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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 13, 2020

I think it's important that the American people looking at the election coming up ask the current occupant of the White House, when am I going to get vaccinated. When am I actually going to get vaccinated? Because there may be some grand…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 13, 2020

That's what real leadership looks like. We just witnessed real leadership which is Joe Biden said that as a nation, we should all be wearing a mask for the next three months because it will save lives.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 13, 2020

Joe Biden had the audacity to choose a black woman to be his running mate. How incredible is that? And what a statement about Joe Biden, that he decided that he was going to do that thing that was about breaking one of the most substantial…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 13, 2020

I'm the only black woman in the United States Senate, the only one, and only the second in the history of the United States Senate. And so, when we look, again, at how far we have to go, we have a lot of work to do.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 13, 2020

Why are they creating obstacles to us voting? Well, the answer is because, when we vote, things change. And so we know how to jump over or get around the obstacles that for many of us have been in place since the day we were born.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

Joe, I'm so proud to stand with you. And I do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me whose sacrifice, determination and resilience makes my presence here today even possible.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

It didn't have to be this way. Six years ago, in fact, we had a different health crisis. It was called Ebola, and we all remember that pandemic. But you know what happened then? Barack Obama and Joe Biden did their job. Only two people in…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

Kamala Harris for the people. The people, that's who I represented as district attorney, fighting on behalf of victims who needed help. The people, that's who I fought for as California's attorney general when I took on transnational…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

Here's the good news. We don't have to accept the failed government of Donald Trump and Mike Pence. In just 83 days, we have a chance to choose a better future for our country.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

My mother and father, they came from opposite sides of the world to arrive in America. One from India and the other from Jamaica, in search of a world class education. But what brought them together was the civil rights movement of the…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

Let me tell you as somebody who has presented my fair share of arguments in court, the case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut. Just look where they've gotten us. More than 16 million out of work, millions of kids who…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut. More than 16 million out of work. Millions of kids who cannot go back to school. A crisis of poverty, of homelessness, more than 165,000 lives that have been cut short. Many…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

Trump is also the reason millions of Americans are now unemployed. He inherited the longest economic expansion in history from Barack Obama and Joe Biden. And then, like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

We need more than a victory on November 3rd. We need a mandate that proves that the past few years do not represent who we are or who we aspire to be. We don't have to accept the failed government of Donald Trump and Mike Pence. In just 83…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

We just witnessed real leadership, which is Joe Biden said that as a nation, we should all be wearing a mask for the next three months because it will save lives.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 12, 2020

Like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. Because of Trump's failures of leadership, our economy has taken one of the biggest hits out of all the major industrialized nations.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

After the most competitive primary in history, the country received a resounding message that Joe was the person to lead us forward. And, Joe, I'm so proud to stand with you. And I do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

President Trump is also the reason millions of Americans are now unemployed. He inherited the longest economic expansion in history from Barack Obama and Joe Biden. And then, like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

This is a moment of real consequence for America. Everything we care about, our economy, our health, our children, the kind of country we live in, it's all on the line. America is crying out for leadership. Yet we have a president who…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

Let's never forget that on the fundamental issues, we all have so much more in common than what separates us. And you know, some will say, well, we need to search to find that common ground. Here's what I say. I think we need to recognize…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

In our America, people who hold the highest levels of leadership should be in the business of unifying our country, not dividing our country, and as far as I'm concerned, we've got a president who is not trying to make America great. He's…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

I spent my entire career standing mostly in a courtroom speaking five words, 'Kamala Harris for the people'. And it was about all the people, regardless of their race, regardless of their gender, regardless of where they lived…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

He has conducted foreign policy since day one born out of a very fragile ego that fails to understand that one of the most important responsibilities of the commander in chief is to concern herself with the security of our nation and…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Aug 11, 2020

We have a predator living in the White House. Donald Trump has predatory nature and predatory instincts. And the thing about predators is this: by their very nature, they prey on people they perceive to be weak. They prey on people they…

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