America held 'hostage': Kamala Harris, eyeing 2020, slams Trump over the shutdown

Source: NBC News


"The president is holding the American people hostage over this vanity project. This is a crisis of his own making," Harris said.

Jan. 11, 2019, 8:10 AM EST

By Dartunorro Clark

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"I believe our country wants and needs some leadership that provides a vision of the country in which everyone could see themselves," Harris said on MNBC's "Morning Joe" when asked why she wants to be president.

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Harris slammed the president during the interview over his role in the partial government shutdown, which is nearing the end of its third week. Trump is demanding billions to build his long-promised border wall, which Democrats have rejected, leading to the budget impasse that has resulted in the shutdown.

"The president is holding the American people hostage over this vanity project,:" Harris said. "This is a crisis if his own making."

The senator said that the president, who has floated the idea of declaring a national emergency as a way of bypassing Congress to build the wall, is using "political manipulation" in the fight over the wall and putting national security at risk.



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