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Info | Kamala Devi Harris
In December 2003, Kamala Harris was elected as the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history, and as the first African American woman in California to hold the office. She was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term in November 2007.
Harris was born in Oakland, California and raised with her sister Maya in the East Bay by their mother Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, a breast cancer specialist. After attending public schools, her strong commitment to justice and public service led her to Howard University, America’s oldest historically black university, and then to the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Harris has spent her entire professional life in the trenches as a courtroom prosecutor. After graduating from U.C. Hastings College of the Law, she took a position in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, where she specialized in prosecuting child sexual assault cases. As a Deputy District Attorney she also prosecuted cases for homicide and robbery. She worked at that office from 1990 to 1998 before going on to serve in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
In 1998, Harris was named managing attorney of the Career Criminal Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted three strikes cases and serial felony offenders. She then served as the head of the San Francisco City Attorney’s Division on Families and Children.
As San Francisco DA, Harris - who has been a prosecutor for nearly twenty years - has focused intensively on fighting violent crime. She has increased conviction rates for serious and violent offenses, expanded services to victims of crime and their families, created new prosecution divisions focused on child assault, public integrity and environmental crimes, and launched innovative re-entry initiatives to prevent re-offending. To combat one of San Francisco’s biggest challenges, gun violence, she created a gun specialist team and implemented tough gun charging policies.
This work is paying off --- the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has more than doubled its trial conviction rate for gun felonies to 90 percent. Under her leadership, the office has sent 50 percent more serious and violent offenders to State Prison, has put more than 220 gang members behind bars and convicted more than 1,200 domestic violence offenders. According to the San Francisco Superior Court, the office’s overall felony conviction rate is at its highest point in 12 years.
Harris has brought much-needed consistency and innovation to the handling of narcotics and quality-of-life crimes. Her office has tripled the number of misdemeanor cases taken to trial, and Harris has assigned senior prosecutors to specialize in prosecuting graffiti, vandalism and auto burglaries. She has also launched unprecedented programs of outreach to San Francisco communities and brought free legal clinics to immigrant neighborhoods.
District Attorney Harris is the recipient of numerous awards. California’s largest legal newspaper, The Daily Journal, designated Harris as one of the top 75 women litigators in California – the only elected official to receive that honor – as well as one of the top 100 lawyers in the state. She was recognized as a “Woman of Power” by the National Urban League and received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the National Black Prosecutors Association. She has been featured on the Oprah Show and in Newsweek as one of “America’s 20 Most Powerful Women.” She was selected as one of 24 elected leaders from throughout the country to serve as a Rodel Fellow with the Aspen Institute. Additionally, Harris was elected to the Board of Directors of the California District Attorneys Association and is a Vice President of the National District Attorney’s Association.
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MKKP:11457 | The Fixer ( 53.6087 points)
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Wed, December 6, 2023 02:53:00 AM UTC0:00
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She seems so proud about it.
She seems so proud about it.
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MKKP:11457 | The Fixer ( 53.6087 points)
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Wed, December 6, 2023 03:22:08 AM UTC0:00
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Maybe if the GOP didn't just unilaterally nay everything coming from Dems, she wouldn't have to break ties so much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
LOL. Do not blame Republicans for this. Blame, wait for it,... a Democrat.
Your party has a 51-49 majority in the Senate.
E Pluribus Unum: Maybe if the GOP didn't just unilaterally nay everything coming from Dems, she wouldn't have to break ties so much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
LOL. Do not blame Republicans for this. Blame, wait for it,... a Democrat.
Your party has a 51-49 majority in the Senate.
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D:1 | RP ( 5639.5112 points)
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Wed, December 6, 2023 06:22:58 PM UTC0:00
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I don't understand why this would be either a negative or a positive.
I don't understand why this would be either a negative or a positive.
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MKKP:11457 | The Fixer ( 53.6087 points)
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Thu, December 7, 2023 01:48:20 AM UTC0:00
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I don't understand why this would be either a negative or a positive.
Personally, I agree with you.
When Pence did it like nine times the media compared him to previous VPs who had fewer than him. They applauded Biden by not having to do it even once. They made it look it was something bad.
Holding the left with its own standards!
RP: I don't understand why this would be either a negative or a positive.
Personally, I agree with you.
When Pence did it like nine times the media compared him to previous VPs who had fewer than him. They applauded Biden by not having to do it even once. They made it look it was something bad.
Holding the left with its own standards!
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MKKP:11457 | The Fixer ( 53.6087 points)
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Thu, December 7, 2023 01:56:09 AM UTC0:00
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Maybe if the GOP didn't just unilaterally nay everything coming from Dems, she wouldn't have to break ties so much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I am sure you are upset today that your favorite country, Ukraine, got no funding while the country, Israel, you strongly oppose also got no funding.
You can blame that on Republicans as they vote was 51-49 and fell short by 9 votes.
E Pluribus Unum: Maybe if the GOP didn't just unilaterally nay everything coming from Dems, she wouldn't have to break ties so much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I am sure you are upset today that your favorite country, Ukraine, got no funding while the country, Israel, you strongly oppose also got no funding.
You can blame that on Republicans as they vote was 51-49 and fell short by 9 votes.
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MKKP:11457 | The Fixer ( 53.6087 points)
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Thu, December 7, 2023 01:57:06 AM UTC0:00
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No funding for Israel and Ukraine!!!
No funding for Israel and Ukraine!!!
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LPP:10973 | Patrick ( 1.7427 points)
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Wed, July 3, 2024 06:19:03 PM UTC0:00
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I agree with your opinion that there should be more bipartisan support for this current administration.
I agree with your opinion that there should be more bipartisan support for this current administration.
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Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 9685.2871 points)
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Thu, July 4, 2024 07:17:03 PM UTC0:00
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I'm officially going on record now to say Kamala Devi Harris will be the Democrat Nominee for President in 2024. Suspect this will happen in the next 7 days in some way. And she may even become our President.
If it wasn't clear before now that this election year was going to be unprecedented, it will be after this happens. Enjoy the ride, because the rollercoaster that began with Trump's conviction and Biden's worst ever debate ...hasn't reached peak speed, hit the first inverted loop, or taken a Stengel dive.
I'm officially going on record now to say Kamala Devi Harris will be the Democrat Nominee for President in 2024. Suspect this will happen in the next 7 days in some way. And she may even become our President.
If it wasn't clear before now that this election year was going to be unprecedented, it will be after this happens. Enjoy the ride, because the rollercoaster that began with Trump's conviction and Biden's worst ever debate ...hasn't reached peak speed, hit the first inverted loop, or taken a Stengel dive.
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WmP:879 | Chronicler ( 84.4516 points)
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Fri, August 16, 2024 02:38:48 PM UTC0:00
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https://www.tiktok.com/@kamalaharris/video/7396069339742457119?lang=en
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WmP:879 | Chronicler ( 84.4516 points)
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Fri, August 16, 2024 02:40:39 PM UTC0:00
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Funny short video from last month. Also I heard yesterday that no one really knows what Kamala's last name is. She's like Cher and Madonna!
Funny short video from last month. Also I heard yesterday that no one really knows what Kamala's last name is. She's like Cher and Madonna!
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Funny short video from last month. Also I heard yesterday that no one really knows what Kamala's last name is. She's like Cher and Madonna!
Which is ironic because it's like the most generic last name used presidents in movies/shows/books.
Chronicler: Funny short video from last month. Also I heard yesterday that no one really knows what Kamala's last name is. She's like Cher and Madonna!
Which is ironic because it's like the most generic last name used presidents in movies/shows/books.
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S:11714 | BigZuck08 ( 1177.1191 points)
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Sun, October 20, 2024 08:49:03 PM UTC0:00
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Happy birthday to the next president of the United States!
Happy birthday to the next president of the United States!
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D:6086 | Jason (13474.0391 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 07:44:27 PM UTC0:00
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Would venture to say her political career is over. Both Senate seats in California will be occupied by incumbents for a while, and Eleni Kounalakis has a head start on the 2026 Gubernatorial election.
Would venture to say her political career is over. Both Senate seats in California will be occupied by incumbents for a while, and Eleni Kounalakis has a head start on the 2026 Gubernatorial election.
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W:11230 | Arthur ( 527.0154 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 07:49:36 PM UTC0:00
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Worst Democratic presidential candidate since Mike Dukakis. Kerry kept it closer in the electoral count & Hillary at least won the popular vote.
Worst Democratic presidential candidate since Mike Dukakis. Kerry kept it closer in the electoral count & Hillary at least won the popular vote.
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W:11230 | Arthur ( 527.0154 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 07:58:30 PM UTC0:00
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Also, maybe the D establishment shouldn't have switched Biden out with her like they did considering she flopped hard in the 2020 primaries and had no real appeal to any voters. That obviously translated over into the general election 4 years later.
Hindsight is, of course, 20/20 though.
Also, maybe the D establishment shouldn't have switched Biden out with her like they did considering she flopped hard in the 2020 primaries and had no real appeal to any voters. That obviously translated over into the general election 4 years later.
Hindsight is, of course, 20/20 though.
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D:6086 | Jason (13474.0391 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 08:05:14 PM UTC0:00
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Personally I think it has more to do with Trump's strength as a candidate than any particular weakness by Harris. I wouldn't say Harris was a great general election candidate by any means, but given the situation she was thrown in with 3 months to go it was always an uphill battle once her perception as "generic Democrat" faded.
A lot of people, Republicans included, have been telling themselves Trump is a weak candidate just because he has a habit of getting caught up in media frenzies. But regular people don't care about that. The fact people gravitate towards him because of his policies, charisma, political incorrectness or what have you, is a unique strength that no prominent Democrat has.
Personally I think it has more to do with Trump's strength as a candidate than any particular weakness by Harris. I wouldn't say Harris was a great general election candidate by any means, but given the situation she was thrown in with 3 months to go it was always an uphill battle once her perception as "generic Democrat" faded.
A lot of people, Republicans included, have been telling themselves Trump is a weak candidate just because he has a habit of getting caught up in media frenzies. But regular people don't care about that. The fact people gravitate towards him because of his policies, charisma, political incorrectness or what have you, is a unique strength that no prominent Democrat has.
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W:11230 | Arthur ( 527.0154 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 08:25:16 PM UTC0:00
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Trump isn't some unbeatable juggernaut, Biden proved that 4 years ago.
Harris lacked charisma and frankly seemed like a bit of an intellectual lightweight and unpresidential with her word salads and constantly repeating the same talking points her staffers told her to repeat. She also tried to pull an Obama and naively billed herself as the "change candidate" when nobody but the most partisan of partisan Dems would have bought that. She also didn't distance herself from Biden at all so that shtick fell even more flat with voters. Had she not been so robotic and had her campaign not been so tone-deaf she would have done better. But maybe regular people didn't care about all that, I don't know.
Trump isn't some unbeatable juggernaut, Biden proved that 4 years ago.
Harris lacked charisma and frankly seemed like a bit of an intellectual lightweight and unpresidential with her word salads and constantly repeating the same talking points her staffers told her to repeat. She also tried to pull an Obama and naively billed herself as the "change candidate" when nobody but the most partisan of partisan Dems would have bought that. She also didn't distance herself from Biden at all so that shtick fell even more flat with voters. Had she not been so robotic and had her campaign not been so tone-deaf she would have done better. But maybe regular people didn't care about all that, I don't know.
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D:7 | CA Pol Junkie ( 5449.9307 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 08:36:54 PM UTC0:00
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My mantra is,
The winner of the presidential general election is the candidate who would win a race for Prom King.
Except for 2020, that simple rule predicts the outcome of every presidential election for the last 50 years at least. The mantra is inherently sexist, of course, and we will never know the degree to which misogyny was a factor in this election, but I expect Democrats will be hesitant to nominate another woman for the foreseeable future.
My mantra is,
The winner of the presidential general election is the candidate who would win a race for Prom King.
Except for 2020, that simple rule predicts the outcome of every presidential election for the last 50 years at least. The mantra is inherently sexist, of course, and we will never know the degree to which misogyny was a factor in this election, but I expect Democrats will be hesitant to nominate another woman for the foreseeable future.
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D:7 | CA Pol Junkie ( 5449.9307 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 08:42:47 PM UTC0:00
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Harris lacked charisma and frankly seemed like a bit of an intellectual lightweight and unpresidential with her word salads and constantly repeating the same talking points her staffers told her to repeat.
This illustrates the very different bars each candidate needed to cross. Trump was incompetent as president (according to many from his cabinet / national security team) and his stump speeches make no sense at all. Harris repeated same stump speech each time, which is the normal thing candidates do to reinforce a simple message for voters.
Arthur: Harris lacked charisma and frankly seemed like a bit of an intellectual lightweight and unpresidential with her word salads and constantly repeating the same talking points her staffers told her to repeat.
This illustrates the very different bars each candidate needed to cross. Trump was incompetent as president (according to many from his cabinet / national security team) and his stump speeches make no sense at all. Harris repeated same stump speech each time, which is the normal thing candidates do to reinforce a simple message for voters.
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W:11230 | Arthur ( 527.0154 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 08:53:16 PM UTC0:00
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Harris repeated same stump speech each time, which is the normal thing candidates do to reinforce a simple message for voters.
The problem with that is that her simple message was tone-deaf and not in line with how voters were thinking. We can clearly see that in the results.
And while a lot of Trump's speeches were rambly and hard to listen to, he was clearly speaking from the heart and not reading off a piece of paper his staffers gave him, which resonates with voters at least somewhat.
CA Pol Junkie: Harris repeated same stump speech each time, which is the normal thing candidates do to reinforce a simple message for voters.
The problem with that is that her simple message was tone-deaf and not in line with how voters were thinking. We can clearly see that in the results.
And while a lot of Trump's speeches were rambly and hard to listen to, he was clearly speaking from the heart and not reading off a piece of paper his staffers gave him, which resonates with voters at least somewhat.
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I:9951 | E Pluribus Unum ( -256.3187 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 08:59:03 PM UTC0:00
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Trump was not strong as a candidate. Any insinuation he is is fucking brain dead.
He is only treated as a serious force because the Media Needs a Narrative.
American's are sick of the status quo, and when the Dems prevented themselves from being that by fucking over Bernie twice, they allowed Trump Back in.
Trump was not strong as a candidate. Any insinuation he is is ****ing brain dead.
He is only treated as a serious force because the Media Needs a Narrative.
American's are sick of the status quo, and when the Dems prevented themselves from being that by ****ing over Bernie twice, they allowed Trump Back in.
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LPP:10973 | Patrick ( 1.7427 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 10:56:32 PM UTC0:00
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I disagree, Trump ran a brilliant campaign, countering every Harris move with Machiavellian intelligence that forced Harris into mistake after mistake, focusing his narrative on issues that matter the very most to blue collar America.
I disagree, Trump ran a brilliant campaign, countering every Harris move with Machiavellian intelligence that forced Harris into mistake after mistake, focusing his narrative on issues that matter the very most to blue collar America.
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I:9951 | E Pluribus Unum ( -256.3187 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 11:03:06 PM UTC0:00
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I disagree, Trump ran a brilliant campaign, countering every Harris move with Machiavellian intelligence that forced Harris into mistake after mistake, focusing his narrative on issues that matter the very most to blue collar America.
There is no way u actually believe that right?
That Dementia Don tricked Harris into being a exactly what she has always been; an elitist technocratic liberal who can never address the needs of people because she just buys into every Right-Wing Neoliberal Framing on things like economics and immigration
Patrick: I disagree, Trump ran a brilliant campaign, countering every Harris move with Machiavellian intelligence that forced Harris into mistake after mistake, focusing his narrative on issues that matter the very most to blue collar America.
There is no way u actually believe that right?
That Dementia Don tricked Harris into being a exactly what she has always been; an elitist technocratic liberal who can never address the needs of people because she just buys into every Right-Wing Neoliberal Framing on things like economics and immigration
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LPP:10973 | Patrick ( 1.7427 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 11:16:32 PM UTC0:00
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I liked Harris because she was on my team but I've always liked Trump and never understood why conservatives thought he "triggered" us. He is a New York liberal who wears makeup after all. I like his politics for example many socialist countries have tariffs
I liked Harris because she was on my team but I've always liked Trump and never understood why conservatives thought he "triggered" us. He is a New York liberal who wears makeup after all. I like his politics for example many socialist countries have tariffs
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I:9951 | E Pluribus Unum ( -256.3187 points)
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Wed, November 6, 2024 11:26:05 PM UTC0:00
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Imagine admitting you always liked a guy who was friends with a Child Sex Trafficker and thinking thats normal.
Imagine admitting you always liked a guy who was friends with a Child Sex Trafficker and thinking thats normal.
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