’s Sunday decision to step aside and endorse her to replace him on Nov. 5 ballots.
“We share a vision for the future of our nation — a future where every person has the opportunity not just to get by but to get ahead; a future of social justice, health justice, economic justice,” Harris told the crowd.
“Ours is a vision of a future in which we realize the promise of America. And I deeply believe in the promise of America: a promise of freedom, opportunity, and justice not for some but for all.”
Harris laid out some details of her own policy agenda, saying she would “continue to fight for affordable childcare, affordable elder care, and paid family leave.
