HARRIS: I was asked a question that related to a stock photograph that his campaign published. But listen, I think that it really speaks to a larger issue, and I’ll speak to the larger issue. I believe that the mayor has made apologies for that.

The larger issue is that for too long, I think, candidates have taken for granted the constituencies that have been the backbone of the Democratic Party and have overlooked those constituencies. And they show up when it’s, you know, close to election time, and show up in a black church and want to get the vote, but just haven’t been there before.

There are plenty of people who applauded black women for the success of the 2018 election, applauded black women for the election of a senator from Alabama. But, you know, at some point, folks get tired of just saying, “Oh, thank me for showing up,” and say, “Well, show up for me.”

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Because when black women are three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth in America, when the sons of black women will die because of gun violence more than any other cause of death, when black women make 61 cents on the dollar as compared to all women, who tragically make 80 cents on the dollar, the question has to be: “Where you been and what are you going to do? And do you understand what the people want?”

And I’m running for president because I believe that we have to have leadership in this country who has worked with and has the experience of working with all folks.