{"id":45080,"date":"2020-08-12T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/"},"modified":"2020-08-12T02:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T23:37:00","slug":"kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kamala Harris\u2019 political views and positions on issues as Biden\u2019s VP pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8fad588bd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8fad588bd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/#Police\" >Police<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/#Gun_control\" >Gun control<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/#Health_care\" >Health care<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/#Abortion\" >Abortion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/#Criminal_justice\" >Criminal justice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-political-views-and-positions-on-issues-as-bidens-vp-pick-2\/#Reparations\" >Reparations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Kamala Harris\u2019 political views and positions on issues as Biden\u2019s VP pick<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Joe Biden on Tuesday ended months of speculation and confirmed Sen. Kamala Harris of California would be joining his ticket as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old lawmaker has embraced progressive policies since joining Congress in 2017 but has struggled to defend her tough-on-crime prosecutorial past.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s reelection campaign on Tuesday described Harris as a \u201cphony\u201d who they claimed tried to bury her record to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ease the Democratic Party\u2019s increasingly-influential left flank.<\/p>\n<p>This is where Harris stands on the major political issues:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Police\"><\/span>Police<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Harris has pushed for police reform in the Senate and helped pen sweeping legislation prohibiting the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants in drug cases.<\/p>\n<p>With Democrat Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Harris has also recently pushed to make lynching a federal crime.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker has not explicitly stated her support for the defund the police movement but in an interview with \u201cThe View\u201d in June, said the nation needed to reimagine how it handles public safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have confused the idea that to achieve safety, you put more cops on the street instead of understanding to achieve safe and healthy communities,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>She has, however, praised the mayor of Los Angeles for slashing the city\u2019s police budget.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gun_control\"><\/span>Gun control<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As a presidential candidate, Harris called for near-universal background checks on all gun sales and an end to the \u201cboyfriend loophole,\u201d which allows individuals charged with domestic violence to purchase firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker also campaigned on reversing President Trump\u2019s change to guidelines which allow people with outstanding arrest warrants to buy guns.<\/p>\n<p>She has threatened to take gun manufacturers to court if they break negligence laws, introducing more stringent regulation, and wants to ban AR-15-style \u201cassault weapons\u201d from being imported into the US.<\/p>\n<p>She proposed passing these measures with an executive order, bypassing Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people in Washington, DC, supposed leaders, who have failed to have the courage to reject a false choice which suggests you\u2019re either in favor of the second amendment or you want to take everyone\u2019s guns away,\u201d she told CNN in April.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Health_care\"><\/span>Health care<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As a presidential candidate, Harris struggled to articulate her views on health care but as a Senate freshman in 2017, she signed on Bernie Sanders\u2019 single-payer health care bill, calling it \u201cthe right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the Democratic debates, she said she supported \u201cMedicare for All\u201d before reversing her position and declaring her support for a tightly regulated private health sector while also allowing Americans to pick a public option.<\/p>\n<p>The plan was torn apart by political pundits who said her proposal would require enormous tax hikes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16121456\"><img alt=\"NY Post front page\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"400\"><\/img><figcaption><span>New York Post front page for Aug. 12, 2020<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Abortion\"><\/span>Abortion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Harris is a strong supporter of reproductive rights and was the first candidate to bring up the topic during this cycle\u2019s Democratic debates.<\/p>\n<p>She suggested strong measures to ensure abortion is protected in various states by proposing states or localities with a history of violating\u00a0Roe v. Wade obtain approval from the Department of Justice before making changes to their abortion laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to keep their hands off of women\u2019s bodies and let women make the decisions about their own lives,\u201d Harris said during a debate last October.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criminal_justice\"><\/span>Criminal justice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>No issue has dogged Harris as much as criminal justice, with critics of the former California AG asking her to defend her tough prosecutorial past which included punishing the parents of habitually truant children.<\/p>\n<p>She touted herself as a \u201cprogressive prosecutor\u201d and since joining Congress has pushed for marijuana to be legalized.<\/p>\n<p>But for years, Harris called herself California\u2019s \u201ctop cop\u201d and defended the state\u2019s death penalty in court after a judge ruled it unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic primary opponent Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii lashed Harris\u2019 record and during one debate, asking her to explain why she jailed more than 1,000 people on marijuana-related charges as attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris defended her record and said she was proud of her record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did the work of significantly reforming the criminal justice system of a state of 40 million people, which became a national model for the work that needs to be done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reparations\"><\/span>Reparations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first black woman to be nominated for national office by a major party, Harris has called for reparations to help African Americans heal from the trauma of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there has to be some form of reparations,\u201d she told The Root in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of resources are we going to put in that? 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