Rep. Clyburn: Kamala Harris Has a Broad Base of Support; ‘Progressives Love Her, Conservatives Respect Her’

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CLYBURN: “That’s absolutely correct. And it’s kind of interesting, if you go back and look at her candidacy back in 2019 before she dropped out of that race, everybody was saying at the time that she was too far to the right of center. Then all of a sudden we started hearing this time around, in anticipation, she’s too far to the left of center. Where is she? She is right where the vast majority of the American people are. And, Nicolle, you may remember this, I think it was on your show that I once said my dad was a very conservative guy who told us to conserve energy, to save money. But he never asked his congregations for a conservative offering. He always asked for a liberal offering. And so, I just believe that there are times to be conservative, there are times to be liberal. There are times to be progressive. We have got to continue toward our [inaudible] a more perfect union. And if it means to conserve or to preserve or to liberalize your efforts, let’s do what needs to be done, given the time and circumstances in which we find ourselves. And so, she is doing that. And I think that that’s why you see there’s such a broad base of support for her. Progressives love her, conservatives respect her. She is the [inaudible] American.”