Vice President Kamala Harris visited Wisconsin on Monday for the third time this year. She spoke one-on-one with WISN 12 News Political Director Matt Smith on several topics. Harris first met with La Crosse nursing home officials to discuss affordable health care. She spoke exclusively with Smith after the event. “Prescription drugs are far too expensive, especially for seniors. For seniors, we're going to put an annual cap on medications,” Harris said. “Prescription drugs cost $2,000 a year.” “Too many seniors are forced to choose between filling their insulin prescriptions and filling their refrigerators.”Wisconsin Republicans criticize visit He said this. Not focusing on the right issues. “Kamala Harris is on the rescue mission. This is about the struggles that people have in gas stations and grocery stores and the realities of everyday life in western Wisconsin,” Brian Simming said. Abortion The vice president is going after former President Donald Trump on the abortion issue, Smith reported. That's exactly the gamble the Biden campaign is making on abortion, as Wisconsinites insist the economy and immigration are their top priorities. The topic was part of a campaign event in La Crosse aimed at mobilizing Democratic and independent voters, especially women. “We saw an attempt to go after President Trump on abortion in real time in Milwaukee and Waukesha County. Was that your idea?” Smith asked. “We all need to listen. We all need to realize that when the former president was president, he intended to elect three Supreme Court justices who would violate Roe v. Wade's protections. I think so,” Harris said. “As for who's to blame, yes, it's the former president, President Trump. He was going to elect people to do the same thing he did on the United States Supreme Court. State by state, state by state. You'll be able to draw a line between “what he meant and what happened.'' ” TikTok A massive foreign aid bill passed the House this weekend and is expected to pass the Senate this week. This includes the possibility of banning TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells it. “We're seeing a lot more action in Congress. The foreign aid bill passed the House and we're seeing action in the Senate. Do you think the president will sign it?” Smith asked. “Yes,” Mr. Harris said. “The clause includes TikTok and if ByteDance doesn't sell it within a year it will ban the app. I wonder if you will be the administrator to sign the bill banning TikTok. Are you satisfied with that?'' Mr. Smith asked. “Well, just to be clear, we don't want to ban TikTok, that's not our intention at all. We're not going to ban TikTok,” Harris said. “We're basically saying we have to pay attention to the ownership, and we have to pay attention to what it poses as a national security issue. We have no intention of banning it at all.”
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Wisconsin on Monday for the third time this year.
She spoke one-on-one with WISN 12 News Political Director Matt Smith on several topics.
Harris first met with La Crosse nursing home officials to discuss affordable health care.
She spoke exclusively with Smith after the event.
“Prescription drugs are too expensive, especially for seniors. For seniors, we're going to cap the annual cost of prescription drugs at $2,000 a year,” Harris said. “Too many seniors are forced to choose between filling their insulin prescriptions and restocking their refrigerators.”
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have been critical of the trip.
The chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party said the Biden campaign isn't focusing on the right issues.
“Kamala Harris is on a rescue mission. This is a story about the struggles people have at gas stations and grocery stores and the realities of everyday life in western Wisconsin,” said Brian Simming.
abortion
The vice president is going after former President Donald Trump on the abortion issue, Smith reported.
That's exactly the gamble the Biden campaign is making on abortion, as Wisconsinites say the economy and immigration are their top priorities.
The topic was part of a campaign event in La Crosse aimed at mobilizing Democratic and independent voters, especially women.
“We saw an attempt to go after President Trump on abortion in Milwaukee and Waukesha County in real time. Was that your idea?” Smith asked.
“We all have to listen. We all know that during his time as president, the former president intended to select three Supreme Court justices who would override the protections of Roe v. Wade. I think we have to acknowledge that,” Harris said. “As for who's to blame, yes, it's the former president, President Trump. He was going to elect people who would do the same thing he did on the U.S. Supreme Court. State by state, state by state, he would draw the line. You can see what he meant and what happened. ”
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A massive foreign aid bill passed the House this weekend and is expected to pass the Senate this week. This includes the possibility of banning TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells it.
“We're seeing a lot more action in Congress. The foreign aid bill passed the House, we're seeing action in the Senate. Do you think the president will sign it?” Smith asked.
“Yes,” Harris said.
“The clause includes TikTok, and if ByteDance doesn't sell it within a year, it will ban the app. I wonder if you will be the administrator to sign the bill banning TikTok. Are you satisfied with that?'' asked Smith.
“Well, let me be clear: We don't want to ban TikTok, that's not our intention at all. We're not going to ban TikTok,” Harris said. “We're basically saying we have to pay attention to the ownership, and we have to pay attention to what it poses as a national security issue. We have no intention of banning it at all.”
