2020 hopeful Kamala Harris says US faces constitutional crisis
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Sunday the U.S. could be facing a constitutional crisis after another week of building tension between Congress and the White House.
“A constitutional crisis is generally when the system we set up with checks and balances, when each of the independent co-equal branches of government fails to perform its duties and I think we’re seeing the breakdown of responsibilities,” the 2020 presidential hopeful said. “I think it’s fair to say we’re looking at a crisis of confidence, potentially a constitutional crisis.”
{mosads}Speaking Sunday morning to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Harris cited Attorney General William Barr’s refusal to appear before the House Judiciary Committee and the panel’s party-line vote to hold him in contempt, as well as the Trump administration’s failure to comply with congressional subpoenas.
The comments led a wide-ranging interview with Tapper that touched on her views on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, gun control, Facebook, her controversial truancy initiative in California and her relationship with her step-children.
Harris is not the first prominent Democrat to voice concern about a constitutional crisis.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and fellow 2020 hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have all sounded the alarm in the past week.
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