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Kamala Harris: “There was a whole lot of opposition to [stimulus checks]…”

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

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Kamala Harris' Advice To 18-Year-Old Self, Talks Student Loans, Stimulus Checks, HBCU & Donald Trump

Published | Video Starts at 20:15

People like Maxine Waters, people like Hakeem Jeffries. Right. Yes. Who did the work of pushing to say, people need help right now and we need to send out checks. There was a whole lot of opposition to [stimulus checks], including from Donald Trump's White House. Yes. Even him. I think he was resistant to it at first. Yes. That's why those checks. Remember, Congress holds the purse. Yes. (20:15–20:20)

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