You where so many hats. Wear so many hats. I am so honored to have your support. In. Ks for taking us [laughter] sen. Harris at the last minute as you all know. Because you are here and you shifted the plan and you came here. I want to thank you on a rainy afternoon for being here. Very touched, so thank you. I am kamala harris, i am running for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris and so i wanted to share with you a couple of my thoughts and i am forward to taking questions. As you probably heard me say before, i fully intend to win this election. I really do. Part of the measure of our success is going to be at the end of this process that we are relevant. And in order to ensure that, it is important to me that i and we listen as much as i talk, especially at this stage of the campaign, so i am here to listen as much as i am to talk but i will share with you a couple of thoughts. Lets get a big shout out for naral. Yay. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris there we are. So i thank you for cohosting this meet and greet and i want to thank the leaders of naral, most of whom are volunteers for the work they do and you do every day. We all know this is a Pivotal Moment in the history of our country. It is a moment in time that is requiring us each to look in the mirror and ask a question, that question being, who are we . We all know part of the answer to that question is we are better than this. And one of the issues upon which we base that perspective is that right now, and it is not a new moment in america, but it is a highlighted moment. Womens access to Reproductive Health is under attack in america. And we have got to stand firm. We have got to stand firm. Just a few weeks ago, i was in alabama, you all know what is happening and is likely to happen in georgia and missouri. We are not being alarmists when we say women will die. And particular, poor women and women of color. Those who cannot leave where they are, which is in a place where politicians have decided to tell women what to do with their own bodies. They cannot leave where they are in a place where politicians have decided they know better about what a woman needs than her own and her own physician and we are at a moment in time that is requiring us to recognize that these women are going to need our support and our help and their families because they have a right of course, to make decisions about their lives, and so many of them will not even be able to leave the state in which they live. Naral, youre doing that work of supporting these women and helping them in those places and being leaders around the country. Access to Women Health Care for women is under attack. But you know, i grew up, we grew up hearing about Womens Health issues. Our mother was a rest cancer Breast Cancer researcher. She was a scientist. My earliest memories, she would come home enraged often about the lack of dignity that women were given in the Health Care Delivery system in the context of scientific research, in the context of taking women seriously and at their word when they indicate or express what their needs are. So this issue is all too familiar to me. It is an issue that is an issue that not only represents one is what is right in terms of giving a woman her constitutional right to privacy and to exercising free will and exercising agency, it is not only an issue that is about the health and wellbeing of women and that women may actually die. It is also an issue about understanding equality, fundamental aspects of equality. Many of you watched the Kavanaugh Hearings. You remember when i asked that question, is there any law that you can think of that tells a man what to do with his body and you could see people going to all kinds of interesting places with that, right . No, it is about equality. It is a fundamental issue of equality. Part of what i am prepared to do is not only continue enjoying with all of our brothers and sisters in this fight for full reproductive freedom for women, but i will also tell you after elected, i am prepared to require that as it relates to any state that has a history of restricting a womans access to Reproductive Health care, that that state has to clear that law, to clear it for constitutional muster, to clear that it comports with roe v. Wade through the u. S. Department of justice, that is called free clearance. And until that law clears for constitutional muster, it cannot go into effect. [applause] sen. Harris because clearly, we need some oversight, constitutional oversight, so we will play on the defense, but lets also take it on the offense. [applause] this issue is one of the many issues that for me, it relates to the issues people were talking about from the time of my birth. Met when they were students in the 1960s when they were active in the civil rights movement. We grew up surrounded by adults who spent time marching and shouting about this thing called justice and the fight for justice and equality. The fight for civil rights, for justice, for equality, is a fight that must be fought and won with each generation. Right . I think there were two points there. One, that it is the very nature of this fight for justice and equality, that whatever gains we make, they will not be permanent. It is the nature of it. The second part of it is, point then is, knowing it is the nature of it, do not despair. Do not be overwhelmed, lets not throw up our hands when its time to roll up our sleeves, right . So on this fight for womens reproductive freedom, this is one of those things where we get to work and do what needs to be done on the defense and the offense, but there are so many other issues right now at play as well. I will tell you, that same ours, she was five feet tall, but you could she was the kind of parent who if you ever came home complaining about something, our mother would look at you with a hand on her hip and with a very straight face asked, well, what are you going to do about it . So, i decided to run for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris there you go. [laughter] sen. Harris there you go. And lets talk about what is at play right now. Weve got this guy in the white house, currently. Ok . Ok . He talks about how hes going to make America Great again. But what i would suggest is that he has actually betrayed america. He ran on a platform that said, farmers, i am going to take care of yall. I dont need to tell iowa that this socalled trade policy trade by tweet has resulted in iowa farmers, some of whom are looking at bankruptcy, those who had cultivated a market over at least the last decade in china to sell soybeans, now sitting rotting in bins. I dont need to tell you how he betrayed people when we are looking at the fact that it is very possible that as many as 700,000 autoworkers in the United States may lose their job by the end of the year. Lets talk about betrayal of the American Families with the socalled trump trade policy, which i call the trump trade tax, American Families are spending 1. 4 billion a month more for everything from shampoos to washing machines. Its not about making America Great again. He wants to take america backward, and we are prepared to turn the page. We are prepared to turn the page. [applause] sen. Harris and to turn the page, we are going to need to prosecute the case against four more years of this administration. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris as a former prosecutor, im here to teach you about part of my background , i have a background where successfully, i have prosecuted the big banks who preyed on homeowners, prosecuted pharmaceutical companies who preyed on seniors, prosecuted Transnational Criminal Organizations that preyed on women and children, and i will tell you, we have a predator living in the white house. [applause] sen. Harris and the thing about this person, is hes got predatory instincts and a predatory nature. Because let me tell you a secret about predators. They prey on the vulnerable. They prey on those who they assume are weak. They prey on those they assume are desperate. The thing about predators is this they are cowards. [applause] sen. Harris what we need and want in our america is a president of the United States who recognizes that her strength derives from an ability not to beat people down, but lift people up. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris lift them up. [applause] sen. Harris look at the rap sheet on this case. [laughter] sen. Harris lets look at the rap sheet, shall we . So, lets look at the facts that promised working people that they would be helped, but then he passes a tax bill benefiting the top 1 and the biggest corporations. You look at the trump trade tax and what is happening in terms of yet again continuous attempts to take health care from American Families, including reviving preexisting conditions as a ban on getting access to health care. You look at the fact that there are children in cages and they are separating children from their parents in the name of border security, when in fact that is human rights abuse being committed by the United States government. [applause] sen. Harris there is plenty of evidence to prosecute this case, but lets also talk about the fact that what is before us is not only about the, it is about the future of our country, its also about the future of our country, and fighting for the country we love. Tomorrow, we will celebrate our nations independence. Tomorrow, we will reflect on the fact that we are a nation who derives its greatest strength from the fact that by our very nature, by our very nature, we are aspirational. We are a nation that was founded on noble ideals. The ideals that were present when we wrote the constitution of the United States and all of the amendments and the bill of rights and declaration of independence and those words wee spoken 17th 76, spoke in 1776, we are all equal and should be treated that way we are aspirational. We are also cleareyed. We have not yet reached those ideals, but the strength of who we are is we fight to get there, and so, fight we will and fight we must, and let us be clear this is a fight that is born out of optimism. This is a fight that is born out of seeing and knowing what can be, and believing in that, unburned by what has been. This is a fight that is born not only of knowing we must fight for the soul of our country, but a fight born out of love of country, and this is a fight, therefore, for our america and the america we believe in. The america we believe in. Because we believe that working people should be able to get through the end of the month without worrying about how they will pay their bills. We believe in an america where you only have to work one job to have a roof over your head and put food on the table. [applause] sen. Harris we believe in an america where teachers are paid their value. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris we believe in an america where women are paid the same as men. We believe in an america where women will always have access to Reproductive Health. We believe in an america where no child has to attend a hearing to determine if they can hide in a closet because of a gunman roaming the halls of their schools. [applause] sen. Harris we believe in an america where everyone is given dignity and is treated with equality and fairness, and that is why we will continue to fight, and as we march toward this election in 2020, with and born out of an ultimate and fundamental belief that we are all in this together and that we all rise and fall together and that the power is in the people, with all that in our hearts and our souls, i promise you, des moines, we will win this election. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris we will win. Kamala Kamala KamalaKamala KamalaKamala KamalaKamala Kamala ok, lets take some questions. Shall we go with katie here . Katie hello. My name is katie, and i am an undecided iowa democrat. Im excited to be here for two reasons. First of all, i was very impressed with your performance in the debate. [cheers and applause] katie that was awesome. And also, because im just very happy to be in a room with so many prochoice iowans. We really do not get together enough. [applause] katie about 10 years ago, i found myself facing an unplanned pregnancy. I was a college student, and to be totally honest, i had never thought too much about reproductive rights, because i never thought i would need them, but i do distinctly remember the moment i found out i was pregnant. I had two immediate thoughts before the denial and grief and all those thoughts that come later. I remember thinking, i need to have an abortion and, oh, i live in iowa. I knew abortion was a controversial subject, but up until that point, i never considered how the controversy would impact the trajectory of my life. I remember google searching if abortion is legal in iowa and how to get an abortion in iowa, and i remember seeing pages of results about all the different ways Iowa Republicans were trying to restrict reproductive rights. Fortunately, i was lucky and i was able to get abortion care in my home state without having to jump through too many legal hoops, but that feeling, that fear of i know what i need but i dont know if i will be able to legally access it, has stayed with me. It has been 10 years since my abortion, and if im totally honest, my feelings have fluctuated. Sometimes im 100 confident i made the right decision, and sometimes im not that sure. Sometimes, i think about it and im really happy that i was able to choose my own path, and sometimes i really am sad about the path i did not choose, but the one thing in which im confident is i am incredibly grateful that i was able to make that decision for myself. [cheers and applause] katie the other thing that has been constant is that republican lawmakers have been trying to take that power away. That is why, for me, it is essential the next president of the United States be an individual who is not just prochoice, but is someone who will be a National Leader for the cause of reproductive justice. As you said, i have not been around quite as long, but im very tired of this fight, and i want a president who will not just defend the status quo, but will do everything in her power to ensure that future generations have access to a full range of Reproductive Health care. My question this is a crowded field where we know defending Abortion Access is the floor, not the ceiling, for candidates. We know each candidate has promised to veto dangerous antichoice legislation, but with roe v. Wade under dire and immediate threat, we need more than that. My question for you is, what is your plan for proactively safeguarding reproductive freedom and locking in these fundamental reproductive rights and what would a Harris Administration do that others might not to protect reproductive choice . Thank you. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris first, i am in awe of your courage. Really, to speak in this venue with all who are here and with such grace, to tell your story that is a very personal story, and it is a story that many women in america can tell, but you have a special ability to have the confidence and courage to speak it in a room like this and those truths need to be heard by everyone, so i first just want to thank you for that. I really do. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris so, you know, listen, first of all, i think what im offering is something no one has talked about or offered before, a new approach, and maybe it comes from the fact that in my background, i was for two terms the attorney general of california. I ran the second Largest Department of justice in the United States, second only to the United States department of justice. I will also tell you, in terms of my background, i share with you that my parents were active in the civil rights movement. What inspired me to want to become a lawyer was actually those lawyers who were active in the civil rights movement. It was Thurgood Marshall and Charles Hamilton houston. It was these individuals who understood the skill and power , to translate the passion from the street to the courtrooms in the country to make sure people who deserve full equality under the law receive it. Thats why i wanted to be a lawyer, to make sure that happens. And so, it is through that lens i actually do think of a number of issues, including this issue. Which is, lets continue with our activism and continue to take it to the streets. Lets also do what we need to do around litigation against these bad laws, but also from a proactive position, think about how this is a fundamental issue of justice and in that way, thats how i think about the role of the United States department of justice, which is why im saying in a Harris Administration, we will have preclearance requirements for any state that infringes on a womans access to Reproductive Health care if they have a history of doing that. That is a new and different approach. I will also tell you that for me, this is not a new issue working on this. I have been working on womens access to Reproductive Health care for a long time, throughout my years as attorney general, for example. When there were laws that were being passed and legislation that was being passed that in any way would restrict a womans access including issues like parental consent, i have always been front and center being an advocate on what we need to do to make sure we do not infringe upon a womans ability to make decisions. This is not a new issue for me. It is something i will always work on, and again, it goes back to what i shared at the beginning. I was born and grew up in a family, in a household where Womens Health issues were my mother had two goals in her life. One was to raise her two daughters. The other goal was to end Breast Cancer. And she was a good cook, but there was not much else happening in our household. [laughter] sen. Harris so it is really fundamental to me. To the earlier point about civil rights, equality, health, wellbeing, lets talk about poverty. One of the other initiatives that im offering that is new in this campaign is around equal pay. Ok . Lets talk about that for a moment. If i can, i will offer the segue into that by saying that it is really wellestablished that in places and countries where there is a restriction on a womans access to Reproductive Health care, it is coexistent with that women do not have Economic Health and wellbeing. These are interrelated in a very direct way, so i think about it in terms of all associated issues, right . And so, moving over to the equal pay issue, do you know as so many do here the equal pay act. Anybody know when that was passed . 1963. Since 1963, we acknowledged it got passed, right . We acknowledged women are not being paid equal to men for equal work. In 1963. Fast forward to the year of our lord 2019, women are paid . 80 on the dollar. Black women, . 61. Latinas, . 53. Right . Kind of done, right . The issue of equal pay in terms of is it real or is it a fact . That is well established. What are we going to do about it . Here is what i am proposing. Lets go on the offensive in addition to what we need to do on the defensive. Heres what im proposing. Also, back to the point of your story. The way we should always think about public policy, i believe, is how does it impact a real person . You can have an intellectual discussion and all these fancy discussions about it, but how does it really impact a real person . Equal pay, heres how it really works. Lets say sue is working next to john, and their cubicles are next to each other. Maybe one day, they are hanging out at the water cooler and john is talking about what he got his kids for the holidays, and sue is talking about her kids did not get that stuff and she looks out of the window to the parking lot and sees john is driving a new car and her car is 10 years old, so she thinks shes going to go to the supervisor to find out it is going on here. I have a hunch. Asking the supervisor, are we making the same amount . The supervisor will probably say they cannot talk about salaries. Maybe she goes to the eeoc, the equal employment office. I have a hunch here. Can you prove it . What you got . Putting the onus on her. To prove the situation. And maybe, she might even take it so far that she wants to take it to litigation. That has to come out of her own pocket for her lawyer. This working woman has to prove the burden is on her to prove she is not being paid equally for equal work. Kind of done with that. Let me tell you what im going to do and what im prepared to do. Shift the burden to the corporation. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris but theres more. But theres more. Turning into a 3 00 and for marshall. Mercial. But theres more. Requiring them to post on their website are they paying women equal for equal work . You know how restaurants get ratings and stuff like that . Its got to be on their website. And because there is more until they reach equity, what will also happen to give positive encouragement and to create some kind of accountability, for every 1 differential between what they are paying men and women for equal work, there will be a fine of 1 of their previous years profit. That will get their attention. That will get their attention. Again, the way under a Harris Administration that i think about some of these issues is that it has been around for so long. To the point of your question, what will be the new approach, in addition to everything that has worked, lets also think about how we leverage the power we have in a way that is designed to achieve the goal, not just talk about it, but actually get there, so thank you. [cheers and applause] amazing, and a plan for all of it, which is great. Ok. We have time for more questions. I see some save the children people here. Go to think we need to call on think we needyou to call on them . Who is going to represent . Ill represent. Im an advocate for save the children action network. Thank you for taking the time to be with us on this beautiful rainy day. We have three main concerns. One of those is that there is inadequate access to Early Childhood education for kids. 40 of kids in this nation do not have access to quality child care, and that transition for many, many years is a difference in our country. Secondly, 20 of the kids around the world live in conflict zones and we are highly concerned about what our country is doing currently and can do to look out for the needs of kids worldwide. And certainly, our current reality in the u. S. Mexican border, we are concerned about the kids being held in the conditions they are for longer than is legally appropriate, so we are wondering what you would do as senator currently and then as our next president to invest in kids, to look out for the needs of kids and young families. Sen. Harris thank you. Let me start by saying i strongly believe that you should judge a society based on how it treats its children. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris period. And often, through my career i know jean mentioned this in the introduction i was the elected District Attorney for two terms in san francisco, then attorney general for two terms and obviously now on the United States senate. I have always, when talking with my team about policy initiatives or something we are to do, i have always said ok, sit back and it could be any subject and i have said, tell me how this is going to impact a child. It is an interesting analysis when you start to think about any issue. It could be the future of work, it could be climate crisis. Just name an issue that seemingly has nothing to do with children, and if you ask how your perspective on that issue will impact a child, it will tell you a lot about how it will actually play out, and if it is good or relevant, so i cannot thank you enough for the work you do. Under a Harris Administration, you can look at my track record. When i was attorney general, i created what i think is the first in the nation in the California Department of justice, what i named the bureau of childrens justice. [applause] sen. Harris the reason is, in a state of 40 million people, i was looking around at what is happening in terms of who and where is the responsibility for tracking and paying attention to how children are doing. The thing that has always driven me bananas is that we have a system that basically treats childrens issues as small issues. Why . Because they are small people . Thats ridiculous. What we know, thinking people know, is that when you impact the world of a child, you impact the world. Im not going to go on and on, but i can point to a lot in my background to tell you this is one of my greatest priorities, and it is through that lens that i think of the world and almost everything i do. I can go through how i think about everything from the gun violence and what we need to do about smart gun safety laws to what we need to do around the climate crisis, all through the lens of a child. We can talk about, for example, my proposal on teacher pay. My first grade teacher, mrs. Frances wilson, god rest her soul, attended my law school graduation. Heres the thing many of us have a similar story. Many of us do. Some teacher along the way who convinced us we were special. We were not particularly special. [laughter] sen. Harris but they told us we were and we believed them, and it put us on a path to being here together to make a decision about who might be the next president of the United States. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris one of my plans for what we need to do to fix america is we need to pay teachers their value, knowing that and knowing that there are two groups of people raising our children, parents often with the assistance of grandparents or aunts and uncles, and our teachers. Yet teachers are paid less than similarly educated professionals, yet 94 percent of teachers in our Public Schools come out of their own pocket to help pay for school supplies. Part of what im prepared to do is to put in place in our nations history what will be the First Federal investment in closing the teacher pay gap. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris in iowa, the gap is about 12,200 a year, so lets talk about that. 12,200 a year that is a years worth of mortgage payments. 12,200 a year that is a years worth of grocery bills. 12,200 a year that is putting a significant dent in student loan debt, which is one of the greatest barriers to our kids coming out of college and entering a profession in which they have a passion. Combine the good and salary, no way they can the debt and salary, no way they can pay the bills. So this is one of my proposals. I could go on and on. But i do want to mention what you talked about also. The three points. The children at the border. As you know, we had a debate in miami on thursday of last week and the next day, i went to homestead, florida. And in homestead, florida, there is a forprofit facility that currently houses 2,700 children. So we get there, and they would not give us access. I am a member of the Senate Homeland security committee. It is a forprofit institution. These forprofit will need to be shut down, by the way. All of them. [applause] sen. Harris all these detention facilities. The private prisons, private detention facilities, they all need to be shut down. They all need to be shut down. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris here is why. Here is why. Here is why. Lets talk about the Business Model on these private detention facilities. The Business Model is for certain human beings to profit off the incarceration of other human beings. To profit. And let me tell you what i saw. They would not let us in. So we got a ladder and climbed up and looked over the fence. Let me tell you what i saw. There were two lines of kids, girls and boys. They were lined up in single file. Walking into barracks. They were treating these children like prisoners, as though they committed a crime. This is what is happening. This is the United States government doing this. Immediately on day one, when elected i would end it. [applause] sen. Harris and i just want to add one more thing to share with you what i saw. I also met with parents. To be clear, some of them arrived as unaccompanied minors. But there are also many of them with parents on the other side of the fence i described. These kids, some of them are being held for 40 days. What is that about . Their parents are there, yearning to be with their children. This has got to stop. It highlights the point of your question. There is so much at stake in this election. Back to my earlier point, they need to be prosecuted and a case i believe will appeal to most of the people who understand that it is not reflective of the values of who we are, and it is not reflective of our best self. We can do better. We are better than this. [applause] sen. Harris thank you. It is hot as blazes in here. Iowa. Iowa. Its warm. I think they told me we have time for one more question. The young lady right back there with the sunglasses and a beautiful striped dress. Yes. How about you . Lets reach way back there. Thanks for being here. I have two questions, but they are really short. First, i am a big fan and i have been advocating for you with all of my friends. We are hearing a lot about your experience as the attorney general in california. How can we talk to people about your record when we hear negative things . What should we be saying . And second, i am sort of thinking about running for school board. Any advice . [cheers and applause] sen. Harris i have plenty of advice. [laughter] sen. Harris frankly, there were those who would like to put my experience as a prosecutor and make it a negative. I will tell you, as a prosecutor, i am very proud of my record. First of all, as i shared with you about my background, i grew up in a community and in a family and neighborhood where i was acutely aware since the day i was born about the flaws in the criminal justice system. And i made a very conscious decision, therefore, to become a prosecutor, believing that when we want to reform systems, there is certainly an Important Role to be played on the outside in terms of advocacy and activism, but why not be on the inside where decisions are made and you can have the ability to have a voice, and potentially a very powerful voice . [applause] sen. Harris that is why i made the decision. And so, i am proud of my record that i am one of the first elected prosecutors in the country to have started a Reentry Initiative focused on firsttime drug sales offenders and giving them jobs, counseling, and support. My Program Initiative ended up being designated as a model for innovation for Law Enforcement in the United States. I am proud of the work i did as attorney general and required my special agents to wear body cameras and keep them on. I think it might have been the first state agency to do that. I am proud of the work we have done, even in my role in the United States senate as being a leader on what we need to do to reform the money bail system in america, which means every day in america, there are people sitting in jail, waiting for trial simply because they do not have the money for bail. That is a criminal Justice Reform matter, and also economic justice. [applause] sen. Harris i will give you more information about all the details on that, but i am very proud of our record, and i am never going to run away from the reality that i also strongly believe, if a woman is raped, if a child is molested, if someone kills someone else, there need to be serious consequences, and i will not shy away from that or apologize for that. So i appreciate you asking the question so we can have this conversation and air out these issues. Running for office. Let me tell you. First of all, dont you ever listen to anyone who tells you that you cannot win and it cannot be done. Ok . [cheers and applause] sen. Harris do not hear that. Let me tell you something. I eat no for breakfast. Ok . This will be your first office . Ok. My first office i ran for was da. The incumbent came from an old political family. Two terms. His nickname is k. O. , because he was known for knocking people out. Everyone said it is not your time, it will be difficult, it will be ugly. I did not listen. I got excited. We got in the race and my first numbers came back and i started out at a very healthy six points in the poll. Six in 100. But i knew if we could get to 12, we could win. Let me tell you how we campaigned. I campaigned with my ironing board. I wrapped it with duct tape, and i had posters, and i would take it and get in my car and drive to the local Grocery Store. I would poll out my ironing board, duct tape, literature, and posters. I walked to the front of the Grocery Store and would open up my ironing board. And ironing board makes a great standing desk. Right . Then with the duct tape i would take my posters so people walking by would see my posters and i would require people to talk to me as they walked in and out of the Grocery Store. [laughter] sen. Harris that is how you do it. That is how you do it. [laughter] [applause] sen. Harris go for it. Go for it. [applause] thank you so much. Thank you very much for coming tonight. Do you want to say anything to people . Thank you again. Was so happy to cohost this and we are so happy to be here with you. [applause] sen. Harris i just want to say hello to everybody. Hello, how are you . Sen. Harris how are you . Thank you for being here. A woman president sen. Harris thank you. What is your name. Nice to meet you. What is your name. Mia. Sen. Harris how do you spell it . Mia. Sen. Harris thank you. Thank you so much. We are going to do this. It is going to be hard work, but we are going to do it. Thank you for taking the time to be here. I love your laugh. Thank you for taking the time to be here. That is my card. We got taken over by a venture capitalist who doubled our rent. Sen. Harris i have an initiative on rent, also. They rent relief act. Families are paying more than 30 of their income. They will get a tax benefit. We should follow up. [indiscernible] lets figure out how to follow up. I live right down the road. Senator harris, please put as much information as you can on your website. We need to know the details. I am a 67yearold i lost my job at 55, i love medicare for all, but i need to know the details. Farmers need to know what is happening. Sen. Harris sure. Of course. I will follow up on that. Love your energy. Love your effort. Medicare is very much part of my priority. Yeah. I have a procedure and medicare paid. [indiscernible] thank you, so much. Hydro five hours to be here today. I drove five hours to be here today. Sen. Harris thank you so much. That means the world to me. An interracial couple in the midwest, dont forget us. Sen. Harris i agree. We are going to do it. Sen. Harris thank you, guys. Thank you. This was wonderful. I was really impressed with the debates. Did not know who i would caucus for. Sen. Harris what is your name . I am a High School Teacher here. High School Teachers are often forgotten. They talk about Elementary School and college. We have totally forgotten about secondary school. Sen. Harris thank you. I appreciate it. [indiscernible] you are making me feel like we have to fight. There is a lot to fight against. Sen. Harris i know. We are strong. We can do it. Nice to meet you. John. Sen. Harris kamala harris. I am a member of the league of women voters, and yesterday was the 100th anniversary of iowa ratifying the 19th amendment. Sen. Harris i did not know that. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of iowa ratifying the 19th amendment. Who is your favorite suffragist in history . Or who is your favorite historical figure . Who was not a president. Sen. Harris shirley. Cool. Sen. Harris thank you for asking and her activism. Can i get a picture . Sen. Harris yes. Sen. Harris thank you so much. Can you sign this . Sen. Harris thank you. Senator . Next time they ask you about health care, can you please check them when they say that private Health Insurance is going to go away . Sen. Harris yes. I know. Please check them. Because that is not going to happen. I heard chris cuomo say it. Sen. Harris i know that. I agree with you. Frustrating. What is your name . Dan. Sen. Harris kamala harris. My niece asked me, who are you going to support . I said kamala harris. This was way before you decided. Sen. Harris thank you. That really means a lot. My name is jane ryan. Sen. Harris thank you. Please check them on that. My name is abby. [indiscernible] thank you. You. Hind you in theed Kavanaugh Hearing in my classroom. We debated it in my classroom. [indiscernible] you are witnessing all kinds of history. Thank you for coming. Hearing your ideas. Sen. Harris thank you for your support. I love that. Hi. I am a huge fan. I lived in baltimore. Working for an immigrant refugee service. Thank you so much for what you are doing. Sen. Harris we are all going to keep fighting. They need our voices. What are you doing now . [indiscernible] i am one of their researcher. Here we go. 1, 2, 3. Hi, my name is emily. Sen. Harris kamala. Thank you for being the best. I am so supportive of strong women everywhere. We are going to do this. 3. 1, 2, sen. Harris hi. After tonight, i am fully committed to you. You inspire me. Sen. Harris what is your name . Logan. Sen. Harris logan. Kamala. Thank you. Thank you, logan. It is nice to meet you. Thank you. It is nice to meet you. Hi, i am gail. Sen. Harris kamala. I did not bring it pen. Always so i will not all wet so i will not ask for a selfie. That. 00, sign and my little book. Local Law Enforcement officer and thank you. We have to change it from the inside. Sen. Harris i know. I am trying to get young people to join us. Thank you. Can we get a picture . Sen. Harris of course. Biden knows he is in trouble and donald trump does not want any part of you. I have to take her. One last one. Thank you so much. Thank you all. 70 years of education. Sen. Harris i am honored you are here. We are honored to be here. Thank you. Sen. Harris educators are never ex. Forever educating, that is why you are here. I am a current educator. Thank you for your stance. As a gay woman married to a hispanic woman from panama, thank you for your stance. I hope you can do something to protect our lgbtq community. The curriculum is absent. Sen. Harris i know that and it is something i think about. We need to pass the equality act. I am on legislation right now on what we need to do to protect the lgbtq community. I have been working on it for years, actually. We have so many runaways. I know. Sen. Harris they are so vulnerable. The rates of suicide. And oppression aside. And depression is high. The person is so vulnerable. Sen. Harris i know. Thank you. And thank you for putting a voice to that. Thank you. Can i get a picture . Sen. Harris yes of course. Can we turn around . I love your shoes. [laughter] thank you so much. Thank you for coming. I do not have a story. I am a supporter, and i continue to be. He has been a police chief. Do not let them play any tricks on you. They are going to. Sen. Harris they already have tried, but we will fight back. Thank you. You are coming back . When your office opens . Sen. Harris yes. I will see you then. Sen. Harris thank you here thank you. Hi, i am aaron from baltimore. Sen. Harris good to see you. Are you going to help us in our Baltimore Office . Inall my life we had been wars in iraq and afghanistan, and they are starting new ones. My brother is 24. I would like to know your plan to stop the wars. Sen. Harris talking earlier , he does notblem have appreciation for your brother, people and families who fightg so much for our democracy and freedom, and you cannot take that casually. I was just literally talking about this earlier, saying how we are treating military families in terms of how seriously we should take action with exposure to loss of life and injury, and less. Endless. What are you doing here . Thank you. Senator . One last one . We really dont have the time. We would love to have a video of you saying invest in kids. Will you do it . Fantastic. Ready . 1, 2, 3. Invest in kids. [laughter] fantastic. Selfie really quick . I am kamala. Nice to meet you. Can i get a selfie real quick . Thank you so much. A quick photo . Sen. Harris how is it going . Call me kamala. That is how we are. Thank you so much. Thanks so much. We met in october and in february. Thank you for being here. Thank you so much. Hi. I got it. [indistinct chatter] thank you. Thank you for being here. From washington state. I will be looking for you. From new orleans. Am i not supposed to touch her . Did you watch the debates . So glad to see you. Sen. Harris what are you thinking about . Had leadership camp. Sen. Harris how did it go . You tell me what you think i should know. That is part of our relationship. Ok . Next time . Yes . So happy when you are here. Thank you for the video, that was wonderful. [indiscernible] thank you. thank you. Sen. Harris you are welcome. What is your name . Stephen. It is a privilege. Sen. Harris that means a lot. Thank you. Can i bother you for an autograph . Sen. Harris thank you. Got it. I am a california girl now living in iowa and so proud of you. Can i get a picture . This. Mer on [laughter] thank you so much. Sen. Harris thank you. Hi. I know this person. Remember that . Sen. Harris i do. , 3. ,2 [indistinct chatter] sen. Harris hi. Thank you so very much. Sen. Harris hi. [laughter] thank you so much. One more photo. Wet from being outside. 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