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Kamala Harris Aims for Influence as a Check on Trump
rollcall.com ^ | 2/17/18 | NIELS LESNIEWSKI and BRIDGET BOWMAN

Posted on 02/19/2017 6:14:11 AM PST by ColdOne

Donald Trump received less than a third of the votes cast for president by California voters, and that’s something the state’s new senator, Kamala Harris, is well aware of.

Harris, the former state attorney general, had already spoken up on the Senate floor against the nominations of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos by the time she gave her more traditional “maiden speech” Thursday. The freshman Democrat started by recounting how her mother, an Indian immigrant, chose to marry her Jamaican father in the U.S. instead of returning to India for an arranged marriage.

“This act of self-determination made my sister Maya and myself, and it made us Americans, like millions of immigrants before and since,” Harris said. “I know she’s looking down on us today. And, knowing my mother, she’s probably saying, ‘Kamala, what on earth is going on down there?’”

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1 posted on 02/19/2017 6:14:11 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Another enemy vying for a position and acceptance within the rat family


2 posted on 02/19/2017 6:17:35 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ColdOne

“...Kamala, what on earth is going on down there?...”

A cleansing......


3 posted on 02/19/2017 6:17:48 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: ColdOne
Kamala?!!


4 posted on 02/19/2017 6:20:34 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: ColdOne

The self-involved, navel-gazing of left-wing Californians is tough to take on Sunday morning.


5 posted on 02/19/2017 6:22:29 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: ColdOne

I think Kampala should start holding rallies and see how many thousands show up

Oh and I think we need sime Trump rallies in Kampala country just to compare crowds

Trump should start campaigning California early and often


6 posted on 02/19/2017 6:22:43 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: ColdOne

I saw some reporter on twitter last night say that it was “Harris” who requested the hush hush meeting with Comey. Is this the Harris he was talking about? Anyone know?


7 posted on 02/19/2017 6:22:45 AM PST by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: ColdOne

The Elizabeth Warren of California — worse than Barbara Blockhead, the Regressive Socialist she replaced.

Trump received so few votes in the state b/c he barely campaigned here, ran little advertising, sent few mailers, and had almost no ground game. He knew he would lose California, although to deny PIAPS the popular vote, wish he had done more here. Many ‘Pubs just stayed home.


8 posted on 02/19/2017 6:23:26 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“.......Trump received less than a third of the votes cast for president by California voters......”

Suppose it had something to do with illegal voters fully authorized by a former president? I still want odumbo locked up or deported.


9 posted on 02/19/2017 6:24:02 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: ColdOne

on her fellow senators to hold Trump accountable for his actions.

“We have a responsibility to draw a line with these administrative actions and say no,” she said. “And this is not a question of party. This is about a government of co-equal branches with its inherent checks and balances. This is about the role of the United States Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world.”

Shouldn’t it be about the right of the individual to have equal protection, under the law, of citizens?


10 posted on 02/19/2017 6:25:27 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: ronnie raygun

She is on the intelligence committee...rumor is she asked for that hush hush meeting. Also she was hand picked by obama to run for senate. She is evil. Perfect fit for the new sharia party.


11 posted on 02/19/2017 6:27:02 AM PST by ColdOne (( miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: silverleaf

“Trump should start campaigning California early and often...”

Trump has YET to campaign in California. He’s a business man, he will not throw money away...


12 posted on 02/19/2017 6:27:42 AM PST by BBB333 (The power of TRUMP compels you!)
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To: Nita Nupress

Yes it is the info I am getting. She took Boxers seat. Hand picked by obama....he campaigned for her. She is also on the intelligence committee.


13 posted on 02/19/2017 6:37:04 AM PST by ColdOne (( miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ColdOne

The next ineligible that the Democrats will run.
Both of her parents were foreign nationals.


14 posted on 02/19/2017 6:46:15 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

You might be correct. She makes ma’am boxer almost look tame.


15 posted on 02/19/2017 6:49:03 AM PST by ColdOne (( miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ronnie raygun

Seems like K. Harris got her career boosted by close association with the ever-powerful, Willie B.

Perhaps, someone can fill in the blank spots in my recollection.


16 posted on 02/19/2017 6:56:15 AM PST by ptsal
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To: ColdOne

Less than 1/3 of the votes cast in California = probably about 1/2 of the votes LEGALLY cast. Such is the situation with motor voter and the huge influx of illegals.


17 posted on 02/19/2017 6:57:39 AM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: ColdOne

She is easily as bad as Boxer, but not as stupid. Another useless leftist ideologue.


18 posted on 02/19/2017 7:08:35 AM PST by muleskinner
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To: ColdOne

She is easily as bad as Boxer, but not as stupid. Another useless leftist ideologue.


19 posted on 02/19/2017 7:08:36 AM PST by muleskinner
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To: ColdOne
The freshman Democrat started by recounting how her mother, an Indian immigrant, chose to marry her Jamaican father in the U.S. instead of returning to India for an arranged marriage.

You got something against arranged marriages, Kamala?

How about multiple wives?

Genital mutilation?

No going out in public without being accompanied by your husband or brother?

Please. Do expound.

20 posted on 02/19/2017 7:11:21 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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