{"id":2243464,"date":"2024-05-13T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-advises-minority-lawmakers-to-kick-that-fing-door-down\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:54:18","slug":"kamala-harris-advises-minority-lawmakers-to-kick-that-fing-door-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-advises-minority-lawmakers-to-kick-that-fing-door-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris urges minority lawmakers to &#8220;break down barriers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-advises-minority-lawmakers-to-kick-that-fing-door-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243464&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris, \u200bthe first minority female VP, \u200coffers bold advice to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-haters-impeached-him-for-inciting-a-riot-now-theyre-claiming-the-riot-was-premeditated\/\" title=\"Trump Haters Impeached Him For \u2018Inciting A Riot.\u2019 Now They\u2019re Claiming The Riot Was Premeditated\">minority lawmakers<\/a>, emphasizing the need to persevere and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-demand-biden-pick-supreme-court-nominee-based-on-race-and-sex-select-first-black-female-justice\/\" title=\"Progressives Demand Biden Pick Supreme Court Nominee Based On Race And Sex, Select First Black Female Justice\">break barriers<\/a>. Harris encourages pushing through obstacles by kicking doors down when\u200b they aren&#8217;t opened, highlighting \u2064the importance of determination in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-todays-boys-could-use-an-old-fashioned-war-movie\/\" title=\"Why Today\u2019s Boys Could Use An Old-Fashioned War Movie\">facing challenges<\/a>. The summary captures Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u2063empowering message to minority \u200clawmakers, stressing perseverance and the proactive approach of breaking barriers\u200d when faced with obstacles. Harris\u2064 motivates individuals \u2064to push through challenges by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-fires-two-top-officials-amid-corruption-investigation\/\" title=\"Ukraine Fires Two Top Officials Amid Corruption Investigation\">taking\u2063 decisive actions<\/a>, symbolized by the metaphor of &#8220;kicking doors \u2062down,&#8221; underscoring \u200dthe significance of determination in overcoming adversities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vice President<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, the country\u2019s first minority female vice president, has provided some colorful advice to other minority lawmakers such as herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won\u2019t, and then you need to kick that f***ing door down,\u201d Harris said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Harris made the comment during a moderated conversation with actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang of <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em> fame at the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Legislative Leadership Summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t ever carry as a personal burden your capacity to do whatever you dream and aspire to do based on other people\u2019s limited ability to see who can do what,\u201d she told the crowd earlier.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Harris and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden <\/a>are appearing at a range of minority voter outreach events this week, coinciding with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and polls that indicate an erosion in support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/o-j-simpsons-alma-mater-to-host-panel-discussion-with-founder-of-scandal-plagued-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"O.J. Simpson\u2019s Alma Mater to Host Panel Discussion with Founder of Scandal-Plagued Lincoln Project\">minority voters<\/a> more broadly. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/05\/13\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>New York Times<\/em>\/Siena College poll<\/a> published Monday found that although Biden has a national 46 percentage point advantage over former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Donald Trump<\/a> among black likely voters, they are tied among Hispanic likely voters with 33% of the vote each. Trump leads Biden, 36% to 33%, among likely voters who identified their race or ethnicity as \u201cother.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris, whose mother was Indian, hosted 500 AANHPI community leaders and small-business owners from across the country at her residence last week to commemorate AANHPI Heritage Month, before speaking alongside Biden at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House <\/a>reception later Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, the first minority female VP, shares bold advice with fellow minority lawmakers. &#8220;Sometimes doors open for you, and sometimes you must kick them down,&#8221; Harris emphasized, highlighting the need for perseverance and determination in facing challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2243465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24130750275879-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24130750275879-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}