• V-103's Big Tigger Morning Show: Kamala Harris

  • Nov 5 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
  • Podcast

V-103's Big Tigger Morning Show: Kamala Harris

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  • Election Day is finally here and Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is ready to cement her place in history.

    Shortly after the polls opened Tuesday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris told The Big Tigger Morning Show on Audacy's V-103 in Atlanta that this election will have historic implications, no matter the outcome.

    "This is an inflection point in terms of this is a moment where we have two very different visions of the future of our nation. And mine is focused on progress. Mine is focused on investing in the ambitions and the aspirations and the dreams of the American people," Harris said. "My opponent, he has a very different perspective on it all. He will walk into the Oval Office if he were elected with his enemies list. He's full of vengeance. He's full of grievance. It's all about himself."

    "When I walk in on January 20th, I'll walk in with my to-do list on behalf of the American people," she added.

    Already a trailblazer as the first female, African American and Asian American Vice President, Harris has a chance to become the first woman to hold the title of U.S. President and Commander in Chief. But Harris isn't feeling the pressure.

    "I've just been so focused on the task in front of me. The reflection has only been about making sure that I'm responding to the needs of folks around the policies," she said. "Today is voting day and people need to get out and be active. That's what my focus is right now today, I must admit, which is making sure everybody knows the power of their voice through their vote."

    Polls over the last few weeks have shown Harris in a near-dead heat with Republican candidate former President Donald Trump, and it's not something she just brushes off.

    "I know there's a lot of support and pride, but this is gonna be, talk about history, this is gonna be historically one of the tightest races ever for President," she said.

    While there's been a historic level of misinformation and disinformation this election cycle, coupled with disrespect and vitriol from her opponents, Harris has had a simple strategy for navigating through it all.

    "I don't hear that noise," she said. "It's meant to distract me, and I'm clear about what's going on. And so I think we all know when you are clear about your focus and your purpose, there will be those who try and throw things in your way to get you off your focus."

    "For me, it's about uplifting people and giving them access to opportunity," she added. "I'm not going to get distracted by that noise. And it's really demeaning for them, as much as anything. Like, you let that come out of your mouth?"

    Part of Harris' plan to uplift the community has to do with "recognizing the disparities in what Black men receive and what they do in terms of access to opportunity."

    "I have what I call an opportunity economy agenda that for Black men includes putting more capital into small businesses, giving folks who are entrepreneurs who have a great idea, a hard work ethic, but don't necessarily have the money, a $20,000 forgivable loan for startup expenses to buy equipment and things like that for a startup business," she said.

    "So my focus for Black men ranges from access to capital to what we need to do for healthcare, what we need to do for our fathers and our young fathers, what we need to do to take care of our elder men in terms of having Medicare cover in-home healthcare services for seniors so they don't have to spend down everything they have to qualify for Medicaid," Harris added. "It's a full picture."

    Her vision also includes "bringing down the cost of living, including a middle-class tax cut for 100 million Americans, including a $6,000 child tax credit for young parents to be able to pay for child care and all the needs of their children."

    For those still unsure, undecided, still with doubts about voting at all, or for whom to vot ...

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