Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris born October 20th, 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first vice president to be female and the highest-ranking female politician in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president. As a member of the Democratic Party, she has been attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017, and as the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California from 2011 to 2021. Harris was born in Oakland. Harris received her law degree from Howard University. Harris started her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later appointed by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003 she was appointed district attorney of San Francisco. Harris was elected Attorney-General of California in 2010, and reelected in 2014. From 2017 to 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez to become the second African American woman senator and the first South Asian American ever to be elected to the United States Senate. She was a senator and advocated for healthcare reform, federal cannabis de-scheduling, a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are not legally documented and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. National attention was gained for her outspoken questioning of Trump administration officials at Senate sessions. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault.






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