Mary Gkusenkamp Perez, a Democrat who won Washington’s rural 3rd District, recounted her awkward encounter. Kamala Harris During the campaign. In an interview with the New York Times, he said he initially had high hopes for Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee, but he never called for her. “When Harris first came out, I was open to talking to her. I know she called a lot of my colleagues; she never called me,” the Democrat said. “I had an interaction with Harris at his Naval Observatory Christmas party.”
“I’m not very comfortable with that kind of thing. I had two beers, and I noticed that almost all the wreaths were plastic. There are a lot of Christmas trees in my district,” she said.
“I was strong in taking pictures. I said, ‘Madam Vice President, we grow where I live,'” Glusenkamp Perez said.
“She just walked away from me. There was kind of an eye roll, maybe. My thought was, it makes a difference to people where I live. It’s a farmer’s respect, a cultural respect. I didn’t think she understood what I was trying to say.
Perez ran ahead of Harris by several points and appears headed for re-election, and she told The New York Times that national Democrats have not talked about concerns in her district, such as the fentanyl crisis and high food costs. .
“People put their groceries on their credit cards,” she told the New York Times. “If you try to talk some economists out of their life experiences with data points, no one will listen to what you have to say.”
“It’s so easy to look outward, blame and demonize others instead of looking in the mirror and seeing what we can do. It’s not fun to feel accountable. It takes painful mental flexibility,” Perez said. “Then who knows?”