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On the recordSeptember 16, 2024
I grew up a middle class kid, raised by our hard working mother who worked in saved and was able to buy our first home when I was a teenager. The values I bring to the importance of homeownership, knowing not everybody got handed $400 million on a silver platter and then filed bankruptcy six times.
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Kamala Harris
Democratic · California

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Kamala Harris discusses her upbringing and contrasts it with Donald Trump's financial background.

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