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US Vice President Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom tour the Upper San Leandro Water Treatment Plant on April 5, 2021 in Oakland, California.
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Kamala Harris visited her hometown of Oakland for the first time since becoming vice president. While love was in the air at speeches made across the Bay Area on Monday, Harris used the backdrop of the working-class East Bay to tout President Biden s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, the administration s latest go big package before Congress. Vice President Kamala Harris has taken the values of the East Bay to Washington, D.C., and with her brilliance, [will] make sure that all the policies and the agenda of the Biden administration have an added lens of racial and gender equity and justice. And I think today is a reflection of that.’
The VP is allowed to get a snack : Snappy Jen Psaki s bizarre answer for reporter who asked why Kamala visited Chicago bakery but not the border
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki pushed back Wednesday when a reporter questioned why Vice President Kamala Harris visited a bakery but not the southern border despite being put in charge of the crisis
The vice president was visiting Chicago, actually, to talk about COVID and the importance of communities getting the vaccine, Psaki said
Added: So, while she was there, like many Americans, she got a snack. I think she s allowed to do that
Vice President Kamala Harris talks small business, clean water in visit to Oakland
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 file photo, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks as she and President-elect Joe Biden introduce their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts. On Monday, Harris visited her hometown Oakland for the first time since becoming Vice President, and spoke to local elected officials about small businesses, clean water access and other local issues. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press
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U.S. Vice President and native Kamala Harris visited Oakland Monday, her first visit to the city since taking office.
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Kamala Harris comes to Oakland to promote $2 trillion infrastructure plan
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Red Door Catering owner Reign Free (left) and Senator Alex Padilla (right) listen to Vice President Kamala Harris speak during a visit to West Oakland?•s Red Door Catering in Oakland, Calif. Monday, April 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Vice President Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom tour the East Bay Municipal Utility District s Upper Leandro Water Treatment Plant in Oakland, Calif. Monday, April 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Vice President Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom tour the East Bay Municipal Utility District s Upper Leandro Water Treatment Plant in Oakland, Calif. Monday, April 5, 2021.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less