Vice President Harris is pitching herself as a “pragmatic capitalist” in a Noticias Telemundo interview as she seems to be to court docket Latino voters lower than two weeks out from the election.
“I am a capitalist. I am a pragmatic capitalist,” Harris stated in an interview with Noticias Telemundo’s Julio Vaqueiro, when requested to explain her political ideology.
Within the interview, set to air in full afterward Wednesday, Vaqueiro requested her if she outlined herself as a “progressive,” “socialist” or “moderate.”
Harris dodged utilizing any of these labels in her response.
“I believe that we need a new generation of leadership in America that actively works with the private sector to build up the new industries of America, to build up small business owners, to allow us to increase home ownership, to allow people and their families to build intergenerational wealth,” Harris stated.
The vice chairman supplied some coverage specifics geared toward courting Latinos, together with assessing which federal authorities jobs ought to require school levels and inspiring firms to take the same method and providing a $50,000 tax deduction for these beginning up their very own small companies.
She additionally echoed a number of different coverage proposals that she’s beforehand introduced, together with a $25,000 house owner credit score for first-time consumers and increasing the kid tax credit score.
Pressed once more at one level in regards to the labels “progressive” or “moderate,” Harris advised Vaqueiro: “I believe in the freedom of people to make decisions about their own bodies and women to make decisions about their own bodies and not have their government tell them what to do.”
“I believe that we must stand strong as the United States of America, support our military, and, unlike Donald Trump, should not be referring to service members as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers.’”
Harris’s interview with Noticias Telemundo is a component of a bigger marketing campaign to enchantment to Latino voters, who will play a vital position in states like Nevada and Arizona in figuring out who returns to the White Home.
Each Harris and Trump have participated on the town halls with Univision. Trump held a Latino roundtable in Florida on Tuesday and Harris’ working mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and a few of her surrogates have participated in appearances with Latino media.
“I… cannot emphasize more strongly, the Latino vote in this election is very important,” Harris stated within the Noticias Telemundo interview. “And I know well enough that the people that we are talking about believe in our country, love our country, are dedicated to its growth, its prosperity, and the opportunity that everyone should have to dignity and the ability to be treated with respect. And that is not Donald Trump’s future.”
Harris additionally refuted the concept Trump was making features with Latino voters, saying “this is not my experience.”
“My experience is I talk with Latino voters every day, all the time, and there is an incredible amount of support there, because Latino voters understand that they want a president of the United States who treats all people with dignity, with respect, and invests in their dreams for themselves and their family.”
