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On Saturday, in an appearance in New Orleans, Vice President Harris spoke about her biography and the accomplishments of the Biden administration, while also taking aim at former President Donald J. Trump.
By Jazmín Ulloa
Vice President Kamala Harris is spending the Fourth of July weekend with her husband, Doug Emhoff, at their Los Angeles home, roasting hot dogs for their Secret Service agents, but considerations about President Biden’s age and intellectual acuity have continued to simmer in recent days. , Harris has been on tour, relentlessly protecting her record in interviews and in front of crowds of fans.
On Saturday, in an appearance at the Essence Culture Festival in New Orleans, neither Harris nor her interviewer, Caroline A. Wanga, Essence’s executive director, mentioned Wanga’s faltering campaign. Biden for his reelection or what is at stake. . interview he gave to ABC News on Friday.
Instead, in an on-stage conversation of about 30 minutes, Harris talked about her biography, lashed out at former President Donald J. Trump and touted the Biden administration’s achievements on issues such as Black maternal health, student debt and housing.
“Understand what we all know,” he said. In 122 days, each of us has the strength to decide what kind of country we want. “
He warned against Mr. Trump’s open praise of dictators, his promises of retaliation against his political enemies and the new latitudes of immunity granted to him by the Supreme Court.
The scrutiny that has fallen on Mr. Biden, as pressure mounts for him to resign, has begun to move toward his most likely successor. She made a surprise appearance at the Essence festival on Friday night. , strolling through Beyoncé’s “Freedom” after being lured by comedian Punkie Johnson.
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