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Kamala Harris: “Then there were the fires here in California. And so as vice…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 46:34

Well, no, the next morning after the election, I went to Howard, my alma mater, to give my speech, conceding, but also hopefully uplifting everyone to not give up. Yep. So everything kept moving. It was like situation after situation after situation. Then there were the fires here in California. And so as vice president, I was then working with FEMA and in the Oval Office with the President, working on making sure that we got all the kinds of disaster relief we could get to California. But right then, at that point, the fires were raging. So it wasn't just about relief, it was really about resources and FEMA resources and supporting our first responders here. (46:34–46:51)

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Asserts involvement in coordinating disaster relief for California fires with FEMA and the President.

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