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++WHITE FLASHES IN BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Former U.S. Vice President:
"Instead of an administration working to advance America’s highest ideals, we are witnessing the wholesale abandonment of those ideals."
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Former U.S. Vice President:
"We all know President Trump and his administration and their allies are counting on the notion that fear can be contagious."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Former U.S. Vice President:
"But what they are overlooking, what they have overlooked, is that fear is not the only thing that’s contagious. Courage is contagious."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Former U.S. Vice President:
"The courage of Americans we are seeing who are rallying at Social Security offices to protect their hard-earned benefits, of Americans who are speaking out to say it is not okay to violate court orders, not okay. Saying it is not okay to detain and disappear American citizens or anyone without due process. Not okay."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Former U.S. Vice President:
"We are living in a moment when the checks and balances upon which we have historic relied have begun to buckle. And we here know that when the checks and balances ultimately collapse, if Congress fails to do its part, or if the courts fail to do their part, or if both do their part, but the president defies them anyway. Well, friends, that is called a constitutional crisis."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Former U.S. Vice President:
"Because it would mean that the rules that protect our fundamental rights and freedoms, that ensure each of us has a say about how our government works will no longer matter."
++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt to run for California governor.
Harris addressed the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America, an organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office that grew in part from Harris’ run for San Francisco district attorney in the early 2000s.
Her speech came the day after Trump reached 100 days in office. It is expected to be her most extensive public remarks since leaving office in January following her defeat to Trump, with planned critiques of the Republican president’s handling of the economy, U.S. institutions and foreign policy.
“Instead of an administration working to advance America’s highest ideals, we are witnessing the wholesale abandonment of those ideals,” Harris said.
Before Wednesday, Harris had barely mentioned Trump by name since she conceded defeat to him in November, but she recently addressed the anxiety and confusion that have gripped many of her supporters since Trump took office.
Trump went after Harris in a campaign-style rally Tuesday marking his 100th day in office. He sarcastically called her a “great border czar" and a “great candidate," and repeated some of the applause lines he routinely delivered during the campaign.
Harris is ramping up her public presence as Democrats nationally search for a path forward after November’s election, in which Republicans also won control of Congress. While a slate of high-profile Democrats — from governors to businessmen — seek leadership roles within the party, the former vice president retains unique influence and would reshape any future race she chooses to enter.
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