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How Kamala Harris found her groove. And why being vice president is still tough

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, California, during her nationwide“ Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour event on Jan. 29, 2024.

"Proud," Kamala Harris said, elongating the word and stretching its vowels. "PROUD!"

Donald Trump expressed his great delight at choosing three of the Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion and now the vice president was using his own word — proud — to whip up a labor hall packed with jeering, cheering Nevada Democrats.

"Proud," she said. "Proud for taking the freedom of choice from millions of women and people in America."

With that, her voice rose as though she could scarcely believe the statement issuing from her lips.

"He openly talks about his admiration for dictators," Harris continued in the same tone of wonderment, as some in the audience murmured their disapproval. "Dictators jail journalists. Dictators suspend elections."

"Dictators." She emphasized each word. "Take. Your. Rights."

After ato the vice presidency and a and disdain following , Harris finally seems

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