Harris sits for interview with Charlamagne Tha God

Vice President Kamala Harris joined Charlamagne Tha God for a city hall-style occasion on his fashionable radio program “The Breakfast Membership” in battleground Michigan on Tuesday. 

The Democratic president nominee’s look on the present, which boasts a big younger Black viewers, comes amid per week during which Harris has regarded to shore up help inside the neighborhood, together with just lately releasing an financial plan aimed particularly at serving to Black males get forward. 

The hourlong dialog, which included questions from the general public, lined a variety of matters, corresponding to decriminalizing marijuana, reparations, police brutality, engagement with Black church buildings and extra usually, the border, the financial system and international coverage. 

Harris referred to the stakes of the election as “profound and historic” and criticized her GOP opponent, former President Donald Trump, as “weak” and “unfit.” She additionally mentioned that no person can sit out of this election. 

“We must always by no means sit again and say, ‘OK, I’m not gonna vote as a result of every little thing hasn’t been solved,’” she mentioned. “This can be a margin of error race.”

“It’s tight,” Harris added of the election. “I’m going to win, I’m going to win, however it’s tight.” 

At one level, when Harris was talking in regards to the distinction the election presents — which she mentioned was a alternative between one thoughts shifting ahead and one other driving the nation “backward” — Charlamagne Tha God asserted Trump’s mindset was “about facism.” 

“Why can’t we simply say it?” he requested. 

“Sure, we will say that,” Harris responded. 

The vice chairman accused Trump and his allies of pushing misinformation about her in an effort to “disconnect” her from the neighborhood she is from when requested by a member of the general public about her engagement with Black church buildings. 

“One of many greatest that I face is mis- and disinformation,” Harris mentioned. “And it’s purposeful as a result of it’s meant to persuade folks that they in some way mustn’t consider that the work that I’ve performed has occurred and has that means.”  

Harris on Tuesday spent a major period of time talking about how her financial proposals, corresponding to offering down fee help to first-time homebuyers, a toddler tax credit score and tax deduction for startup small companies will influence the Black neighborhood particularly. 

“I’m working to be a president for all Individuals,” Harris mentioned. “That being mentioned, I do have clear eyes in regards to the disparities that exist.” 

She pledged to proceed to try to get the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act handed and to decriminalize marijuana, one thing that disproportionately impacts Black males.  

“I used to be essentially the most progressive prosecutor in California on marijuana instances and wouldn’t ship folks to jail for easy possession of weed,’ Harris mentioned on Tuesday. “And as vice chairman, [I] have been a champion for bringing marijuana down on the schedule.” 

Requested about her stance on reparations, Harris mentioned they need to be “studied” however didn’t immediately say whether or not she helps such a transfer.

She accused Trump’s marketing campaign of “attempting to scare folks away as a result of in any other case they know they don’t have anything to run on.”

“Ask Donald Trump what’s his plan for Black America. Ask him,” she added.

Harris has been on a media bllitz during the last week, which has included showing on packages fashionable with specific constituencies. Final week, she appeared on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast, which has a big feminine following, in addition to “The View,” “60 Minutes” and “The Howard Stern Present.”

The vice chairman is spending the week campaigning in the important thing so-called “Blue Wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. During the last two days, she has particularly made stops at Black-owned small companies.