Kamala Harris Blasts 'Donald Trump And His Extreme Allies' Over Project 2025

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks on Thursday at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention where she spoke about former President Donald Trump.

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00:00But we are clear-eyed. As we work to build a brighter future and to move our nation forward,

00:08there are those who are really trying to take us backward.

00:13And you, I'm sure, have seen their agenda. Project 2025.

00:22Randy, can you believe they put that thing in writing?

00:24900 pages in writing!

00:32So Project 2025 is a plan to return America to a dark past.

00:40Donald Trump and his extreme allies want to take our nation back to failed,

00:46trickle-down economic policies. Back to union busting.

00:56Back to tax breaks for billionaires.

01:01Donald Trump and his allies want to cut Medicare and Social Security.

01:07To stop student loan forgiveness for teachers and other public servants.

01:11And, I say to AFT, they even want to eliminate the Department of Education.

01:22And end Head Start.

01:26Which, of course, would take away preschool from hundreds of thousands of our children.

01:32He intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations

01:36and make working families foot the bill.

01:39And he intends to end the Affordable Care Act.

01:42Now, think about that. To take us back to a time when insurance companies

01:46had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions.

01:50Remember what that was like?

01:52Children with asthma. Women who survived breast cancer.

01:56Grandparents with diabetes.

02:00You know, America has tried these failed economic policies before.

02:05But we are not going back.

02:08We are not going back.

02:17No, we will move forward.

02:21And one of the best ways to keep our nation moving forward is to give workers a voice.

02:28To protect the freedom to organize.

02:31To defend the freedom to collectively bargain.

02:37To end union busting.

02:46As head of the White House Labor Task Force, I have led our work to eliminate

02:50barriers to organizing in both public and private sectors, including for teachers.

02:55But there is more that we must do.

02:58President Joe Biden and I promised to sign the PRO Act into law.

03:02And I promise you I will keep that promise.

03:11Because when workers join together and demand what is fair, everyone is better off.

Kamala Harris Blasts 'Donald Trump And His Extreme Allies' Over Project 2025

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