Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her husband, broke out their wallets for Small Enterprise Saturday on the D.C. Vacation Market close to Gallery Place.
One of the well-known consumers in D.C., and her husband, broke out their wallets for Small Enterprise Saturday on the D.C. Vacation Market close to Gallery Place.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her husband, Doug Emhoff, visited the newly opened, socially distant, outside market in downtown D.C. with Mayor Muriel Bowser simply after midday.
In accordance with media pool reviews, Harris and Emhoff spent about 25 minutes visiting cubicles out there and acquired puzzles from the New York Puzzle Firm and a print of various kinds of cheeses from Marcella Kriebel Artwork and Illustration.
In accordance with the pool reporter, a variety of folks shouted “congratulations,” to the longer term Vice President.
The photograph under was posted on Twitter by the pool reporter.
[email protected] performing some vacation purchasing in DC proper now, liking one specific T-shirt: pic.twitter.com/qFmFYsJ5Xz
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 28, 2020
Harris laughed when seeing a “Madam Vice President” T-shirt on the Pop-Up Collaborative: Made in D.C. sales space, and ultimately Emhoff bought the shirt for her.
Harris took a few questions and made an announcement about her journey to the market for instance for tips on how to assist small companies throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
“We need to assist our small companies they’re all the time actually a vital a part of the lifeblood of the neighborhood, a part of the civic and social material of the neighborhood. And sadly, since COVID began, one in 4 small companies in our nation has closed. We all know that we’re going to get past this virus, and we need to guarantee that we maintain these small companies to assist them by way of this second, to allow them to proceed to do what they do, which is de facto about being not solely enterprise leaders, however they’re civic leaders,” she stated.
Harris responded to a query in regards to the transition with President-elect Joe Biden into the White Home in early 2021, and whether or not they have been held again by an absence of cooperation from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Harris stated she and Biden have been assembly with a variety of individuals — “from labor leaders to heads of Fortune 500 companies” in an effort to prepare for the transition.
She additionally broke out in fun when requested about Trump’s potential for operating for president once more in 4 years.
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