WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, warned members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday that the organization’s vision is “in serious jeopardy.”
Harris, alongside President Joe Biden, warned the crowd about what will be at stake if the Republican presidential candidate — former President Donald Trump — retakes the White House in November during Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, DC
The gala followed a series of events at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative conference this week. About 3,500 people attended the dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, according to a pool report.
“CBC has always had a vision for our nation’s future, a future where we can see what is possible, unburdened by what has been, a future where we fulfill the promise of America, the promise of freedom, opportunity and justice, not just for some, but for all,” Harris said.
“While we have been working and fighting to move our nation toward a brighter future, Donald Trump and his extremist allies are intent on taking our nation backward,” she said, adding that “they will give tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations, cut Social Security and Medicare, and end the Affordable Care Act that the CBC fought so hard to pass — but we will not back down.”
Harris, who is now poised to become the first female president, the second black president and the first president of South Asian descent, was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus when she served in the U.S. Senate from California.
After Biden passed the torch to Harris following his debate performance in tardy June, the vice president mounted an unprecedented and accelerated campaign to challenge Trump for the Oval Office.
“Let’s be clear: There are old ghosts in new clothes trying to take your power, and extremists are coming for your freedom, making it harder for you to vote and have your vote counted, closing doors of opportunity, attacking affirmative action and the value of diversity, equality and inclusion — banning books, erasing history,” Biden said Saturday.
The president received the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award before his speech. He was praised by Rep. Terri Sewell, Democrat of Alabama and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation board, and Rep. Steven Horsford, Democrat of Nevada and chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
This The White House hosted its first brunch On Friday, in a celebration of Black Excellence, Biden highlighted some of his administration’s efforts to provide greater opportunity and equality for the Black community.
Biden on Saturday again condemned attacks on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, saying “this is wrong” and “it has to stop.”
He added that “every president should reject hatred in America” and “not incite it.”
On the other side of the presidential campaign barricade, Trump Demonizes Immigrantsmost recently at a rally in Las Vegas on Friday night. He made false and unsubstantiated claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, and Venezuelan gangs in Aurora, Colorado, while threatening mass deportations if he wins another term.
IN press conference in california Trump on Friday promised that if elected, he would carry out “the largest deportation in the history of our country” — and that “it will start with Springfield and Aurora.”
