Harris pays tribute to 9/11 victims, first responders in Virginia
Source: The Hill
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the Democratic vice presidential nominee, delivered a tribute to the victims of and first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Friday.
Speaking at a memorial ceremony in Fairfax, Va., Harris said that the terrorist attacks served as a reminder of the country's ability to unite in times of tragedy and crisis.
"Let us also remember that honoring them is also about reminding us of who we are as Americans," Harris said. "Because in times of tragedy, in times of despair, in times of suffering and pain, we, by our very nature as who we are, stand together. We stand together."
Harris also spoke of those who died in the attacks 19 years ago, urging the country to remember them as more than victims.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/516013-harris-pays-tribute-to-9-11-victims-first-responders-in-virginia
Kudos to VP candidate Kamala Harris giving tribute to those who died on 9/11 and the first responders, particularly today as Trump/Pence undermine and make light of the contributions of first responders today.
It is especially important that we acknowledge the hard work by our ticket, particularly when the right wing media is working overtime to turn Kamala Harris into some racist, sexist caricature.
This is a campaign. The words and statements of our candidates are at least as important as the made up fiction that pops into the head of Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris is the Vice-Presidential nominee for the Democratic ticket. Her actions and statements on the anniversary of 9/11 deserve as much coverage as the actions of Pence, who was in New York.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/kamala-harris-already-facing-sexist-racist-attacks-it-ll-only-ncna1236620
Kamala Harris is already facing sexist and racist attacks -- and they'll only get worse
Immediately after the announcement Tuesday that Sen. Kamala Harris was Joe Biden's selection for the vice president's slot on the Democratic presidential ticket, the attacks and criticisms began flying across the web from conservatives and liberals alike. She's "extraordinarily nasty." She's "a cop." She's too conservative -- or she's too liberal. She changes her mind constantly.
Funny how a competent, successful woman accomplishing something heretofore unprecedented seems to do that to people. If a white man had a backstory like Harris', conservatives would openly consider him a formidable opponent and worthy of at least some respect.
Harris' story and rise to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for vice president -- and the first Asian American and the first Black woman on any ticket -- should be a story about the first-generation child of immigrants rising to the top of the political world through intellect, strategy and wit. Instead, the quest to tear apart her identity, her accomplishments and every single one of her missteps will continue on both sides of the aisle and in the media until Election Day in November.
For instance, being of Jamaican and Indian descent has exacerbated criticism of Harris' record as district attorney of San Francisco and California state attorney general: She is not judged strictly on her accomplishments or failures in those roles, but on what she did or did not do on criminal justice reform as a Black woman in those roles -- even though it's just as likely that, had she been seen at the time as acting on her identity in those roles, she never would have been elected to them at all.
