Border values ​​and climate have not changed | Wilnesh News

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris vowed Thursday to pick a Republican to serve in her Cabinet if she defeats former President Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 election.

“I’ve spent my career attracting diverse opinions,” the vice president said in an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash.

“I think it’s really important to have people with different perspectives, different experiences at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made,” Harris said. “I think it would be a great benefit to the American public if I had members of my Cabinet who were Republicans. favorable.”

In her first sit-down interview since succeeding President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee more than a month ago, Harris also defended the distinctly centrist policy shifts she has made since running for president in 2019.

“I think the most important and important aspect of my policy views and decisions is that my values ​​have not changed,” Harris told Bash, specifically citing her values ​​on border security and climate change.

The remarks came in the first segment of a joint interview between Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Harris and Walz have been criticized by Republican rivals Trump and Ohio Sen. Vance for their lack of media exposure.

The interview took place early Thursday at King’s Cafe in Savannah, Georgia. The show is scheduled to air on CNN at 9 p.m. ET.

Bash in the film asks Harris, “How should voters feel about some of the changes you’ve made in your policies and some of the changes you’ve explained in your policies?”

The vice president picked two hot-button issues to make her case.

“You mentioned the Green New Deal,” Harris said. “I’ve always believed, and I’ve been working hard, that the climate crisis is real, it’s an urgent issue, and we should apply some metrics, including meeting deadlines.”

“We did that with the Inflation Reduction Act. We set goals for the United States and globally for when we should meet certain standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” she said.

“For example, the value has not changed.”

Harris continued, “My values ​​revolve around what we need to do to secure our border — and that hasn’t changed.”

“I served two terms as California’s attorney general, prosecuting transnational criminal organizations, violations of U.S. law, and the passage of — illegal passage — “We have guns, drugs and people on our border,” she said. “My values ​​haven’t changed.”

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