Kamala Harris

Saturday, November 30, 2019
House Party
Johnston, Iowa
Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes and Ed Fallon

Ed asked Sen. Harris why the climate crisis isn’t everyone’s top priority, comparing the urgency to one’s house being on fire. Harris talked about her history of fighting major polluters in California and in Washington, DC, and about the importance of environmental justice. Unbeknownst to her audience, this was Harris’ last campaign event before dropping out of the race the next day.

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Saturday, October 12, 2019
Urban Dreams Block Party
Des Moines, Iowa
Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes and Ed Fallon

Kathy and Ed went to Harris’ Urban Dreams block party. In a lighter moment, Ed “saved” Senator Harris from a bee that was buzzing around her and then landed on her microphone.

 

And here’s a clip from Harris’ speech where she talks about climate.

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Monday, October 7, 2019
Ankeny, Iowa
Bird Dog: Shaun Ahern

Shaun Ahern and Kamala Harris

Shaun reports: “I think the Harris event went well. Afterward, I asked if she opposes doubling the flow of the Dakota Access Pipeline, and she said yes. She also mentioned a few things on her climate stance related to that, including opposition to taking land through eminent domain.

“I also got video of her answer to a young girl’s question about reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. I thought Harris did a great job of explaining our planet’s situation, the crisis, her solutions, and policies to resolve it.”

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Saturday, August 10, 2019
Des Moines, Iowa
Asian & Latino Coalition Fundraiser
Bird Dogs: Kathy Byrnes, Ed Fallon, Samantha Kuhn

Samantha Kuhn and Kamala Harris at the Asian & Latino Coalition Fundraiser

The Asian & Latino Coalition hosted a fundraiser at Jasper Winery at which Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Andrew Yang spoke. Bold Iowa bird-dog (and Asian & Latino Coalition member) Samantha Kuhn asked Harris if she would declare a Climate Emergency on Day One, to which she replied “yes.”

Afterwards, Harris also discussed with Samantha the problems regarding Iowa’s drinking water and the health challenges Iowans face due to chemicals seeping into wells.

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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Indianola, Iowa
Bird Dogs: Kari Noble, Steve Shivvers

At a meet and greet in Indianola, 500 people showed up to listen to Kamala Harris’s proposed presidential policies. Unfortunately, she did not mention climate change during her speech. When later asked about the climate crisis, she replied that it was an existential threat. She would reenter the Paris Climate Agreement and supports the Green New Deal.

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Saturday, February 23, 2019
Story County Democrats Fundraiser
Ames, Iowa
Bird Dogs: Sid Barfoot, Morgan Bradley, Kathy Byrnes, Mark Clipsham, Ed Fallon, Daniel Hill, Lisa Kinney, Samantha Kuhn, Marty Monroe, Lee Tesdell

Ed was quoted in the New York Times.  Unfortunately the paper edited out Ed’s comment about climate change:

At a voter forum in Des Moines on Saturday, Ms. Harris said she did not want to be pegged in any fixed ideological category — a posture that can frustrate some progressive Democrats.

“That was evasive,” said Ed Fallon, a liberal Iowa activist who attended the forum. “It’s clear that she wasn’t being clear.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/kamala-harris-president-2020.html

Ed was also quoted in Yahoo Lifestyle:

Ed Fallon, a commentator on Iowa politics who has been “bird-dogging” candidates — as he put it — for 32 years, thought Harris did well to talk about climate change. But he was not fully satisfied with what he heard. “Mentioning climate change and prioritizing it are two different things,” Fallon said.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kamala-harris-iowa-141106195.html