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Kamala Harris: “My parents were active in the civil rights movement.”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President Kamala D. Harris on Trump, Voting & The Future of The Democratic Party

Published | Video Starts at 19:11

… the way you think about the fight against this competitive authoritarianism that we're facing in this country. Right. Well, to your point, we have a shared lineage in that way. My parents were active in the civil rights movement. as I often described. They spent full time marching and shouting for justice, pushing me in a stroller. And you know, I think about one, it was being raised in that environment. (19:11–19:14)

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