your next steps to make sure you secure that vote and we win this nomination. yang gang. [ laughter ] it s coming on platforms like this show. i just need to do the hard work to introduce myself to as many voters as possible, particularly people in communities like perhaps the black community that don t know that much about me. but if you dig in, you find that my vision for the country is inclusive and will be transformative to our way of life. you know, when obama came in as the first black president, i was raising two black boys. it was unbelievably powerful for them. have you thought about the fact you would be our first asian-american president. what do you think the impact on the country is for that cerealing to get broken through? i think that my becoming president would be another transformative moment for the country, certainly growing up as the son of immigrants myself, i never imagined i would be in this seat or in this race. but now that i m here, i believe
ago congresswoman shirley chisholm became the first black woman to run for president and the first woman to seek the democratic nomination. now kamala harris is seeking to channel the historic bid for office while trying to make history of her own as the first black woman president and the first asian-american president joining me now, zurlina maxwell, nira tanden. let s talk about the nuances first. the announcement in oakland. politico s headline was harris picks hotbed of anti-trump movement to channel her campaign launch a quote from oakland s history of black and women s activism will form her backdrop in the trump era people are looking for models of opposition and symbols of opposition to the