vice president Kamala Harris He said he wants to appoint a Republican to the Cabinet if he is elected in November.
In one clip a CNN interview Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate scheduled to appear in full on Thursday night, said he is committed to welcoming diverse points of view.
“I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. “I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made, with different perspectives, different experiences,” Harris said. “And I think it would be in the best interest of the American public to have a member of my cabinet who is a Republican.”
The interview is Harris’ first since officially becoming the Democratic nominee after withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing Biden last month.
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Harris would not be the first Democratic president to appoint Republican Cabinet members.
President Barack Obama several Republicans nominated him The Cabinet of Ministers, among them the then Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois is Secretary of Transportation and Robert Gates is Secretary of Defense.
Republican presidents have also appointed members of the opposite party, including those from previous administrations.
Democrat Robert Wark, who was the deputy secretary of defense under Obama, served in the administration of former President Donald Trump.
Republicans mocked Harris for not giving an interview after replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Trump repeatedly insulted him for not talking to the media at length.
CNN also asked Harris about his changing policy positions over the years.
While he has faced criticism for reversing his stance on fracking, which he said he would support a ban on during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, he has maintained that his values remain consistent.
“I think the most important and most important aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is that my values have not changed,” Harris said.
“I’ve always believed — and worked on — that the climate crisis is real, that it’s important that we implement measures that include holding ourselves to deadlines,” he said, highlighting the success of the Biden administration. in passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which was significant spends for combhour climate change.
“We have set goals for the United States, and by extension the world, to meet certain standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” he said.
Harris also detailed his work as California’s attorney general fighting transnational criminal organizations involved in illegal gun, drug and human trafficking, arguing that he remains consistent in what is needed to secure the US-Mexico border.