3 notable policy stances from Kamala Harris' interview with CNN's Jake Tapper

Kamala Harris.
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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, provided answers to several questions on policy posed during a taped interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, which aired on Sunday's edition of State of the Union on CNN. Here are three notable moments from the interview.

Medicare-for-all means Medicare-for-all — Tapper asked the senator if Medicare-for-all would apply to people who were residing in the United States illegally. Harris, who gave some measured responses to a few of Tapper's questions, did not hesitate on this one.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.