参议员卡玛拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)和她的丈夫道格·埃姆霍夫(Doug Emhoff)周四访问了关键的战场州佛罗里达州，以争取黑人和犹太选民的支持。就在几天前，民主党副总统候选人在佛罗里达州举行了第一次面对面的竞选活动威斯康星州。
这次旅行包括埃姆霍夫第一前副总统以来的现场竞选活动乔·拜登哈里斯宣布成为他的竞选伙伴。
哈里斯在参观多拉尔的一家快速休闲的委内瑞拉餐馆“阿玛兹拉丁风味”时，会见了拜登的竞选代理人安娜·纳瓦罗。在她停留期间，哈里斯向食客和工作人员打招呼，拍照并拿起大包的外卖。
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2020年9月10日，在佛罗里达州迈阿密花园佛罗里达纪念大学的竞选活动中，民主党副总统候选人参议员卡玛拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)在参加与非裔美国领导人的社区对话时，谈到了牧师朗达·托马斯(Rhonda Thomas)。
当天晚些时候，哈里斯在佛罗里达纪念大学与社区领袖进行了交谈，包括阿尔法·百臂巨人的成员，这是哈里斯参加的第一个黑人希腊姐妹会，以及前地区总统众议员弗雷德里克·威尔逊和迈阿密海岸市长克里斯托·瓦加。这些妇女在迈阿密花园的历史悠久的黑人大学讨论了非裔美国人在南佛罗里达面临的挑战。
哈里斯直接抨击唐纳德·特朗普总统，称总统是出于他的“政治私利”，此前一名小组成员讲述了她的社区如何因冠状病毒的影响而遭受巨大的身体和经济损失。这位加州参议员回应这位女士说，“我们的国家正在悲痛之中，失去工作，失去生命，失去常态，失去一致性，在许多情况下失去希望，乔和我一直在谈论这个问题。”她补充说，“我们需要看到并认识到苦难的领导，并被提示以真理和事实为指导，而不是我们在唐纳德·特朗普身上看到的符合他们政治自身利益的东西。”
这位加州参议员是由巴哈马的美国人威尔逊介绍的，他说:“我们为你感到骄傲，因为黑人妇女支持这个国家、这个种族、这个民主党。”威尔逊补充说，“对你来说，即将成为第一位加勒比海黑人副总统——我是巴哈马人——意义重大。这对我们地区意义重大。这对这里的所有人都很重要。”
在讨论之前，哈里斯受到了佛罗里达纪念大学的行进乐队的欢迎，该乐队名为“咆哮”，演奏了三首歌曲。
在哈里斯活动的同时，身为犹太人的埃姆霍夫在迈阿密的阿文图拉·特恩贝里犹太中心与犹太领导人举行了一次社区对话。众议员黛比·乏色曼·舒尔茨、迈阿密戴德专员丹妮尔·莱文·卡瓦和几名当地的拉比参加了会议，讨论对犹太社区非常重要的问题。
埃姆霍夫对竞选并不陌生，因为他经常在哈里斯的民主党总统候选人初选中脱颖而出。
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2020年9月10日，在迈阿密的一次竞选活动中，民主党副总统候选人参议员卡马拉·哈里斯通过扩音器讲话。
8月下旬，埃姆霍夫离开了他的律师事务所DLA Piper。从那以后，埃姆霍夫多次在Zoom的电话和筹款活动中担任主角，包括周三拜登与埃姆霍夫和哈里斯妹夫托尼·韦斯特的律师虚拟对话。据组织者称，该活动筹集了96万美元。
埃姆霍夫说，如果他成为“第一个第二绅士”，他将专注于与诉诸司法有关的问题，这是他作为一名年轻律师开始感兴趣的。
“当我第一次去法院的时候，我会去洛杉矶市中心的高等法院，我震惊地看到大厅里排满了人...只是拽着我的——当时，双排扣夹克说你知道，‘救命。救命。太有影响力了。"
他补充说，“30年来，这一直困扰着我，有些人能够雇佣这些了不起的律师，而许多人却不能。”
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2020年9月10日，佛罗里达州迈阿密花园佛罗里达纪念大学，民主党副总统候选人参议员卡马拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)参加了与非裔美国领导人的社区对话。
虽然周四的活动标志着这对夫妇自加入拜登竞选以来首次在阳光之州亲自竞选，但这不是哈里斯第一次以迈阿密为目标。8月下旬，哈里斯参与了拜登-哈里斯竞选活动的启动，该活动侧重于拉丁裔拥有的小企业，被称为“新未来”(Nuestros Negocios，Nuestro Futuro)，意思是“我们的企业，我们的未来”。
这场虚拟双语活动是一场以迈阿密为重点的虚拟圆桌讨论，哈里斯(Harris)、众议员黛比·穆卡斯尔-鲍威尔(Debbie Mucarsel-Powell)和当地企业主强调了在疫情中经营企业的困难，以及拉丁美洲企业主在创造就业机会和提振经济方面的作用。一系列活动中的第一项活动还将呼吁企业主确保他们所服务的社区的人们登记投票。
Harris and her husband court Black, Jewish voters in Miami
Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, visited the key battleground state of Florida on Thursday to court Black and Jewish voters just days after the Democratic vice presidential nominee's first in-person campaign event inWisconsin.
The trip includedEmhoff's firstin-person campaign event since former Vice PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Harris as his running mate.
Harris met with Biden campaign surrogate Ana Navarro during a visit to Amaize Latin Flavors, a fast-casual Venezuelan restaurant in Doral. During her stop, Harris greeted diners and staff, took photos and picked up large bags of takeout.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris speaks Pastor Rhonda Thomas as she participates in a community conversation with African American leaders during a campaign stop at Florida Memorial University on Sept. 10, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Later in the day, Harris held a conversation with community leaders, including fellow members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Black Greek sorority of which Harris is a member, along with past regional president Congresswoman Frederica Wilson and Miami Shores Mayor Crystal Wagar, at Florida Memorial University. The women discussed the challenges that African Americans face in South Florida at the historically Black university in Miami Gardens.
Harris took a direct shot at President Donald Trump saying the president acted in his "political self-interest" after a panelist told a story about how her community has suffered great physical and financial loss due to the impact of coronavirus. The California Senator responded to the woman saying, "our country is grieving, the loss of jobs, the loss of life, the loss of normalcy, the loss of consistency and in many cases the loss of hope and Joe and I talk about that all the time." She added, "we need leadership that sees and recognizes the suffering and is prompted then to be guided by truth and fact, and not what is in their political self-interest which is what we have seen in Donald Trump."
The California senator was introduced by Wilson, a Bahamian American, who said, "We're so proud of you because Black women have carried this nation, this race, this Democratic Party." Wilson added, "For you to be on the cusp of being the first Black Caribbean vice president -- I'm Bahamian -- it means so much. It means so much to our district. It means so much to all of the people here."
Before the discussion, Harris was greeted by Florida Memorial University's marching band, called "The Roar," which played three songs.
At the same time as Harris' event, Emhoff, who is Jewish, held a community conversation with Jewish leaders at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Miami. Emhoff was joined by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Miami-Dade Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava and several local rabbis to talk about issues important to the Jewish community.
Emhoff is not new to campaigning as he was often on the trail during Harris' primary race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris speaks through a megaphone during a campaign event in Miami, on Sept. 10, 2020.
In late August, Emhoff took a leave of absence from his law firm, DLA Piper. Since then, Emhoff has headlined several Zoom calls and fundraisers, including a Lawyers for Biden Virtual Conversation with Emhoff and Harris' brother-in-law, Tony West, on Wednesday. That event raised $960,000, according to organizers.
Emhoff said if he becomes the "first second gentleman" he will focus on issues involving access to justice, which he became interested in as a young lawyer.
"When I first went to court, and I would go into the Superior Court in Los Angeles downtown and I was shocked to see just lining the halls, just people ... just tugging at my -- at the time, double-breasted jacket to say you know, 'Help. Help.' It was just so impactful."
He added, "So for 30 years this has been sticking with me, how some are able to hire these amazing lawyers and many aren't."
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris attends a Community Conversation with African-American Leaders at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens,Fla., Sept. 10, 2020.
While Thursday's events mark the couple's first time campaigning in person in the Sunshine State since joining the Biden campaign, it isn't the first time Harris has targeted Miami. In late August, Harris participated in the launch of the Biden-Harris campaign initiative focused on Latino-owned small businesses dubbed Nuestros Negocios, Nuestro Futuro, which translates to "Our Businesses, Our Future."
The virtual bilingual event was a virtual roundtable discussion focused on Miami, with Harris, Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and local business owners highlighting the difficulties of running a business amid the pandemic and the role of Latino business owners in job creation and boosting the economy. The first of a series of events will also call on business owners to ensure that people in communities they serve are registered to vote.
