Madame VP Kamala Harris’ Closet

 1) Vice President Harris and The President receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office.

2) Then she went to the Vice President's Ceremonial Office where she received a group of stakeholders in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and immigrant rights advocates then convened a discussion to determine the future of the program following a federal judge's ruling in Texas that the program is illegal.

3) She joined President Biden in the East Room where he delivered remarks and signed H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, into law. 

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The bill was bipartisan which will aims to provide assistance for crime victims, including counseling expenses, medical bills and lost wages

4) The President and the Vice President received and met with union and business leaders in the Roosevelt Room to discuss the strong support and urgent need for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework

On July 23rd, there was no public outing except a video was released with Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff cheering on the US Olympic Team as they had arrived in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

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 1) In the morning, Vice President welcome another foreign leader to the Naval Observatory Residence for an official meeting. His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah who were in the country for a 5-day working visit. 

Both leaders had previously spoken via phone on a number of issues affecting the Middle-East. During the brunch meeting, they reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between our countries.  They also discussed the many challenges facing the Middle East, and pledged to continue our close strategic partnership.

2) Then she joined President Biden in receiving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House for a ceremony celebrating their Super Bowl championship. Also accompaning them was the Second Gentleman. Later she received two players of the Buccaneers, punter Bradley Pinion and tackle Donovan Smith in her office.

Bradley Pinion and Donovan Smith gave the Vice President a signed jersey with her name on it and a signed NFL oval shaped ball in a glass jar.

3) To mark their 6th month anniversary in office, The President held a Cabinet meeting with The Vice President also attending in the Cabinet Room. 

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 Vice President Harris on Thursday July 15th, welcomed her first foreign leader to the Naval Observatory, her Official Residence. She stood at the step waiting for Germany's Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel as the Chancellor arrived in the USA on one of her last tours as chancellor.

She was received by the Vice President for a working breakfast meeting.

2) Then she joined the President at the South Court Auditorium to deliver remarks to mark the day that tens of millions of families will get their first monthly Child Tax Credit relief payments thanks to the American Rescue Plan.

3) In the evening, President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden hosted H.E. Dr. Merkel and Professor Dr. Joachim Sauer for dinner. Vice President Harris and SECOND GENTLEMAN Douglas Emhoff, and others who have been supporters of the bilateral relationship with Germany.

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She is wearing her go to designer Altuzarra, wearing her usual Blue Kenton Jacket paired with the Zeke Trouser

 In Washington D.C., Vice President Kamala Harris met with Texas House Democrats and hailed their special session walkout a patriotic gesture.

As a result of their actions, the Texas House of Representatives were unable to vote on a controversial election law. VP Harris stated the Texas Democrats' actions were bold and patriotic, and that they were taken in defense of the freedom to vote for all Americans, not just Texas Democrats.

According to the vice president, the measures made by Texan Democrats to safeguard voting rights are comparable in significance to pivotal events in the suffrage campaign in the United States. "Voting is not a one-size-fits-all proposition," Harris added.

 So sorry for the late posts, I had been sick and took a short break on here to mend myself. So I am back to updating.

Because July 4th was on a Sunday, Monday July 5th was a public day. There wasn't much on the 6th and 7th that is publicly known except for the statement, the Office of the Vice President release on the occasion of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of the Republic of Haiti. 

On July 8th, she began the day by joining President Biden in the Oval Office where they met with the White House National Security Team to receive a periodic update on the progress of our military drawdown from Afghanistan.

2) Then she departed for her first visit to her alma mater Howard University since Inauguration Day where she spoke a powerful defense of voting rights and the need to ensure that all American voices are heard in the political process and also launch the DNCs “I Will Vote” initiative.

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Madam Vice President is an alumna of the university where she addressed the Howard community, local community organizers and volunteers for civil rights organizations at the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library. She spoke about the DNC party’s efforts to combat voter suppression and protect voting rights nationwide. At the campus event, Vice President Harris then unveiled a $25 million expansion of the Democratic National Committee’s “I Will Vote” initiative to address and overcome efforts across the country to make voting more difficult and burdensome.

3) Then she returned to White House where she joined President Biden in the Roosevelt Room where they met with leaders of Top Legacy Black civil rights Organizations in the country.

According to the White House's statement, "The group discussed the wave of anti-voter legislation that has recently passed or is pending in state legislatures across the country and the path forward to protect the right to vote. The group also discussed steps the Administration recently announced to address the rise in gun violence and the status of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that is currently being negotiated in the Senate. The President and Vice President reiterated that they will continue to push for Congress to pass critical legislation that protects the right to vote and combats subversion of the election process, while continuing to utilize all existing authorities in an all-of-government effort to ensure full voter participation and elections that reflect the will of the people.

The civil rights leaders provided an update on the work their organizations are doing, both nationally and in the states, to protect the right to vote. They also provided the President and Vice President with their ideas on ways to engage the public on civil rights issues."

The meeting participants included:

• Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
• Dr. Johnnetta Cole, National Chair and President of the National Council of Negro Women
• Wade Henderson, Interim President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human
• Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP (virtual)
• Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
• Reverend Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network

From the White House:

• Danielle Conley, Deputy Counsel to the President
• Tina Flournoy, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President
• Catherine Lhamon, Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity
• Dana Remus, Assistant to the President and White House Counsel
• Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor
• Cedric Richmond, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagement

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 On Wednesday:

1) Vice President Harris joined President Biden in the Oval Office for the President's Daily Briefings.

2) Then she went to the Southern Auditorium where she hosted a virtual "Voting Rights," listening session with civil rights and voting rights leaders. Vice President Harris is leading the Biden administration's efforts on voting rights.

With the Voting rights bill not passing in the Senate on Tuesday, Vice President Harris further discussed the work ahead. Saying to everyone that they were not giving up or giving in, and that the right to vote is a fundamental right for everyone.. They are continuing the fight to protect and strengthen the right to vote.

3) At noon, she met again with President Biden in the Private Dining Room.

4) Then she also held a listening session marking Pride month in the Vice Presidential Ceremony Office. She began the meeting by saying:  “My pronouns are she & her. You as community activists, you all have your eyes and ears on the ground. As you know I have been working on issues of equality and fairness, justice for a very long tim. And there's still so much work to be done.”

Madam Vice President continued with: "For me, Pride has always been both a joy-filled celebration—and a time to recommit to the fight for equality. Today I met with LGBTQ+ advocates to discuss the progress our nation has made, and the work we must do to achieve full equality."

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For both events, Madam Vice President was wearing a new unidentified suit trousers in Lilac coloured. Pairing the jacket, with her L’Agence ‘Cory Tee’ ($85).

 So sorry for the long silent over here, between power(electricity) shortage over the week and being ill, I hadn't had the time to post anything, so here is a catch up.

On Monday June 21st, Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Pittsburgh accompanied by Secretary Marty Walsh for her daylong visit as part of what is being dubbed “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” by the Biden administration.

Air Force Two departed Joint Based Andrew and landed at Pittsburgh International Airport just after 11 a.m. Monday where she was welcomed by Federal and state officials like U.S Senator Bob Casey.

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1) Then she headed to the Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, where she spoke with a class of students participating in the Citicamp summer program and the held a private roundtable meeting with staff and government officials. After which she delivered remarks on the Child Tax Credit at a press conference. 

She informed the general public that the monthly Child Tax Credit payments will begin going out in July, and she says she hopes to extend the program and continue it for at least five more years.

Attending were Local leadership, Rep. Conor Lamb, Pennsylvania's AG Josh Shapiro, County Exec. Rich Fitzgerald, Mayor Bill Peduto and Sen. Bob Casey.

Then she met and took pictures with some Day Campers which included Stella Quatrini.

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2) Then Vice President Harris then met with union members for a round-table discussion with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on organizing workers and empowerment at the Electrical Workers Union Hall on the South Side, talking about reinforcing the right to collective bargaining and eliminating intimidation.

After the meeting, VP Harris and Secretary Walsh met with and showed their solidarity with three Google contractors who formed a union in Pittsburgh becoming the first group of white-collar tech workers to vote for a union in the country.

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For the Pittsburgh visit, VP Harris wore her go-to ensembles which is, the Altuzarra Black Fenice Jacket paired with the Serge Pant. Adding to it she had on her navy silk Perla top from Lafayette 148 New York.

 On Friday, Madam Vice President was bound for Atlanta, Georgia for her second We Can Do This," vaccination state tour, on Monday she was in Greenville, South Carolina. The tour helps with vaccine education and outreach efforts in order to reach President Biden's goal of getting 70 percent of Americans vaccinated by July 4.

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She arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport where she was welcomed by the State's federal legislator Georgia's 5th congressional district Representative Congresswoman Nikema Williams, Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Atlanta's Mayor Keisha Bottoms.

1) She began her tour at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Church is a historic church in the black community located in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn district where many US civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr had preached in the 1960s

During informal remarks to those who were being administered vaccines, the Vice President urged people, “These vaccines are safe and effective. It will save your life and the lives of people you love,” she also said “to get the word out” to help their friends and neighbours overcome obstacles to getting vaccinated like needing childcare and fear of needles.

She was accompanied by Congresswoman Nikema Williams, from right, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Senator Jon Ossoff, Senator Raphael Warnock, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Dr. Jayne Morgan, Cardiologist and the Executive Director of the COVID Task Force at the Piedmont Healthcare Corporation

2) After she departed for Clark Atlanta University, where she gave remarks at a COVID vaccination mobilization event. During her remarks, she said,“But there are some people, a lot of people might say, ‘I haven’t been vaccinated yet because I’m just not sure," she also acknowledged people's hesitancy, "It is OK to have questions," and she urged Atlantans to tell their friends and neighbours: “We can say with confidence the vaccines are safe, they are free and they are effective.”

Clark Atlanta University is a private Methodist historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. The University is the first HBCU in the Southern United States founded on September 19th 1865 as Atlanta University, it consolidated with Clark College to form Clark Atlanta University in 1988.

3) After giving the remarks she participated in a close room conversation on voting rights with community leaders.

 On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris began her vaccination tour with departing Joint Based Andrews for Greenville, South Carolina arriving at Greenville-Spartanburg Regional Airport.

The tour which for the Vice President is a five state campaign, begins in South Carolina is part of the Administration's part of a national effort to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4th. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Cabinet members will be making their way to states with some of the Nation's lowest vaccination rates like North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana. South Carolina joins them by having only fully vaccinated only 39% of its residents as of Monday morning, is also one of them.

2) She began the tour by speaking to people working at a COVID vaccination mobilization event held at the Phillis Wheatley Community Center and hosted by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People(NAACP) Chapter in Greenville, South Carolina where she said the vaccine is safe, effective, and free. 

The mobilization group is part of the effort to get those who still haven't gotten a shot their vaccine. She told the crowd that she understands the public's skepticism over the expedited development of the various COVID-19 Vaccines and explain that the research behind these where a results of many years of research into the various variants of the coronavirus.

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She also explained that being vaccinated is a form of community service. "This Act... is a projection of love thy neighbor," she added.

She also spoke about the other reasons as to why people are hesitating to getting administered their vaccines. "Part of the reason why people are hesitating to take their vaccines is because there are barriers that make it harder for people to access them," she said. 

She spoke about the transportation barriers, and there are barriers that come from the lack of childcare and support experienced by parents, both before and after getting their shots. 

3) Then she departed for the Caine Halter YMCA branch where she toured the five vaccination stations which were set up and managed by Walgreens. 

Vice President Harris, who was accompanied by Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer and tour guide, Niki Pappos-Elledge, spoke to Lawanda Curry, a student from Greenville as she was getting the shot administered. 

4) She also participated in a closed "listening session" to listen from local leaders about voting rights and registration

5) Before departing Greenville, she gaggle with the traveling press on the tarmac 

 Later in the evening of June 7th, Madam Vice President depart Air Force Base in Guatemala City for her second trip arrives at Benito Juarez International Airport for her official visit to Mexico in Mexico City. She was welcome by the current Interim US Ambassador to Mexico, John S. Creamer

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June 8th:

1) Before the roundtable meeting with the Mexican authorities, Vice President Harris met with Mexico's Head of State President Andrés Manuel López Obrador where she was given a tour of the Palacio Nacional, which doubles as the President's Official residence, and showed her “The History of Mexico” by Diego Rivera. 

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2) Then there was a signing of a memorandum of Understanding(MOU) which she witnessed, along with President Lopez Obrador, between the American and Mexican governments on migration cooperation on the Patio de Honor. The memorandum was to establish a strategic partnership to cooperate on development programs in the region

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3) Following that, the Vice President and the Mexican President met for private meetings and broader talks where it was reportedly said that the Vice President told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that she saw him as a partner in tackling migration as they both agreed to deepen economic ties and invest to improve conditions in Central America.

Much of the focus for Tuesday's meeting was on improving livelihoods, and the United States pledged an additional $130 million over three years to support Mexican worker rights along with a goal of creating $250 million in investment and sales in southern Mexico, it said in a vaguely worded statement.

It was reported that the two sides will hold a meeting known as a high-level economic dialogue in September to look at ways to promote investment and make the most of a new trade deal, statements from both governments said.

Participating in the meeting from the Mexican side included: Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard; Government Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero and the head of the National Immigration Institute, Francisco Garduño.

Representing the United States apart from the Vice President, were the charge d’affaires at the US Embassy in Mexico, John S. Creamer, and the special US envoy for the Northern Triangle of Central America, Ricardo Zuñiga, Juan Gonzalez, a special assistant to US President Joe Biden and senior director of the National Security Council for the Western Hemisphere and among others.

4) Later she met with female entrepreneurs in a hotel in downtown Mexico City. During their meeting, she listened to their stories on their business, how the pandemic have affected their business, life as a woman in Mexico.

5) Then she met with labor leaders in Mexico to express the United State’s solidarity with them. Supporting them to encourage workers are strong, our economies are strong. After which she met with and greeted the US Embassy's Mexico staff.

6) Then she held a press conference and gaggled with the accredited media which traveled with the Vice President. 

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 June 6th

On Sunday, Madam Vice President Harris began her first foreign trip which was to Guatemala and Mexico. The flight which depart from Joint Base Andrews got off to a rocky start Sunday, when a technical issue grounded Air Force 2 after about 30 minutes into the flight.

It was two hours later when she and accompanying passengers switched planes to the back-up C32, which is an Air Force Boeing modified 757 before continuing on to Guatemala City, where she held the first of two days of talks on Monday to discuss the root causes of migration from Central America and Mexico.

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As I reported here, Madam Vice President was to travel to Guatemala and Mexico with aimed to tackle migration, investment and corruption. She is to meet the Head of States, Government Officials, community leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs.

Vice President Harris has described her task as finding solutions to tackle the root causes of the border crisis, including corruption and the lack of economic opportunities. Her staff say this first visit is primarily an information-gathering trip.

On arrival in the capital city Guatemala City she was welcome after deplaning by Guatemala's Foreign Affairs Pedro Brolo and US Ambassador to Guatemala William Pop.

June 7th

On Monday, she met with Guatemalan President Dr. Alejandro Giammattei at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura where they first began the day with a two-hour round and bilateral table frank and candid meeting with both sides directly addressing what they want and where their concerns lie.

“We don’t have time for glossing over concerns that we have, and so we did have a very frank conversation about the importance of an independent judiciary. We had a conversation about the importance of a strong civil society,” Harris said, nodding to areas where Giammattei and his allies have faced criticism.

During the meeting, the Vice President laid out a plan on how to deter migration to the U.S. by working to improve both physical and economic security and combat corruption. She further explained that The Biden Administration will create an anti-corruption task force that will conduct investigations and will also enlist U.S. prosecutors and law enforcement officers to train their Central American counterparts to build corruption cases. The U.S. will also launch a task force to help combat human smuggling and trafficking across the various borders.

2) After both the Vice President and the Guatemalan President held a Press Conference, Vice President Harris warned against illegal migration to the US, saying: "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our borders." She further added that Guatemalans must be given a "sense of hope that help is on the way".

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"It must be coupled with relationships of trust. It must be coupled with tangible outcomes, in terms of what we do as leaders to convince people that there is a reason to be hopeful about their future and the future of their children," she further added.

Noting to areas where the Guatemalan President and its government have been lacking and have been facing criticism both in Guatemala and abroad, VP Harris “We don’t have time for glossing over concerns that we have, and so we did have a very frank conversation about the importance of an independent judiciary. We had a conversation about the importance of a strong civil society,” 

3) Later, she held another roundtable meeting with human rights activists and other Guatemalan civil society leaders accompanied by Ambassador William Pop on addressing the root causes of migration.

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During the meeting, Vice President Harris spoke of the “impact that the lack of judicial independence can have on civil society, especially with regard to the highest courts in the land.

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4) Then she held another roundtable meeting and spoke at a women's intergenerational innovators and entrepreneurs event held at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City.

She also visited the Lab where she participated and held conversations with the ladies where she learned about their businesses and the challenges faced by business owners

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