Kamala and the Coach

The ultimate Harris-Walz starter pack!

We have 78 days until the election and we are overjoyed to see the momentum and commitment of so many Americans who value freedom, democracy and a bright future for all. 

• It’s Brat Summer: In less than a month, the Harris-Walz campaign and GOTV orgs have raised over $500M on ActBlue with a majority from first-time and small donors. Thousands of first-time volunteers have also signed up to GOTV and Harris-Walz have become the hottest political trend on social media.

• Margin of Effort defeats Margin of Error: Polls show significant momentum towards Harris-Walz, but we still have A LOT of work to do to inform, register, and engage voters. Find out what you can do to deliver the WH, Senate, House and state/local wins here.

• Passing the Torch: In less than 4 years, Biden-Harris brought the country back from a pandemic, recession, and an insurrection, building a strong foundation for further growth and progress that a Harris-Walz administration (and D majority in Congress) will build on if elected this November. 

• Kamala and the Coach - The Best of America: Harris and Walz represent the very best of America. They look like us. They talk like us. They know the challenges average Americans face. And they want the best for us. All of us. Below you will find their credentials, their accomplishments, and their plans IF we elect them AND a Democratic majority in the House and Senate. 

  • Note: This is VERY condensed. HH wanted to give you a very long, very detailed list, but editor ML said we have to keep it short - so short it is!

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Passing the Torch

The Biden-Harris administration built a strong foundation for growth and progress in the US that a Harris-Walz administration (and D majority in Congress) will build on. 

Strengthened the Economy

• Created more than 16,000,000 new jobs for Americans with Black and Latino employment reaching a record high.

• Passed the largest economic recovery package (American Rescue Act) since FDR which reduced child poverty by half, saved union pensions, and provided immediate economic relief to families and businesses struggling from the pandemic.

• Cracked down on junk fees, removed medical debt from credit scores, reduced gas prices by making historic investments in the energy sector, and invested in American technology/semiconductor industries to reduce the cost of phones, computers, and cars.

• Increased the wealth and income of average Americans at a rate exceeding inflation (even economist Robert Reich is cheering), reversing the wage inequality gap for the first time in 30 years, and reducing the racial wealth gap to a record 20-year low.

Improved Healthcare 

• Expanded the Affordable Care Act, resulting in 92% of Americans being covered by health insurance for the first time ever.

• Took on Big Pharma to reduce healthcare and prescription costs for millions of Americans, allow Medicare to negotiate drug costs, lower the cost of insulin to $35/mo, and make hearing aids available over the counter for the first time ever.

• Defended access to reproductive healthcare, including emergency- and medicated abortions and contraception.

• Provided +5M veterans with healthcare benefits for diseases caused by toxic chemicals through the passage of the PACT Act. 

Forgave Student Loans

• Forgave $168,000,000,000 in student loans (this number would be higher if it weren’t for Republicans and SCOTUS who blocked Biden’s $400B plan) for veterans with permanent disabilities, people with permanent disabilities, healthcare workers in underserved communities, defrauded college students, and public servants (including firefighters, teachers, nurses, and other public employees). 

• Halted student loan payments and waived more than $50B in interest during the pandemic. 

Made Our Communities Better Places to Live

• Passed historic investments in infrastructure (Bipartisan Infrastructure Act) to improve water systems by replacing lead pipes, expand access to public transportation and high-speed internet, establish a national network of EV chargers and bike lanes to protect cyclists, clean up Superfund and pollution sites, and upgrade power infrastructure to deliver clean and reliable energy in the face of climate change and cyber-attacks.

Strengthened Our Democratic Firewall By Appointing Qualified Judges 

• Appointed more than 200 diverse, qualified judges to federal courts responsible for ruling on Americans basic freedoms, including the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. (2/3rds of the appointments are women, racial, or ethnic minorities.)

Made Our Communities Safer

• Violent crime is now at a 50 year low.

• Passed the first gun control law (Safer Communities Act) in 30 years, requiring background checks for buyers under 21, disarming domestic abusers by closing the “boyfriend loophole,” and supporting state red-flag laws.

• Invested in public safety, including youth mental health support services, community violence intervention programs, and training and hiring law enforcement officers.

Improved Border Security

• Even though Trump “killed” the Bipartisan Border Security bill in February 2024, illegal border crossings are significantly lower now than during the Trump administration, declining for 5 consecutive months.

• Working to address the root causes of migration by investing in Central America, increasing law enforcement at the border, seizing records amounts of fentanyl, and dismantling human-smuggling networks. 

Prioritized Climate Action

• Passed the largest climate action legislation in American history (the Inflation Reduction Act), investing $370B in climate action, including in hundreds of clean energy projects across the US in just the first year (creating a projected 175,000 jobs).

• Set new records of US renewable energy and domestic oil production to make the US energy independent (lowering gas prices and improving national security).   

Kamala and the Coach - The Best of America

More than qualified to be our next POTUS, Harris began her career as a prosecutor, before being elected District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney General of California, US Senator (CA), and most recently, Vice President of the United States. In the Senate, Harris sat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Budget Committee, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Judiciary Committee.

While Harris will announce her full policy platform this week, her record makes clear that she will be a strong advocate for all Americans.

American Families and the Economy

• This week, Harris announced key pillars of her economic agenda, which includes a Child Tax Credit of $6,000 per child for the first year of a baby’s life and:

• Harris has also been a forceful advocate for American families, working to reduce the costs of childcare, address child poverty, build safety nets for families, provide grants to local agencies to establish family-friendly school programs for working families, improve access to maternal care, and increase minimum SNAP benefits for struggling families.

• Harris has also sponsored legislation to provide tax credits to people earning less than $100K/year, reduce national rent costs with a tax offset, improve and incentivize affordable housing, and offer significant income assistance to families during the pandemic.

Healthcare and Reproductive Choice

• As part of her economic agenda, Harris has committed to reducing healthcare costs, eliminating existing medical debts, and capping the cost of prescription drugs.

• Harris has been a long-time advocate and defender of reproductive health and choice.

  • Throughout her career, Harris has ensured that for-profit insurance covers the cost of contraception. She also supported legislation and executive actions to protect OB/GYN providers from discrimination, improve Black maternal health, defend access to birth control and medicated abortions, prohibit state and local governments from restricting abortion services, and sponsored legislation to codify Roe v. Wade.

  • She has also led the Biden-Harris administration’s “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” initiative to protect and expand access to reproductive health care, meeting weekly with pro-choice advocates, state governors and attorney generals to coordinate, mobilize and defend reproductive rights.

Climate Action

• Harris has established an impressive record on climate action and environmental justice:

  • As Attorney General, she prosecuted and secured million dollar settlements from companies like Chevron, BP, and Volkswagen for misrepresentations of emissions and disproportionate harm to low-income communities.

  • As Senator, she sponsored legislation to restore and conserve public lands, provide clean water to communities, fund climate resilient shoreline projects, expand regulations on pesticides and chemicals in consumer products, and expand solar energy networks in rural counties.

  • As VP, she played a critical role in ensuring the environmental provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, American Rescue Plan, Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS Act were retained in the final legislation (which included clean water provisions and supporting climate resilience programs).

Criminal Justice

• Since she was District Attorney, Harris has been an early pioneer of criminal justice reform and restorative justice programs. She launched the “Back on Track” program which enabled first-time, non-violent drug offenders to receive high-school diplomas, job training courses, and life skills classes. Harris also implemented racial bias training across California police forces and launched the OpenJustice initiative to hold police accountable by tracking crime and use-of-force.

• In the Senate, Harris sponsored and supported legislation to abolish cash bail and federally legalize marijuana to reduce the disproportionate harm of these policies on low-income and Black communities. 

• However, Harris was also a fierce prosecutor when it came to cases of sexual and domestic abuse, rape, and corporate exploitation. In a multi-state suit against five major banks accused of improper foreclosure practices during the mortgage crisis, Harris secured $20 billion in mortgage relief for Californians.

International Relations

• Harris was critical to rebuilding diplomatic relations and strengthening alliances with global leaders to address global security and economic threats. This included traveling around the world to meet with leaders in South and Central America, Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. She has also worked closely with NATO leaders and represented the US at the annual Munich Security Conference.

• Collaborated in the negotiation of the largest US-Russia prisoner exchange since the Cold War, including the release of Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

• Harris has also played a key role in advocating for continued support of Ukraine, and ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, advocating for increased humanitarian aid into Gaza, a ceasefire, and the release of the hostages.

Civil Rights

• As both Senator and VP, Harris has sponsored and played major roles in drafting legislation to address racial disparities in healthcare, education, voting access, policing, and employment and housing opportunities. 

• Harris has also been a long-time advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, advancing legislation to protect marriage equality, reverse the ban on transgender officers in the military, and defending access to gender-affirming healthcare.

Tim Walz served in the Army National Guard for 24 years and was a football coach and high school teacher before being elected to the House of Representatives (MN-1), and later, the Governor of Minnesota.

In the House of Representatives, Walz served on the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (as ranking member), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services Committee. Walz was the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to ever serve in Congress, and was a steadfast advocate for military officers and veterans. He was also an early advocate for repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Walz, an avid hunter, changed his position on gun control following the Parkland shooting and became an advocate for common sense gun legislation (including banning assault weapons).

As Governor of Minnesota, Walz has:

• Supported Minnesotans by providing free school breakfasts and lunches to children, and by expanding the child-tax credit for low income families to reduce child hunger and poverty.

• Expanded worker protections by guaranteeing paid sick leave and establishing a state-run program to support paid family and medical leave for up to 20 weeks.

• Guaranteed free college tuition for families making less than $80K/year at  the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State campus.

• Invested in the repair of critical infrastructure which created union jobs.

• Signed into law an expansion of the Working Family Credit, a tax exemption for joint filers earning less than $100K/year for Social Security, and converting renters tax credits to income tax credits.

The post says it all: let’s WIN this and welcome the Harris-Walz administration into the White House (and a D majority in Congress) in January. So let’s get to work!

In your corner,

HH & ML