Trump’s only major legislative accomplishment was a massive tax cut, mostly sucked up by millionaires, billionaires, and giant corporations. Trump has promised that in a second term, he’ll reward his “rich as hell” donors with even more giveaways. His new tax plan would give every billionaire about $3.5 million in new tax cuts every year—paid for by tax increases on middle-class families. The Republican blueprint, Project 2025, estimates that Trump’s tax plan will increase taxes for a middle class family of four by about $2,600. That’s Trump’s worldview—make America work even better for the billionaires and make everyone else pay for it.
Vice President Harris has a strong record of putting working people first. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, I worked shoulder to shoulder with then Attorney General Harris to push back on the giant banks that were cheating homeowners. While other Attorney Generals caved in to the banks, Kamala Harris held firm and won a better deal for the people of her state. She clawed back billions of dollars from those banks and put that money to work helping families that were facing foreclosure.
As Vice President, Kamala Harris has put a special focus on protecting consumers. She’s supported bans on junk fees and helped advance student debt cancelation. She has also spearheaded the administration’s work to help families drowning in medical debt, including working with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help the VA cancel medical debts for thousands of veterans.
Kamala Harris’s mantra has always been “for the people,” and it’s clear that the people are for her. There’s a new energy sweeping through the American people. On Sunday, Kamala had the single biggest fundraising day in American history, with millions of people pitching in to boost her candidacy. That evening, 40,000 Black women joined an organizing call for Kamala, maxing out the Zoom room. Gen Z voters came out in droves to support her. National unions and local organizers are lining up to endorse her. In a vibrant democracy, campaigns can be won on enthusiasm. Enthusiasm for a candidate. Enthusiasm for their vision. Enthusiasm to be a part of something historic. That is Kamala Harris’s promise.
The Republican Party has chosen a convicted felon as their nominee. The Democratic Party will have a skilled courtroom prosecutor at the top of the ticket. Donald Trump is a liar and a cheat who has been found liable in a court of law for sexual abuse. Kamala Harris spent her career as a prosecutor defending women from abuse and holding sexual predators accountable. She routinely dealt with bullies, and I am truly excited to see her go toe to toe with Donald Trump on a debate stage.
I’m even more excited about a Kamala Harris presidency. If voters give us a Democratic House and Senate, she will restore the protections of Roe v. Wade. She will pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. She will ensure our kids have access to clean air and water and that their parents don’t have to worry about sky high health care costs and access to safe, affordable childcare. She will pick up the fight for paid family leave. And Kamala Harris will do what Donald Trump will never even consider: she will make sure government works, not just for the wealthy and well-connected, but for all of us.
Now is our moment to turn the page on the old politics of Donald Trump. Now is our moment to come together and emerge as a hopeful, determined people. Over the next 104 days, I will leave it all on the field in the effort to beat Donald Trump and elect Kamala Harris, and I hope you’ll join me. What happens in 2025 is up to us.
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