1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Part of what is wrong right now with what is 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: happening in our country is there is some perverse kind 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: of suggestion that the strength of a leader is measured 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: based on who you beat down instead of who you 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: lift up. 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: From Putro Media and PRX. It's Latino USA. I'm Mariao 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: Hoosa Today, Kamala Harris, we revisit my one on one 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 2: interview with the VP, the presumptive presidential nominee for the 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: Democratic Party. Dear Latino USA listener, Well, the last few 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 2: weeks in US politics have been quite a worldwin, to 11 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: say the least, from President Joe Biden's disappointing debate performance 12 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: against Donald Trump in late June. 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 3: Right now as we speak, there is a deep, a wide, 14 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 3: and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic. 15 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: Party to the assassination attempt against former President Trump. 16 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 4: Had new details tonight on the suspect here, sources now 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 4: telling ABC News that he looked up Donald Trump. 18 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: To the mounting calls asking for President Biden to step 19 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: down as a candidate. 20 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: We've got up to twenty House Democrats now calling for 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 3: the president to step aside two out of three voters 22 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 3: according to a lot of both Democratic voters. 23 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: And then we reached a major flashpoint. On Sunday afternoon 24 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: of July twenty, first. 25 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 5: President Biden has just announced that he is ending his 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 5: reelection bid. Just moments ago, the President tweeted out, it 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 5: has been the greatest honor of my life to serve 28 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 5: as your president. 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: Well it has been now a presidential candidate stepping out 30 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 2: so close to an election is something that hasn't happened 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 2: since nineteen sixty eight, when then President Lyndon me Johnson 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: said he would not seek reelection. President Biden has endorsed 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at this 34 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: November's presidential election. 35 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 6: We loved in jail, We really do. They truly are 36 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 6: like family to n and we did. 37 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 7: Everybody hear that. 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 5: Tool. 39 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 6: I know you're still there. 40 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: You're not going anywhere, Joe. 41 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 6: I love you, Joe. 42 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: At fifty nine years old, Harris has often called herself 43 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 2: a child of the civil rights movement, and that's because 44 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: she attended protests with her family when she was just 45 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: a toddler. She's also known as the first of many. 46 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: In two thousand and four, she became the first woman 47 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: district attorney in San Francisco and the first black person 48 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 2: and first South Asian woman in all of California to 49 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 2: hold that office. In twenty ten, Harris became the Attorney 50 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: General for her home state of California, becoming the first 51 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: woman in the state to do so. And when in 52 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: twenty seventeen, Harris was sworn in as a United States Senator, 53 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 2: she became the first South Asian person and only the 54 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 2: second black woman to achieve that. In twenty nineteen, then 55 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: Senator Harris competed to become the Democratic presidential nominee, but 56 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 2: after a lackluster performance, she dropped out. Then, when Joe 57 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 2: Biden became the nominee, he asked her to be his 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: running mate, and the two won the twenty twenty election 59 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: with the support of more than eighty one million votes. 60 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 2: Now Vice President Harris is bound to make history again 61 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: if she officially becomes the Democratic presidential nominee and ends 62 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: up defeating Donald Trump. Within twenty four hours of President 63 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: Biden's historic announcement, Harris raised a record eighty one million 64 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: dollars for her campaign. Latino, a grassroots organization, pledged forty 65 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: four million dollars. The Vice President also started to rake 66 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: in endorsements and has already secured enough delegates to become 67 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: her party's nominee, but what about the voters? So we 68 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 2: hear at Latino USA. Decided to reach out to you, 69 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: dear listeners to hear what you had to say, and 70 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: we got responses from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, 71 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 2: and New York City. So let's take a listen to 72 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: what you had to say. 73 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 7: I do feel relief in having Biden decide not to 74 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 7: continue running for presidents, although I am extraordinarily worried about 75 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 7: people inside his administration. 76 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 8: Who concealed his cognitive issues. 77 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 7: Not really a Kamala fans, but I do believe it's 78 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 7: better than voting for Trump. I want to see if 79 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 7: the patriarchy of the United States is actually going to 80 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 7: finally vote for a woman. 81 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 9: I am very happy that mister Biden stepped away. My 82 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 9: only trouble with Kamala is that I wish that it 83 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 9: had been under other circumstances, because otherwise she feels absolutely 84 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 9: imposed by Biden. Yes, I am proud of being a woman, 85 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 9: but that is not enough. I need to hear how 86 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 9: are you different from Trump? What is the plan with 87 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 9: a nation I mean, I hope that Kamala, because she 88 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 9: is an incredibly smart woman, shows us what a president 89 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 9: should do. 90 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 10: As someone whose grandparents came to this country from Mexico, 91 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 10: I'm very excited that Vice President Harris is now the 92 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 10: candidate you see in Mexico, a woman as president. I 93 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 10: can't that happened here in the US. 94 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 11: As a woman from the Islands, as a mother of 95 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 11: African American trojan Also, I am so proud of her, 96 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 11: and this just gives me more enthusiastm to vote. And 97 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 11: I tell my grandchildren who are at the age of voting, 98 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 11: that you must vote her in because she is a 99 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 11: positive force for all people. 100 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 8: The fact that Kamala is a woman of color, she's 101 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 8: a feminist, he believes in the human rights for everyone. 102 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 8: I'm glad to be voting for her, donating and volunteering 103 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 8: for her campaign. 104 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 3: I was planning on voting for Joe Biden. Like I 105 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 3: wasn't super thrilled, but it was going against you know, Trump, 106 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 3: and I just do not agree with anything that he 107 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 3: has said and anything that he believes in. But after 108 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: the announcement, I suddenly became very excited and what a 109 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 3: hairs presidency could look like she's just nothing like any 110 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 3: other president we've seen before, all of the barriers that 111 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 3: she's had to overcome. That is also very inspiring, and 112 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: the nod to like the American dream. 113 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 12: The nomination of Kamala Harris definitely makes me very happy 114 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 12: and I'm definitely going to vote for her. Before that, 115 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 12: I was even hesitant to vote for Biden as a 116 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 12: protest for his actions in Zaza, and I just feel 117 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 12: excitement again. 118 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 13: While Kamala Harris has an opportunity to really inspire our generation, 119 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 13: it is yet to be seen if she will take 120 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 13: a serious position and what her vision for our peace 121 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 13: and security will be, starting with continuing to ignore and 122 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 13: be complicit in abuses of power like we've seen overseas 123 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 13: and like we continue to see at home by the 124 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 13: same police and surveillance apparatus. 125 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 5: I'm happy that Biden is stepping down, but my fears 126 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 5: for this election haven't necessarily gone away. Knowing Kamala has 127 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 5: stepped in, it still kind of feels like I just 128 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 5: have to vote to make sure Trump doesn't win, and 129 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 5: I'm not necessarily voting for someone that I feel like 130 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 5: represents me or will protect the communities I care about. 131 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 6: I feel excited about the election, and I wasn't feeling 132 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 6: it before. 133 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 14: She's invigorating, you know, you could just see the spark 134 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 14: in her eye. 135 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 9: I think it's a promising thing and you've got God, 136 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 9: Please God let her win. 137 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 2: We want to thank all of you for taking the 138 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 2: time to call in now, dear listener, wherever you might 139 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: stand on your views of Vice President Kamala Harris as 140 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 2: a potential candidate, we thought it was important to revisit 141 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: my one on one interview with the VP. It's actually 142 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 2: how we kicked off our ongoing political coverage, which we've 143 00:08:51,800 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: called the Latino Factor How we Vote. Last September, myself 144 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 2: and Latino USA producer Renaldo Leans Junior flew with the 145 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 2: Vice President on Air Force two from just outside of 146 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 2: DC all the way to Miami, and there I sat 147 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: down with Harris at Florida International University, where we talked 148 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 2: about everything from immigration, to critiques about the Democratic Party, 149 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: to outreach for Latino voters and much more. But the 150 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 2: one topic you won't hear us talking about is the 151 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 2: war on Gaza, and that's because this interview took place 152 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 2: just before the crisis erupted. So without any further ado, 153 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:46,479 Speaker 2: here's my twenty twenty three conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris. 154 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 2: Madame Vice President, thank you for speaking with us, sitting 155 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: down with us. 156 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 6: It is my pleasure and honor. Thank you. I'm glad 157 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 6: to be with you. How you doing. I'm good. 158 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 2: So tell me about what you were feeling out there. 159 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 2: Just give me a sense because you're on this tour. 160 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: This is a predominantly Latino institution. What's your what's your vibe? 161 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 2: How'd you feel? 162 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: So this is my sixth stop on my tour, which 163 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: we have named the Fight for Our Freedom's Tour, and 164 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: I decided to do this. 165 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: What we've been told is that this entire idea of 166 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 2: visiting historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, community colleges, 167 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: and apprenticeship programs across the country was all Kamala Harris's idea. 168 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: She wanted to travel from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, 169 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: to here in Florida, to Northern Arizona University and Flagstaff 170 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 2: all just to name a few, all of this during 171 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: the months of September and October, with the goal of 172 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 2: mobilizing young voters. 173 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: I am very optimistic about the future of our country. 174 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: And one of the main reasons is because when I 175 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: look at these young leaders, when I look at gen 176 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: Z for example, they are stepping up. 177 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 6: They are not waiting around. 178 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: For other people to create solutions. They are acutely aware 179 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: of what is at stake. They are acutely aware of 180 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: the clock ticking and the need for urgent action. And 181 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: so I decided to embark on this tour as a 182 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: way to one let them know that I see them, 183 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: but also so I can hear from them. And I 184 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: purposely decided to focus on college age people. So it's 185 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: universities and colleges, it's community colleges, and it's apprenticeship programs, 186 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: trade schools, and so today being here at an HSI, 187 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: the largest Hispanic serving institution in the country, was just 188 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: reinforcement of the importance of lifting up the voice of 189 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: America's leadership currently and future leadership. 190 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 2: The topics the students brought up to the Vice President 191 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 2: were wide ranging. 192 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 6: Here are a few of those questions. 193 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 15: With the election approaching upon us, we understand how important 194 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 15: and how pivotal it is for our voices to be 195 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 15: heard and for our votes to be casted. What strategies 196 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 15: can we the people employed to empower and engaged marginalized 197 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 15: communities to ensure voting rights are respected and that our voices. 198 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 16: Mentioned earlier, there have been detrimental changes to reproductive rights. 199 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 16: Switch in turn has caused a woman's right to abortion 200 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 16: and a decision to make the choices about her own 201 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 16: body go under attack. What do you think about this issue, 202 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 16: it's impact, and what can we do to address it? 203 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 14: First of the recent advance I'm here in the state 204 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 14: of Florida. What advice do you have for students looking 205 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 14: to learn those raw on, you know, uncensored truths about 206 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 14: our social issues that we face here in the country. 207 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 14: And what advice would you have for educators looking to 208 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 14: teach those topics while navigating through all of the roadblocks 209 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 14: that are currently in stated. 210 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 2: As each student came up to the mic to ask 211 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: their question, Vice President Harris listened intently, sitting back in 212 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 2: her chair, her legs crossed, very focused on each student 213 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 2: as they spoke. 214 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: I was raised in a community that believed in nurturing 215 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: the children and the young people, and so this is 216 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: very familiar to me as something one does as part 217 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: of your responsibility and duty. 218 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 2: According to the Brookings Institute, thirty one percent of all 219 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 2: Latino eligible voters are between the ages of eighteen and 220 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 2: twenty nine, and these voters are more supportive towards progressive policies. 221 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: That's something elected officials and aspiring twenty twenty four candidates 222 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 2: are talking about and taking notice. So it's not all 223 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: too surprising that the Biden Harris administration is here today 224 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 2: in Miami trying to mobilize the vote. But will it work. 225 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 2: When we come back, we get into what exactly the 226 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 2: Biden Harris administration is doing to foster the Latino vote 227 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 2: in Republican leaning Florida, and later we're going to hear 228 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 2: her thoughts on abortion, immigration and more. Stay with us, 229 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 2: not yes, welcome back to Latino USA. When we left off, 230 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 2: we heard Vice President Harris begin to talk about the 231 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: administration's outreach to young voters across the country, especially Latinos 232 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: and Latinas. It's part of the college tour that the 233 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 2: Vice President designed. Let's go back to my conversation with 234 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 2: the Vice president now, So when we were on the plane, 235 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 2: you were very clear when I asked you about Latino 236 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 2: and Latina voters, and you were like, yep, I know. 237 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 2: And your answer was they're the future, right. You were 238 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 2: just like, so, yeah. A lot of people are like, wait, 239 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: what are you talking about Latinos and Latinas? 240 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 6: Do they vote? 241 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: Aren't they all immigrants? Aren't they takers? You know, this 242 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 2: whole kind of very confusing narrative that is not true. 243 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: But you were like, I see the future and you're 244 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 2: talking like data, but you're also talking hard. 245 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 6: I'm talking life experience. 246 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm a kid who was raised by parents 247 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: who are actors the civil rights movement in California. I've 248 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: grown up in the community, under standing the community as 249 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: part of an extension of the neighborhood and the folks 250 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: who raised me, and it's natural then for me to 251 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: hopefully be informed about who people are, the history and 252 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: also the future of any group of people. So I 253 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: am very clear about what we're talking about and on 254 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: a variety of subjects. If you look at it in 255 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: terms of the student body here at the school, if 256 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: i u if you look at it in terms of 257 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: some of the work that I've been doing that is 258 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: really a labor of love for me, focusing on small 259 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: businesses and that the fastest one of the fastest growing 260 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: groups of small business owners are Latinas. That the last 261 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: numbers I saw, one in four new small businesses are 262 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: are Latino or Latino owned. Right, So you're talking about 263 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: it in terms of young people in the future of 264 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: our country and leadership, You're talking about the future of 265 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: our economy. You're talking about just the fact that we 266 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: are a nation that is a diverse nation, and all 267 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: people must be recognized and given the dignity and respect 268 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: they deserve. 269 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: My mantra is Latinos and Latinas are the second largest 270 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 2: voting cohort in the United States, the second largest voting cohort, 271 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 2: not a block. Yeah, And people are just like, wait, 272 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 2: they are and the connection has not been made. There 273 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: are Latino activists that I've been speaking to and they're 274 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: just like, we think the Democratic Party and Biden Harris 275 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 2: get that. So you're having a big impact on. 276 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 6: This, Oh, we all are. 277 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: But I will say that I feel very strongly about it, 278 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: and for a number of reasons. You know, I'm look 279 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: on this college tour, I'm engaged in real talk everywhere 280 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: I go. I talk about, for example, the attacks on 281 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: dei diversity, equity and inclusion, which was born that attack 282 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: was born here in the state of Florida, and an 283 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: attempt by these extremists, so called leaders, to diminish the 284 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: significance of diversity and equity and inclusion. 285 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 6: Right. 286 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: So back to the point about the state of Latinos 287 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: in America, and of course we know that this is 288 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: not a monolith either. Only two percent of venture capital 289 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: investment go to Latino owned businesses. You look at the 290 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: disparities across the board, and so I'm focused on issues 291 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: like equity. Understand that people don't all start at the 292 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: same base, but they have ambition and aspiration and we 293 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: have to pay attention to the differences to make sure 294 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: people have equal opportunity for success. This is how I 295 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,439 Speaker 1: think about things, and so it's not just only about voting. 296 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: It's about my investment in the strength and the prosperity 297 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: and the security of our nation. 298 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 6: It's not just about winning election. 299 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: As my point, my dad may he rest in peace 300 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: was the big dream when he was born in Dampico 301 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 2: in Mexico. He was like, I want to help to 302 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 2: create something that will have people who were born deaf 303 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 2: here again. So he came to this country hired by 304 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 2: the University of Chicago, helped to create the cochlear implant, 305 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 2: Like your mom had a vision and my mom, like 306 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 2: your mom took me out to the protests when I 307 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 2: was eight years old. So the nub is that that 308 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 2: you're like, You're like, well, I was in an a stroller, 309 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 2: and I'm like, well, I'm a little bit older. 310 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 1: Age is more than a chronological fact, It's a state 311 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: of mind, you know. 312 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 2: So I was actually out there, but none of us 313 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 2: could vote. Only my dad could vote. Right, So this 314 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 2: notion of democracy as something that goes beyond the vote. 315 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: That's a great point. That's an excellent that's an excellent point. 316 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: And I think your point is and certainly the way 317 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: I think of it, it's about participation, and there are 318 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: many ways to participate, right, But the alternative is unacceptable, 319 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: which is to be passive and watch things as they happen, invariably, 320 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 1: knowing they will happen to you if you're not active 321 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: and standing for the things you believe in. 322 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 2: It is a criticism of the Democratic Party, though, you know, 323 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: which is that you know you don't fight enough, you 324 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 2: don't stand up for yourselves enough. You don't push back 325 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 2: against the Republican Party and all of that kind of 326 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 2: authoritarian push And it's kind of like, why don't the 327 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 2: Democrats come on you guys. 328 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 6: You've heard that before. 329 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I will tell you that we've got some 330 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: real fighters and the party who are fighting. But we 331 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: let me I feed on mind. I'm going to just 332 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: step back for a moment. What I'm seeing among these extremists, 333 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: so called leaders, is they are intent on dividing and distracting, 334 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: and they want to divide our country, and they want 335 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: to distract people from the fact they're not getting a 336 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: thing done. 337 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 6: They're not getting anything done, So that's their game. 338 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: And I say everywhere, let's not be distracted by what 339 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: they're up to. 340 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 6: Right. 341 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: They want to create unnecessary debates. They want to create 342 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: a debate about whether enslaved people benefited from slavery. No, no, 343 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: I will not get distracted from the things that we 344 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: need to deal with, such as the fact that you're 345 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: proposing that women and people don't have a right to 346 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: make decisions about their own body. So we are fighting, 347 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: but we're going to fight the fights that are worth having, right, 348 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: and the most important thing is that we have been 349 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: able to achieve things that are actually moving the needle, 350 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: like the climate issue, like capping insulin at thirty five 351 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: dollars a month, like allowing Medicare for the first time 352 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: to negotiate drug prices on behalf of Medicare recipients, so 353 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: that we're going to bring down the cost of prescription 354 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: medication cap it at two thousand dollars a year for seniors. 355 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: That's a big deal. How many people in our country 356 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: are suffering from medical debt which is messing up their 357 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: credit score, not to mention, you know, putting them on 358 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: the verge of bankruptcy. So we're fighting four things for 359 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: the people right and we're going to have a fight 360 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: in front of us in this election to make sure 361 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: that folks vote. And that's one of the reasons I'm 362 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: doing this college tour to remind people they've got to vote. 363 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 6: They have to vote. 364 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: The elections make a difference. And let's not forget where 365 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: we were just a couple of years ago and what 366 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: we were dealing with. 367 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: So for the first time that we know of reproductive 368 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 2: right now, abortion access have ended up in the top 369 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 2: five issues that Latino and Latino voters care about. 370 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 6: Can you talk a little. 371 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: Bit about that particular issue of reproductive rights and why 372 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 2: it matters so much for Latinas and what you're going. 373 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 6: To say to them. 374 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: Well, first of all, it goes back to your point 375 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: about the stereotypes about who cares about and thinks about what, 376 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,959 Speaker 1: because what I know is the majority of Latinos and 377 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: Latinas support the right of the individual to be able 378 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 1: to make that decision and not the government. And so 379 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: contrary to some stereotypes about based on religious beliefs that 380 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: there would be a different perspective now and especially depending 381 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: on who you're talking about and when they arrived in 382 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: the country and from where they also know personally a 383 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: history of a government taking their rights from them, right, 384 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: So this is a big issue for a lot of reasons. 385 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: And when you look at the impact, of course, the 386 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: impact is significant. You're looking at, you know, states like Texas, 387 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: states like Florida with huge Latino Latina populations who are 388 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,959 Speaker 1: now being restricted in terms of their access to essential 389 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: reproductive health care. You're looking at when you still look 390 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: at disparities around income and then what that means to 391 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: a woman in Texas or in Florida who has the 392 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: majority of women who seek abortion care have children, right, 393 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: So what that means, god willing, she has a job 394 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: that gives her paid sick leave. God willing she has 395 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: affordable childcare because she's got have to leave the state 396 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: and think about childcare, think about the day she's going 397 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: to miss from work and what that's going to mean 398 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: in terms of her ability to pay rent or buy groceries. 399 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: So the thing is that I think that there are 400 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 1: lots of stereotypes about where Latinas are on this issue, 401 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: but the reality is that, like anyone else, I think 402 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 1: that that Latinas and we're all clear, the governm it 403 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: should not be telling her. 404 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 6: What to do with her body. 405 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 2: I spent the last six months since January basically in Uvalde. 406 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 2: I know you did, you know. 407 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 6: I know you did. That must have been heart rending. 408 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 2: But also hopeful because there's a generation of young activists. Yes, yes, 409 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 2: from Uvalde, like from here in Parkland. Yeah yeah, I mean, 410 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 2: shouldn't there be a federal assault weapons ban? 411 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 6: Period? Yes? Period? 412 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: Congress has the ability to do it, and we And 413 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: this is why I'm saying to these young leaders here 414 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: and around the country, when they start voting in their 415 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: numbers this is going to change because every Maria, every 416 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: college that I'm going to, I ask the students, and 417 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: they're showing up by the thousands each place. I asked 418 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: the students, raise your hand if you ever had to 419 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: have from kindergarten through twelfth grade an active shooter drill 420 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: at school. 421 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 6: I mean, you see all those hands. Honestly, I had 422 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 6: a moment. 423 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 2: My heart just clinched because ninety percent of the students 424 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 2: raised their hands. 425 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: And the point that I make every time is older 426 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: adults have no idea what these kids have been through. 427 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: They have no idea that these kids like the story 428 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: I tell about this young student who, when I'm talking 429 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: with about this, said to me, yeah, and then and 430 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: because of all that, I don't like to go to 431 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: fifth period. And I said, sweetheart, why, And I was 432 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: told because in fifth period that classroom has no closet, 433 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: which means the child has nowhere to hide. And they're 434 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: acutely aware of that when they're sitting in a classroom 435 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: where their minds should be open to the wonders of 436 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: the world, and half of them is concerned about whether 437 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: someone's going to come bust through the door with a gun. 438 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: And so I say on this issue that as it 439 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: relates to what I'm doing in terms of traveling the 440 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: country to speak to young leaders. When they start voting 441 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: in their numbers, this is going to change because they 442 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: are practical. They understand false choices to say you're either 443 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to 444 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: take everyone's guns. I'm in favor of the Second Amendment, 445 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: and we need an assault weapons ban, we need background checks, 446 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: we need red laws. 447 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 2: On the issue of immigration, yeah, and I thought about 448 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 2: this a lot, Madame Vice President, and I was like, 449 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 2: you know what the issue of denial of due process? 450 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 2: Because your mother, your father, me, who was not born 451 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 2: in this country, you know that every single night, every 452 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 2: single day, people are being denied that due process. And 453 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: I don't know as a lawyer how you can sit 454 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 2: with that, knowing that just because we weren't born in 455 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 2: this country, our country denies those people any kind of 456 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 2: due process. 457 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 6: So let me start with this. 458 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 1: As you and I both know from personal experience and 459 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 1: just understanding who our country is. This is a nation 460 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 1: that was founded by immigrants. Immigration makes our country stronger. 461 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: When we came into office, Joe Biden and I were 462 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: looking at a situation where the previous administration I believe 463 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: intentionally tried to break our immigration system dismantle it. Let's 464 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: not forget before we came in family separation policies, what 465 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: they were trying to do to end DAKA, what they 466 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: were trying to do to NTPs, the Muslim ban, right, 467 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: and we undid a lot of that. We are still 468 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: fighting for DACA in the courts. We expanded Temporary Protected 469 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: Status TPS, and most recently we announced for Venezuelans. And 470 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: we are trying to fix a broken immigration system in 471 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: terms of the process by which people can come in. 472 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: So that's the state of affairs. There is a lot 473 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: of work to be done on the issue. I think 474 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: it's really important to also deal with the fact that 475 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: the first bill, Maria, that we dropped, the first bill, 476 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: and I'll never forget the day it was. The first day, 477 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: I think, the day one that we entered after the inauguration, 478 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: the first bill we dropped was a Pathway for Citizenship, 479 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: an immigration bill that Joe Biden sent over to Congress. 480 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: These and I don't like to just so simply characterize 481 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,959 Speaker 1: Republicans versus Democrats, but on this issue, there are especially 482 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: among the Republican leadership there is it's pure politics right now. 483 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: They believe they are politically profiting from the chaos that 484 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: they are intent on creating on this issue of immigration, 485 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: intent on creating on the issue of the border. Instead 486 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: of taking control of the solutions in a productive way. 487 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: They are politically benefited and this is what they've been doing. 488 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 6: Gone are the days of you know, you. 489 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: Know, we can criticize the other stuff, but Bush or 490 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: you look at John McCain who said, you know, as Republicans, 491 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: we know we need to deal with this and let's 492 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: figure it out our policy as we want a safe 493 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: and orderly and humane system and we're going to keep 494 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: fighting for that. 495 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 2: A few days after our interview with the Vice president, 496 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 2: it was announced that the Biden administration would begin deporting 497 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 2: Venezuelan's at the border. There was also news about more 498 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 2: construction of twenty miles of border wall in South Texas, 499 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 2: despite Biden's campaign promise not to build another single inch 500 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 2: of the wall. The money comes from dollars that were 501 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 2: appropriated during the Trump administration. President Biden says he had 502 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 2: to use the money in this way, and when asked 503 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 2: if he thought the border wall would be effective. The 504 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 2: President said no, okay, back to my interview now with 505 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 2: the Vice president. So finally, and this is a hard 506 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 2: one because it's such an emotional issue, right, and politics 507 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 2: and campaigning, there's a lot of emotion. So I was like, well, 508 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 2: you know, people would love to hear the vice president 509 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 2: apologize for I mean, you said once at one point, 510 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 2: don't come. 511 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: I want to be clear to folks in this region 512 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: who are thinking about making that dangerous track to the 513 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: United States Mexico border, do not come. 514 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 6: Do not come. 515 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: The United States will continue to enforce our laws and 516 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: secure our border. 517 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 2: You said, don't come from Central America, and people were 518 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 2: really shocked. And then I thought, well, Joe Biden actually 519 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 2: has been covering and on the issue of immigration since 520 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 2: I've been a journalist. He's really the one that should 521 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 2: apologize to every immigrant that has been mistreated or badly 522 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 2: treated in the country. And I'm like, well, will the 523 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 2: Vice president even ask the president? Because if you apologize, 524 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 2: if you said, look, we are sorry for the mess. 525 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 6: We didn't create it. We didn't create the mess, so we. 526 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 2: Are sorry for what it's doing. 527 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 6: Now, well, listen, let me just be very clear. 528 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: My heart aches for anyone who has to flee their home, 529 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: especially those who flee harm to themselves or their family, 530 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: much less those who have to leave a place they 531 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: love because they just simply can't take care of the 532 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: basic necessities of their family if they stay. In fact, 533 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: that is why I have taken on the issue of 534 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: the root causes of people leaving and what we are 535 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: seeing in terms of migration that is happening in particularly 536 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: from the northern part of Central America. I have now 537 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: raised over four billion dollars to focus on what we 538 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: can do to support people in their natural desire to 539 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: stay and not have to leave. The majority people. You 540 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 1: and I both know this. There majority people don't want 541 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: to leave home. They don't want to leave their grandmother, 542 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: they don't want to leave the church where they pray, 543 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: they don't want to leave the neighborhood they grew up 544 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: in and the own only reason they do. 545 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 6: Usually it's one of two reasons. 546 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: They are escaping and fleeing some harm or they can't 547 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: satisfy their basic needs. So at the core of what 548 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: you are talking about is the importance of humanity and 549 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: having an approach that is humane and understands the condition 550 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: of people. 551 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 2: And are not worry that they're worried that they're not 552 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 2: feeling that from Joe Biden and from you. 553 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 6: That's why I'm pressing you on it. How do you 554 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 6: push through on that? 555 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: Well, I hope that they see in terms of the 556 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: approach that we are taking. For example, the work that 557 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: I am doing on the root causes not to mention 558 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: the history of my work on this issue to no, 559 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: I care deeply. I've been working on this issue for years. 560 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: You talk about children, you know, when I was Attorney General, 561 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: I pull the legal community of California together to represent 562 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: unaccompanied children who are coming across the border. So there's 563 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: a history and a body of work that I have 564 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: that I think is evidence of something I feel very 565 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: strongly and very deeply. It is important to understand the 566 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 1: experience of people and to have some level of empathy. 567 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: And in fact, i'll end this on this point. Part 568 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: of what is wrong right now with what is happening 569 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: in our country is there is some perverse kind of 570 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: suggestion that the strength of a leader is measured based 571 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: on who you beat down instead of who you lift up. 572 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: I believe one of the characteristics of strong leadership is 573 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: the ability to have some level of curiosity, concern and 574 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: care for the suffering of other people. That's called empathy. 575 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: No one can ever question whether Joe Biden possesses that 576 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: important quality, and I believe that people who know me 577 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 1: know I do as well. 578 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,880 Speaker 2: That was my one on one interview with Vice President 579 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris. This episode was produced by Rinaldo Leanos Junior. 580 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 2: It was edited by Andrell Lopez Cruzado. It was mixed 581 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 2: by Stephanie LAbau, Julia Cruso, and gabriel A Biez. 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