RJ Politics talks with Kamala Harris — PODCAST

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., heads into a church service at Victory Missionary Baptist Church in Las Vegas, Aug. 4, 2019. Deputy political director at Kamala Harris For The People, Lauren Brooks, is at left. (Michael Blackshire/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., talks to Domenica Castro, 30, left, from Las Vegas, as mother Gloria Castro, 61, background, listens at Lindo Michoacan restaurant, Aug. 28, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Michael Blackshire/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during AFL-CIO convention at Flamingo, Aug. 28, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Michael Blackshire/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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