'Harris is chronically underestimated,' Hillary Clinton says
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published an op-ed in the New York Times on Tuesday reaffirming her support of Harris and warning of the attacks that Republicans will use against her during the campaign.
The 2016 Democratic nominee said that Harris is "chronically underestimated, as are so many women in politics, but she is well prepared for this moment," citing the vice president's experience as a prosecutor, U.S. senator and four years in the White House.
"Harris has sat with the president in the Situation Room, helping make the hardest decisions a leader can make. And when the extremist Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she became the administration’s most passionate and effective advocate for restoring women’s reproductive rights," Clinton wrote.
Clinton referred to her own candidacy and the sexist attacks labeled against her by Republicans and critics. She said Harris "will face unique additional challenges as the first Black and South Asian woman to be at the top of a major party’s ticket."
"Ms. Harris’s record and character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly prejudice we’re already hearing from MAGA mouthpieces. She and the campaign will have to cut through the noise, and all of us as voters must be thoughtful about what we read, believe and share," Clinton said.
