A Career of Firsts
賀錦麗有望成為美國首位女總統？
Does Vice President Kamala Harris Have What It Takes to Run for POTUS?
KAMALA HARRIS, 49TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last.
CNN NARRATOR
Since 1789, there have been only two other female VP nominees from a major party—Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin—and a single female presidential nominee. Like these women, Harris has a career full of firsts.
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D), CALIFORNIA
Howard taught me, and it has taught you: You can do anything, and you can do everything.
MAEVE RESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT
So, Kamala was born in Oakland but really was a child of Berkeley. Their mother, Shyamala, felt that it was really important to raise Maya and Kamala as strong, powerful Black women.
KAMALA HARRIS, SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
… fulfill the office of district attorney for the City and County of San Francisco.
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D), CALIFORNIA
Congratulations.
DEBBIE MESLOH, FORMER ADVISER TO KAMALA HARRIS
You know, it’s important, I think, to remember that she was running as [to become] the first female DA in [for] San Francisco in our city’s history. So, we’d never had a woman [as a DA] in the state of California; there had never been a person of color to be [as] DA. And, you know, it’s funny … It’s something that Shyamala would say a lot of—you know, people might be comfortable with women in leadership but not when it comes to their safety and not when it comes to their money.
CNN NARRATOR
The first Black and South Asian female DA of California became attorney general of California in 2011 and was also one of the earliest supporters in the state for America’s first Black president.
MAEVE RESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT
So, after Barbara Boxer announced her retirement from the U.S. Senate, she went out there and won pretty easily.
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D), CALIFORNIA
So, let’s get to work. ¡Sí se puede!
JOE BIDEN, 47TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
… solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic?
MAEVE RESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT
Once Harris made it to the Senate, she really made her mark, not so much through legislation but in the hearing room.
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D), CALIFORNIA
Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?
BRETT KAVANAUGH, U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOMINEE
I’m not a[ware] … thinking of any right now, Senator.
CNN NARRATOR
Even though Harris had only been in the Senate for two years, in January of 2019, she decided to jump into the presidential race.
KAMALA HARRIS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
There is not a Black man I know—be he a relative, a friend or a coworker—who has not been the subject of some form of profiling or discrimination.
In this campaign …
MAEVE RESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT
Ironically, one of the most difficult moments of Joe Biden’s campaign was a moment in which Kamala Harris really delivered what everyone thought at the time was a knockout punch.
KAMALA HARRIS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
You know, there was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools [school], and she was bused to school every day—and that little girl was me.
MAEVE RESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT
And so, a lotta people thought that that might be a strike against her in the vice presidential vetting process, but clearly, the Bidens have been able to work through that moment and get past it.
MIKE PENCE, 48TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
We’re about freedom and respecting the freedom of the American people.
KAMALA HARRIS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Let’s talk about respecting the American people. You respect the American people when you tell them the truth. You respect the American people when you have the courage …
MIKE PENCE, 48TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Which we’ve always done.
KAMALA HARRIS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
… to be a leader, speaking of [saying] those things that you may not want people to hear but [that] they need to hear so they can protect themselves.
CNN NARRATOR
From district attorney to attorney general to U.S. senator and first female vice presidential
nominee …
KAMALA HARRIS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
As a young district attorney, I walked into the courtroom for the first time and said the five words that would guide my life’s work: Kamala Harris for the people.
美國第四十九任副總統 賀錦麗
儘管我可能是這個職位的第一個女性，但我不會是最後一個。
CNN旁白
自一七八九年以來，只有其他兩位來自主要政黨的女性副總統被提名人——傑羅丁．費拉洛和莎拉．裴琳——而且只有一位女性總統被提名人（編按：指希拉蕊．柯林頓）。像這些女性一樣，賀錦麗的職業生涯充滿各種先例。
加利福尼亞州 賀錦麗參議員（民主黨）
霍華德教了我，也教了各位：你能無所不能，亦能樣樣皆能。
CNN特派員 梅芙．雷斯頓
那麼，卡瑪拉生於奧克蘭，但她其實是柏克萊的孩子。他們的母親夏瑪拉認為，把瑪雅（編按：賀錦麗的妹妹）和卡瑪拉養育成堅強、有力量的黑人女性非常重要。
舊金山地方檢察官 賀錦麗
……履行舊金山市郡地方檢察官的職務。
加利福尼亞州 黛安．范士丹參議員（民主黨）
恭喜。
賀錦麗的前顧問 黛比．梅斯洛
你知道的，我認為重要的是要記得她是在競選成為舊金山市歷史上第一位女性地方檢察官。那麼，我們加州未曾有過女性擔任地方檢察官，也未曾有過有色人種擔任地方檢察官。而且，你知道，很有意思……這是夏瑪拉會常說的話——你知道，在領導職位上，人們可能不介意女性，但在涉及他們的安全和涉及他們的錢的時候則不然。
CNN旁白
加州第一位黑人和南亞裔女性地方檢察官在二○一一年成為加州檢察長，而且也是該州最早支持美國第一位黑人總統的人之一。
CNN特派員 梅芙．雷斯頓
所以，在芭芭拉．波克塞宣布自美國參議院退休後，她挺身投入而且蠻輕鬆就獲勝了。
加利福尼亞州 賀錦麗參議員（民主黨）
那麼，讓我們上工吧。對，我們做得到的！（編按：西班牙語）
美國第四十七任副總統 喬．拜登
……鄭重宣誓支持且捍衛美國憲法，對抗國內外所有敵人？
CNN特派員 梅芙．雷斯頓
賀錦麗剛剛成功進入參議院時，她確實打響了自己的名號，與其說藉由立法，不如說是在聽證室裡。
加利福尼亞州 賀錦麗參議員（民主黨）
你能想到任何賦予政府權力對男性身體做出決定的法律嗎？
美國最高法院大法官被提名人 布雷特．卡瓦諾
我不知道……現在想不到任何一條，參議員。
CNN旁白
儘管賀錦麗只在參議院兩年，在二○一九年的一月，她決定加入總統競選。
民主黨總統被提名人候選人 賀錦麗
沒有一個我認識的黑人男性——無論他是親戚、朋友還是同事——沒有成為過某種形式的貌相或歧視的對象。
在這次競選中……
CNN特派員 梅芙．雷斯頓
諷刺的是，喬．拜登競選中最艱難的時刻之一就是賀錦麗確實使出當時大家認為是致勝一擊的時刻。
民主黨總統被提名人候選人 賀錦麗
你知道，加州有個小女孩，她是公立學校取消種族隔離第二屆的，而且她每天都搭公車上學——而那個小女孩就是我。
CNN特派員 梅芙．雷斯頓
所以，很多人認為那可能會是副總統審查過程中一個對她不利的事件，但顯然地，拜登陣營能克服那個時刻並且不受那件事影響。
美國第四十八任副總統暨共和黨副總統候選人 麥克．彭斯
我們追求自由並且尊重美國人民的自由。
民主黨副總統候選人 賀錦麗
讓我們來談談尊重美國人民。你尊重美國人民是在你告訴他們真相的時候。你尊重美國人民是在你有勇氣……
美國第四十八任副總統暨共和黨副總統候選人 麥克．彭斯
我們一直都是這麼做的。
民主黨副總統候選人 賀錦麗
……成為一個領袖，說出那些你可能不想讓人聽到但他們需要聽到的話，他們才能保護自己。
CNN旁白
從地方檢察官到檢察長，到美國參議員和第一位女性副總統被提名人……
民主黨總統被提名人候選人 賀錦麗
作為一名年輕的地方檢察官，我第一次走進法庭，並且說了將引導我畢生工作的五個字：賀錦麗為民。
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