The senator from California is building connections with a range of communities that have kept a greater distance from other Democratic presidential candidates.
By Chelsea Janes Chelsea Janes Reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign Email Bio Follow March 23 at 9:12 PM HOUSTON — Sen. Kamala D. Harris made the first major policy announcement of her campaign Saturday, promising to use federal dollars to boost teachers’ salaries as she spoke to a boisterous crowd at Texas Southern University.
“The greatest measure of a society is how it treats its children,” Harris said. “So I came to Harris County today to unveil, and announce for the first time publicly, an initiative I’m proposing that will be the largest federal investment in teacher salary in American history.” O’Rourke’s candidacy has dominated the campaign news cycle in recent weeks. Accounts of his remarks, often delivered informally from restaurant countertops, have mixed with reports on events by Sen. Bernie Sanders , which have often been attended by the same loyal supporters that supported his run in 2016.
She was to hold another rally Sunday at a historically black school, Morehouse College, in Atlanta. Harris, a graduate of Howard University in the District, has made historically black colleges and universities a focus of her early schedule. “I was a Beto supporter for Senate, not for president,” said Jennifer Giles, 45, a small-business owner and Harris supporter from Flower Mound, Tex., who was at the rally. “Once we see the debates and see these candidates next to each other, I think the stellar candidates will be obvious, and I think experience and gravitas will show.”
On Saturday, her announcement drew praise from the American Federation of Teachers, a group that says it represents nearly 1.7 million teachers nationwide and has long been a political force.
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