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Kamala Harris: “I decided to run for office because you ran.”

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Kamala Harris: America Is At Breaking Point & I'm Deeply Concerned About The State Of The Country!

Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:30:08

I can't tell you the number of people who have come up to me and said, I decided to run for office because you ran. The number of people who have come up to me and said, I decided to go to law school because you inspired me with what. (1:30:08–1:30:11)

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“I've met with over 150 world leaders, presidents, prime ministers, chancellors and kings.”
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“Walter Mondale was his vice president and was the first to have an office in the West Wing.”
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“Haitian immigrants, regardless of their legal status in Ohio, were eating their pets. Cats and dogs.”
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“Mass deportations, which is picking up a lot of American citizens, by the way, in the process.”
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“America recovered faster than any so-called wealthy country economically from the pandemic.”
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“It is expected that Gen Z will have 10 to 12 jobs in their lifetime.”
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“In 2024, 1/3 of the electorate didn't vote.”
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“My mother arrived from India in the United States at the age of 19 by herself.”
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“My mother, naturally, at that young age became aligned with the civil rights movement in Berkeley.”
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“My father, who had been a national scholar in Jamaica.”
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“I never wanted to be in private practice. It was never about money for me.”
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“I specialized in child sexual assault, which is about the most horrendous of abuse and crime.”
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“We as a society should be in the business of protecting children and protecting their vulnerability so that they can thrive.”
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“I've negotiated very important deals and issues on behalf of the American people.”
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“I've spent countless hours not only in the Oval Office, but the Situation Room and traveling around the world.”
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“We ran out of money [during the presidential campaign].”
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“Joe Biden took like nine weeks to make a decision [on his vice-presidential pick].”
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“I was the 49th Vice President, United States. There have only been 48 before me.”
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“President Jimmy Carter...decided that the vice President should be given greater responsibilities than had been the case.”
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“The staff and the resources under the President as compared to the vice President, are enormous.”
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“Resources were available, but not used to defend the vice President in the way that they could have.”
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“There are far too many people in this world and in professional life who approach things with a zero sum game.”
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“Going into a presidential debate is an incredibly intense and intensive project.”
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“Debate camp was this intense, basically a preparation process where you, you know, your team will basically try to, they'll break you and…”
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“Trump hadn't agreed to another debate.”
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“I was the only one who would be able to preserve his legacy.”
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“It's a very rare circumstance that you see Donald Trump actually moderate.”
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“I don't think he wanted to debate.”
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“Misdirection includes, by the way, talking about immigrants eating cats and dogs and not talking about what's your plan for working…”
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“I was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee when we investigated Russia's interference in the 2016 election.”
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“We declassified our findings, we made them public.”
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“They targeted black voters with the assumption that there are certain people and demographically certain groups who are more susceptible to…”
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“We know that certain demographics are targeted with mis and disinformation, be they what we've seen around targeting young voters or other…”
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“I wanted to do Joe Rogan's show and there was a lot of games being played, but I wanted to do Joe Rogan's show.”
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“History is gonna write about those 107 days, and I'm not gonna let that piece of American history be written without my voice being present.”
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“I'm focused on the book tour, sincerely. And part of how I'm feeling right now, part of the reason I didn't run for governor of California…”
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“I think the case for running again is if I can make a difference. Honestly, if I can make a difference, if I feel that I can offer something…”
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“You know, it's difficult to run for president. It takes a toll on your family. Takes a real toll on your family.”
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“The process [of an election for President of the United States] can be so opaque.”
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“Millions and millions of people are about to lose their health coverage in terms of being able to afford premiums for their health care.”
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“You look at the weaponization of the Department of Justice against political enemies.”
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“What's happening around gutting the Department of Education lunch programs for low income children, IEPs, individual education placement for…”
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“Prices are higher for groceries, inflation is higher, unemployment is higher.”
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“We are witnessing what is the swift implementation, a high velocity event that is the swift implementation of a plan that has been decades…”
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“The idea of going after public education, that's not new.”
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“The Federalist Society, the Heritage foundation, what's what, the gerrymandering of districts, the packing, the court, this stuff, this is…”
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“We had the infrastructure deal, we had the chips act. So we're building back up America's infrastructure. It's 150 years old.”
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“Chips is about manufacturing chips, US manufacturing, both incredibly important.”
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“I would have first gone with our family policy that was about extension of the child tax credit, affordable childcare, paid family leave.”
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“Medicare cover, for example, for people in the sandwich generation who are taking care of young children and older parents. Medicare cover…”
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“I offered for small businesses that they would get a $50,000 tax credit because nobody can start up a small business on a $5,000 tax credit.”
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“I think we should reduce voting age to 16.”
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“Gen Z, they're age about 13 through 27. They've only known the climate crisis.”
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“The consequence of an election for President of the United States impacts billions of people around the world.”
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“I don't regret running. I wish we had more time.”
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“Men and women, girls and boys come up to me and say there was something about that campaign that excited something in them.”
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“We had a house full of people, family. The next day, as we were going to go to Howard University's campus, my alma mater, to give a victory…”
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“And so then I had to get ready to go and give a speech, which was a concession speech.”
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“I would close every rally by saying, when we fight, we win.”
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“And on the way to the. Giving the speech, I wrote into the speech, well, sometimes the fight takes a while.”
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