Kamala Harris
Jean-Pierre will be the first Black woman and first openly queer person to serve as White House press secretary, after Jen Psaki steps down from the role.
“It has never been more clear which party wants to expand our rights and which party wants to restricts them,” Vice President Kamala Harris said.
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn abortion protections, Harris said “opponents of Roe want to punish women and take away their rights.”
The spate of high-profile cases among vaccinated people has not resulted in deaths or hospitalizations, but the White House has failed to push that message.
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The vice president had been in close contact with a staffer who tested positive for the virus earlier this month.
Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, the vice president noted.
The Senate witnessed a double dose of history when Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Kamala Harris has become the first woman, first Black person and first Asian American to be elected vice president of the United States.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) issued fierce criticisms of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kent.), who held up passage of an anti-lynching bill he previously voted to pass.
“Black and Latino people often have to pay more for their mortgage, receive less when they sell the home and are less able to access home equity lines of credit,” Kamala Harris said.
