Harris marketing campaign adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms stated the vice chairman’s remark to Oprah Winfrey Thursday night time that she would shoot somebody who broke into her home was a “joke.”
“It was a joke, and she knew that we would still be talking about it today, but I think it‘s important that people know that the vice president respects the right to bear arms, that she supports the Second Amendment, but she wants responsible gun ownership and she wants our communities to be safe,” Bottoms advised Jake Tapper on CNN Friday afternoon.
Later within the interview, Bottoms, the previous Atlanta mayor, added the remark “humanizes” Harris in a approach that the majority don’t get to see.
Throughout an interview with Oprah that aired Thursday, Harris stated, “If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot.”
She proceeded to giggle and added that she in all probability “should not” have stated it, however that her employees would “deal with that later.”
Harris stated throughout her debate with former President Trump final week that she’s a gun proprietor, which Oprah stated was information to her. Harris’s operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, has additionally talked about proudly owning firearms.
“Here’s my point, Oprah. I’m not trying to take everyone’s guns away. I believe in the Second Amendment,” Harris added. She stated the gun management measures she helps are “just common sense.”
Harris additionally talked about being a gun proprietor throughout her first marketing campaign for president.
“I am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the reason a lot of people do — for personal safety,” Harris stated in 2019. “I was a career prosecutor.”
