Kamala Harris condemns Trump’s ‘reckless’ policies and ‘unconstitutional demands’
In her first major speech since leaving the White House, Harris urged supporters to fight what she called Trump’s efforts to stoke fear and “punish truth tellers.”
Updated, April 30, 2025 at 11:22 p.m. EDTyesterday at 11:22 p.m. EDT, 10 min Harris condemns Trump’s policies, calls for courage
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Former vice president Kamala Harris urged supporters April 30 to fight what she called President Donald Trump’s efforts to stoke fear. (Video: The Washington Post) By Maeve Reston
SAN FRANCISCO — Former vice president Kamala Harris marked President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by condemning his “reckless” tariffs, “unconstitutional demands” and efforts to stoke a climate of fear to silence his dissenters.
Speaking at the annual gala for Emerge — a group that recruits and trains women to run for office — Harris used her first major address since leaving the White House to urge her supporters to speak out and fight back against what she cast as the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back decades of progress.
She accused Trump of breaking his campaign promise to lower costs. Instead, Harris said, the president is hurting working families and paralyzing American businesses with his “reckless tariffs.”
But the former California attorney general placed the greatest emphasis on how spreading courage could dispel the climate of fear that she said Trump has tried to create in Washington.
