Harris says she's running for WH
Kamala Harris, a first-term Democratic senator from California who captured national attention for her prosecutorial grilling of Trump administration officials, entered the 2020 presidential fray on Monday, casting her candidacy as a campaign to preserve American ideals.
Stressing her experience as a prosecutor, Harris drew a clear contrast with President Donald Trump, without mentioning his name.
“The American people deserve to have somebody who is going to fight for them, who is going to see them, who will hear them, who will care about them, who will be concerned about their experience and will put them in front of self-interest,” she said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
She also released an online video laying out her opening pitch.
“The future of our country depends on you and millions of others raising their voices to fight for our American values,” Harris said in the video. “That’s why I’m running for president of the United States. To lift those voices. To bring our voices together.”
Harris, 54, is the fourth female member of Congress to join the increasingly crowded Democratic presidential primary field.
