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vice president Kamala Harris rallied Democrats At their winter meeting on Saturday, they said the big job of the midterms is to remind voters that the Biden-Harris administration has largely fulfilled its campaign promises.
“Our job is to show people that they got, in many ways, what they asked for,” Harris told a Democratic National Committee (DNC) meeting.
Fresh from her trip from Europe to address Russia and Ukraine War, Harris said, that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine threatens democracies outside Ukraine.
Democrats seek to “sell” achievements before difficult times
“The ocean that separates us will not leave us untouched by this aggression,” Harris said.
When she met allies in Europe, she said, she said that their greatest strength they share is unity and standing together in defense of democracy.
She affirmed the United States’ commitment to Ukraine as it repels the brutal Russian invasion.
“The United States stands firmly with the Ukrainian people in defense of NATO,” Harris said.
Harris’ address to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington, D.C. comes as sincere preparation for what is expected to be a difficult midterm elections season. It’s the first time hundreds of DNC members have gathered for an in-person event since 2019 because Corona Virus pandemic.
US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland, on March 10, 2022 (Photo by Mateusz Ludarczyk/Noor Photo from Getty Images)
Biden addressed the nearly 415 DNC members Thursday night telling them to be proud of what Democrats have accomplished since his presidency and to do a better job of selling the record to the American public.
“We have a record — a record we’re proud of; an agenda that addresses the biggest concerns here in America, in people’s lives, and a message that resonates,” Biden told the crowd at the Washington Hilton on Thursday. “Now what we have to do is sell it with confidence, clarity, conviction and repeat.”
While key parts of the Biden-Harris agenda have failed in Congress—namely rebuilding an agenda for better social spending and voting rights reforms—Harris said Democrats still have a lot to do. She has promoted the US bailout, job gains, schools and businesses reopening from the pandemic and a bipartisan Infrastructure Act that she said would create more well-paid union jobs.
Harris praised Democrats who voted in record numbers during the coronavirus pandemic and said now is the time to remind them of these accomplishments.
“They’ve been asking them a lot,” Harris said, “so let’s go out like we do and remind them…because we know they’re going to show up again.”
However, Republicans seek to blame Biden and Harris for inflation and rising gas prices that have hurt American families.
“Kamala Harris is back at record gas prices, historical inflation, unbridled crime, open borders and a country moving in the wrong direction,” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Emma Vaughn said in a statement. “Biden and Harris have lost the trust of the American people – their agenda is to destroy conservatives, pit Americans against each other, and weaken our standing on the world stage.”
Harris just returned to Washington early Saturday morning after traveling to Poland and Romania to show unity among NATO allies, show support for Ukraine and condemn Russia’s unwarranted war against the Ukrainian people.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, and US Vice President Kamala Harris are pictured as they arrive for a meeting, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 10, 2022.
(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
On Friday, Harris said the United States would take more measures to ensure the survival of Russian President Vladimir put it in He faces “serious consequences” for his “atrocious and outrageous behavior in the interests of the Russian people”.
During a joint press conference in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, alongside Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Harris said it was “painful” to watch what is happening to the Ukrainians.
US Vice President Kamala Harris is greeted by Polish President Andrzej Duda during their meeting in Warsaw, Thursday, March 10, 2022 (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
“We are clear that any deliberate attack or targeting of civilians is a war crime,” Harris said.
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Concluding her European trip, a White House official said Harris “will continue her work with European and Eastern leaders in a series of phone calls early next week. She will discuss her trip and next steps on our collective response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to this report.
