Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for her first major TV interview since becoming the Democrats’ presidential nominee.
The interview was conducted in Savannah on the sidelines of a bus tour through the key Sun Belt state of Georgia and alongside her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Here are some of the key lines:
What would she do on Day One in the White House?
After a broad claim about focusing on the middle class, Harris made a larger point about moving on from Donald Trump.
“I think sadly in the last decade, we have had in the former president someone who has really been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing the character and the strength of who we are as Americans, really dividing our nation. And I think people are ready to turn the page on that,” she said.
Pushed by Bash about her specific plans, Harris said she would focus on her “opportunity economy” plan to bring down the cost of everyday goods and give parents of newborns a $6,000 tax credit “to help them buy a car seat, to help them buy baby clothes, a crib.” She also mentioned housing affordability.
But what about people who feel groceries were less expensive and housing more affordable when Trump was president?
“I’m very proud of the work that we have done that has brought inflation down to less than 3%, the work that we have done to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors. Donald Trump said he was gonna do a number of things, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Never happened. We did it,” Harris said.
