Audrey Conklin on June 27, 2019
2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Thursday that the “biggest security threat” to the United States is President Donald Trump during MSNBC’s second night of Democratic debates.
After discussing how she would address climate change as president, the California senator said, “You asked before, ‘What is the greatest national security threat to the United States?’ It’s Donald Trump.”
“And I’m gonna tell you why,” she added. “Because I agree: climate change represents an existential threat. [Trump] denies the science. You wanna talk about North Korea? Real threat in terms of nuclear arsenal, but what does he do? He embraces Kim Jong Un — a dictator — for the sake of a photo op.”
“Putin,” she continued. “You wanna talk about Russia? He takes the word of the Russian president over the word of the American intelligence community when it comes to a threat to our democracy and our elections.”
“These are the issues that are before us, Chuck,” she concluded, speaking directly to MSNBC host and moderator Chuck Todd.
“I hear ya,” Todd responded in an effort to move to the next candidate.
Harris said “Congress should take the steps towards impeachment” of the president during a CNN town hall on April 22.
“I think we have very good reason to believe that — there is an investigation that has been conducted — which has produced evidence that tells us that this president and his administration engaged in obstruction of justice,” she said at the time. “I believe Congress should take the steps towards impeachment.”
