story. And I'm sticking to it. >> Fourth District Democratic
U.S. Representative Gwen Moore joined Harris at her convention
week rally in Milwaukee Tuesday. Representative Moore was the
first black person in Wisconsin elected to Congress back in
2004. Now she's looking to welcome the first woman and the
first woman of color as U.S. president. We're joined now by
Congresswoman Moore. And thanks so much for being here.
>> Oh, thanks so much for having me, Fredricka. It's always great
to be with you. >> So what is it like to see
Kamala Harris possibly ascend to the highest elected office in
the nation? >> Well, you know, let me just
say it's awesome. However, when you stop and think about what
America has become, it's the melting pot and there are and
Kamala Harris looks more like what an American looks like
these days. Person of mixed heritage. And I think that when
we look at the difference in the messaging of the Democratic
Party and the Republican Party, the Republican Party, Donald
Trump pushing fear of the other fear of immigrants and people of
color, of gaining power and influence in the country, and
the rise of a Kamala Harris. We know that demographically, we
have been on this trend for a while. So while it's awesome,
it's about time. >> How important is Milwaukee
and its potential turnout to the outcome of this election?
>> I think that the Kamala Harris and the DNC made it
perfectly clear that Milwaukee was important. They started
their tour, I think, in in Pennsylvania. And instead of
bypassing Milwaukee and heading straight to Chicago for their
convention, they made sure that they filled up the very same
stadium where Donald Trump and the RNC had been a month prior,
filled it up, as well as having all of the delegates nationwide
be in Chicago at the United Center. So I do think that
Milwaukeeans love to be asked for their vote. They love to be
respected for their vote. And the fact that Kamala Harris and
Tim Walz, you know, took time away from the main stage, as it
were, in Chicago, to come to Milwaukee, really was rewarded
with a packed stadium in Milwaukee. It was absolutely
thrilling. >> Well, what do voters there
most want from a candidate? And in your mind, does Kamala Harris
deliver that Kamala? >> Or like her stepchildren,
call her mama has a very female centered, in my opinion, agenda.
When she talks about down payment assistance or the rent
is too high. She's speaking directly to women who go to the
store, who put the food on the table. You talk about cutting
the cost of health care, going after the pharmaceutical
industry. It's a lot more clear and not abstract, like saying,
oh, we're going to have the Inflation Reduction Act. No,
your medication is going to be dropped to $35 a month, if you
need insulin, we're going to spread that throughout the
population. That is when you talk about that and education
and of course, when you talk about the right to choose to
have an abortion, you're bowling right down the alley of family
oriented child tax credit, paid family leave, right down the
alley of the kind of people we need to bring to the table.
Women. Frederica 46% of women are heads of households these
days. And if you look at a black household, we're talking over
50%, 52, 53% of households are held by women. We talk about the
numbers of younger people who are becoming homeowners that
that would be women. And so she is she is speaking to, I think
the constituency that is most open to hearing about the
difference in her administration than any other administration
that we have had in their lifetimes.