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Saturday, July 2, 2022

Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Conversation With Keke Palmer at Essence Festival - The White House

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Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

4:31 P.M. CDT

Q    Wow.  I mean — so you guys, I really got lucky.  I got the opportunity to sit with the Madam VP —

AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love you, Kamala!

Q    Yes!  (Applause.) 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I love you.  (Laughs.) 

Q    I got an opportunity when I did “Lightyear.”  Madam Vice President held a big event in our home where children got to come and watch and play and also meet astronauts from NASA.  We got to talk about all the great things that you’re doing with NASA.  And I got a chance to sit and talk with her and really, you know, kind of get to know her in a really casual way, which I feel really lucky to have gotten that chance. 

But there was something I wanted to ask you.  You know, we have something in common.  I didn’t get to say it then, but, you know, I’ve been meme’d a couple of times.  But you are a part of my favorite meme with, “We did it, Joe.”  (Laughter.)  And so, I have to ask you — obviously, the excitement of the election hitting you in that moment: What were you thinking when you saw how that just went so viral?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, first of all, it is so good to be with you, Keke. 

Q    Oh my —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  It is so good.  And hello, Essence Fest.  (Applause.)  We’re back!  We are back.

It was — you know, that day — well, so you’ll remember, the election happened but it took a while for the — for it to be declared. 

Q    Right. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And so, my husband and I were staying in Delaware so we could be near the Vice President-elect — I mean, President-elect at the time.  And I work out every morning.  And so, he and I worked out together, and we were then going back to the house.  And he was like, “I’m going to walk a little bit more and cool down.”  And so, he started to walk.  I went up to the house, and I went upstairs to go take a shower.

Q    Yeah. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I’m just — I’m going to give you all kinds of information you weren’t expecting.  (Laughter.)

And so, I turned on the shower — because it was cold.  Remember, it was winter.  And so, I turn on the shower so the water could heat up.  And I got a text.  And it said, “They declared the race.”

Q    Whooo!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I ran downstairs.  I didn’t even turn off shower. 

Q    Ah!  Water bill high. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I ran downstairs.  And I come out the house, “Doug!  Doug!”  I’m trying to find my husband.  He’s down the hall — or down the pathway, and he’s got his earbuds in.  So I’m they’re saying, “They called the race.”  And I’m waving at him.  And he’s just waving back because he’s listening to music.  (Laughs.)

Q    He’s like, “Hey.”

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  He’s just waving back. 

And then he came up.  And then the President called — Joe Biden called.  And so that meme is from my husband standing there videotaping me having the call with the President.  That’s what that was.

Q    “We did it, Joe.  We did it.”  (Applause.)  “You’re President of the America.”  I mean, that’s just my favorite clip. 

But I also have to ask you — right? — because I think I have — I think I have some unrealistic expectations on how it actually is to work in the White House.  Right?  I think a lot of my peers and I — we often talk about it.  In our minds, we think it’s like, “Okay, something comes in, and you’re like, ‘This is what we’re going to do.’”  You know, but how is it really on a day to day?  You know, are you and mis- — and the President sitting down and strategizing?  Are you emailing?  What is the process of actually trying to get things done and working there?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, like I said, I work out every morning.  I’ll just give you kind of a day in the life.  I work out every morning.  Then I start my day reading the Presidential Daily Brief.  We call it the “PDB” for short.

Q    Yeah.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Which is classified information generated by our intelligence community about hot spots around the world and threats to our national security.  So I read that every morning. 

And my office in the West Wing is — I don’t know how many feet; not very far — you know, a minute to get from my office to the Oval Office.  And so, often when I arrive at the West Wing, I’ll walk down to the Oval Office and the President and I will have a meeting with the heads of our intelligence community — including, often the Secretary of Defense will be there, the Secretary of State will be there, the Director of the CIA will be there — and we will talk about the threats to our nation and the priorities that we face.  And so that is often how the day will start. 

And then there will be a series —

Q    Heavy day to start.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, yeah.  There are a lot — there’s a lot of decisions to be made. 

And then the day will proceed. 

I’ll tell you: One of my favorite days recently was the day that I went over to the Capitol.  You see, as the Vice President, I’m also the President of the Senate.  And right now, in the United States Senate we have a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans.  So it is often the case that I go to break the tie, so I’ll go up to the Capitol. 

But this day I went up to the Capitol because there was a vote occurring on who would be the next justice on the United States Supreme Court.  (Applause.) 

Q    We know.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And oh my — what a — you know, and I was in — very, very actively involved in that process of choosing her.  And so, I went to the Senate so I could preside when she was then voted on to be the next Supreme Court justice.

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And, of course, I am talking about Ketanji Brown Jackson.  (Applause.) 

Q    Whooo!  Whooo! 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Q    Oh my gosh.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And it was so special, Keke, because, you know, I got there and then it was taking a while for the vote to happen.  And then two of my friends and colleagues when I was in the Senate — Raphael Warnock — Senator Warnock from Georgia.  (Applause.)  Let’s get him reelected, please.  (Applause.)  And Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey.  (Applause.) 

And so the two of them walked up when I was in the chair because there was a pause.  And I had just finished, on my stationery, writing a note to my goddaughter Helena — who’s actually here with me today — to talk to her about as a, you know, 17-year-old, young, Black woman what this day would mean for her and her life.  And I wrote her a note.  And I had some extra stationery.  And so when the two of them came up, I said, “Well, y’all need to write a note to somebody too.”  So I handed them my stationary, and then each of them also wrote a note to someone in their life about the meaning — the historic meaning of that day. 

Q    I don’t know if everybody, you know, has experiences like that, but it’s awesome to hear you talk about it not just in a logistical sense, but also an emotional sense.  You know, because I think it’s important that we know that it’s — that it’s human — you know, to humanize the people that are working in government.  And to know that, at least with you, Madam VP, that there’s heart going into it as well. 

Speaking about the Senate and things you’ve done: One of the most important jobs you did in the Senate was holding Trump officials and nominees accountable as a member of the Judicidary [sic] — Judiciary Committee.  Excuse me. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yes, yes. 

Q    But most notably, when now Justice Kavanaugh struggled to identify any laws that give the government power to make decisions about the male body.  Which brings me to what just happened last week, you know, where he and five other justices voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade. 

I mean, I know personally, for me, that just seems ridiculous.  And it really puts me in an apathetic space to feel like, “Well, if you can come back and change things that are already settled, what is going to happen next?”

So I have to ask you: What — where were you when you heard the news?  And, I mean, what do we do now?  How do you feel, you know?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  This is a serious matter.  (Applause.) 

Q    Yeah.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And it requires all of us to speak up, to speak out, and to be active. 

So I was on my way to Aurora, Illinois, to meet with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood — who is an outstanding member of Congress — because she and I, over the years when I was in the Senate and now as Vice President, have been working on the issue of maternal mortality and, in particular, Black maternal mortality. 

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And we’ve been working on this issue for a very important reason, which is: In the United States, Black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth.  Native women are twice as likely to die.  Rural woman, one and a half likely — more times likely to die.  And understand that among all so-called “developed nations,” we are the worst on this issue. 

So it has been a longstanding area of focus for me — to focus on women’s health and safety and wellbeing.  And I’ve been able to then as Vice President bring this issue to the stage of the White House to talk about what we need to do to protect and to ensure that women have the resources they need. 

So, for example, we’ve been able to encourage states to extend Medicaid coverage — postpartum — from two months to twelve months because a woman needs —

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — support beyond two months when she has just given birth —

Q    Absolutely.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — to a human being.  We —

Q    We deserve these things.  

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  We have taught — we have dealt with the fact that there is racial bias in the healthcare delivery system. 

And so, what we need to do — when we recognize that a Black woman walking into a clinic or a doctor’s office or an emergency room is less likely to be taken seriously.  So this is the work we’ve been doing. 

We’ve been looking at it in the context of the unique stressors that women face and, in particular, Black women face, and what that does to have effects on their health and wellbeing. 

So Lauren Underwood and I have been doing this work.  I was flying from D.C. to Aurora, Illinois, to meet her in her district —

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — to announce more work that we are doing on maternal health.  And wouldn’t you know, on the course of that trip, the Supreme Court — with the Dobbs decision — for the first time in the history of our nation, took a constitutional right that had been recognized and took it from the women of America.  Took a constitutional right.

And what is so outrageous about this on every level is: One, it is the taking of a right that was given and guaranteed and something that we took for granted to be settled law. 

Q    Yeah. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So what that means then, in terms of what else might be vulnerable that we otherwise thought was settled law, including issues like contraception, including issues like same-sex marriage, including the intimate decisions that people should be able to make — about what I call “heart and home” — without government interference. 

What essentially has happened is the statement has been made that the government has a right to come in your home and tell you, as a woman and as a family, what you should do with your body. 

Q    Oh my gosh.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And the point has to be this: We have to recognize we’re a nation that was founded on certain principles that are — that are grounded in the concept of freedom and liberty. 
We also know that we’ve had a history in this country of government —

Q    Exactly.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — trying to claim ownership over human bodies.

Q    Exactly!  (Applause.)  Yes, that is right. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And we had supposedly evolved from that time and that way of thinking.  So this is very problematic on so many levels. 

The impact that it is going to have on women without means, what it will mean — for, you know, somebody who has financial means, this is really probably not going to have much of an effect on them.  But imagine that — the facts are: The majority of women who get an abortion — the majority are mothers.  So if she has to leave her state to go for the reproductive healthcare she needs — we’re looking at the fact that if she works, which she probably does, she’s going to lose time from work, potentially without leave — without paid leave.  She’s going to have to —

Q    Unacceptable.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — figure out what to do with her kids and the cost of the childcare at least for overnight, not to mention bus fare or train fare or airfare and a hotel room.  All to make one of the most intimate decisions that she should have a right to make without government interference.  That she should have a right to make with her pastor or her priest or her rabbi and her family, but not getting permission from the government.  (Applause.)

Q    And it’s — I mean, I — it’s so — it’s awesome to hear you say these things.  I knew — I — in my heart, I knew that you — that you would feel this way. 

But I just wonder then, what we can do?  You know, what does — you know what I mean? 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    In one hand, I’m looking at you and I know that, yeah, there has been evolution, that things have changed.  We talk about our justice.  You know, we talk about eight years — or however so — ago when we had Obama in office, and we see that things are somewhat different.  But then now there’s all this delayed response to what we’ve experienced, you know, these four years prior. 

And I just — you know, how do we move beyond the apathy that this gives us?  What are we now then — what can — what can our move be?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Right.  So, first, I’ll say this: You know, I did an analysis trying to look at the states that are attacking a woman’s right to choose and the states that are attacking voting rights, and there is an interesting intersection.  At least 11 states are doing both at the same time.

Q    No surprise there, right, guys?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  No surprise there. 

When we look at this issue, I think we have to, one, remember the words of Coretta Scott King, who I’ll paraphrase.  But she famously said: The fight for civil rights, which is the fight for freedom, the fight for liberty, the fight for justice — the fight for civil rights must be fought and won with each generation.  (Applause.)

And when she said that, I think we know that, one, she was saying that the very nature of these fights is that whatever we gain, they will not necessarily be permanent.  Therein lies the strength when we — when we achieve the rights with the fragility of those rights.  Meaning, if we are not vigilant to secure and to fight for them, we can’t take it for granted.  So there is that piece of it. 

But I think the second point she was making is: Because it is the nature of it — that you have to be vigilant — don’t be overwhelmed.

Q    Right.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Don’t be — don’t be overwhelmed to the point that we are disheartened and we think that we can’t do anything about it.  It’s the nature of it that these gains will not be permanent. 

Q    That’s great.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So we must be vigilant.  And we must — remember, we are always going to have to fight to maintain these rights. 

Q    And it’s such a good point, because I think we do get caught up in thinking, when there are great feats that have been accomplished, that “Oh, now it’s done” or, you know, we’re surprised when it happens again.  But when I look at the generations before me and what they had to deal with — I mean, we go back to slavery.  If they found a way to keep moving, I better find a way to keep moving.  You know what I’m saying?  (Applause.) 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  That’s right.  That’s right. 

Q    Because I mean, hey, I don’t know what it’s like to be in a field. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  That’s right.

Q    You know what I’m saying? 

I want to go quickly to — you mentioned some of the things you’ve been doing.  And we were talking about all the things that the administration has accomplished when we were — you know, back when we were at your home in D.C.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    You mentioned some great things about removing lead pipes also —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yes.

Q    — which is a huge issue.  You touched on a lot of things, but I just want to take a moment to speak to you guys about some of the things that specifically have been done: the Executive Order to Promote Access to Voter Registration and voting, where President Biden directed government resources to provide information about eglects [sic] — elections and increase access to voter registration opportunities; protecting Black Americans access to housing by combating housing discrimination, where President Biden directed the administration to address racial discrimination in the housing market.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah, let me —

Q    Reducing — oh, go ahead.  Yes. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And let me add to that.  So on the housing piece, it includes this piece.  What we know is that, for generations, housing appraisers — the people who come in and tell you the value of your house — we have been tracking the racial bias in those assessments, such that we have examples of a Black family getting an appraisal that was far lower than they knew the value of their house was.  So then they have friends who are a white family, and would have the white family come in and put up their family pictures, and then get the house appraised.  And it appraised for much higher.  Right?  So we’re dealing with that too, which is a longstanding issue in terms of what needs to be reformed around just the appraisal system, much less what we need to do to make housing affordable and available to more families. 

Q    Yeah.  And that’s just some of the things.  I mean, from reducing college costs where you guys increased the maximum Pell Grant award $400.  I mean, there’s so many things here, you guys, that I could go on about. 

If you are interested in seeing everything that the administration has done up to date, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov. 

But I want to say this to you too, Madam VP, because I know you see: People are always — you know, in your position, it’s a hard job.  You know, as many things as you get done, there’s so many other things that people are saying, “You need to do.  You need to do.” 

You know, and there’s a quote that I’ve always loved from Mother Teresa, where she says, “There can be no great things done, only small things with great love.”  Right?  Because there’s always going to be something.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    So I want to ask you: How, in your position, do you approach, A, that reality and, B, knowing what tasks to start on first with so much to deal with?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, one, we got to multitask.  Right? 

Q    Yeah.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So —

Q    Women are good at that. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And we are good at that.  None of us would be sitting here if we didn’t figure that out at some point.  Right?  So we — we have to multitask. 

But we have to look at, you know, what are the most critical issues.  Right?  So, for example: For me and for the President, one of the biggest issues that has been treated as maybe a small issue is — is anything that affects children.  I think, you know, sometimes in public policy, I think folks think because they’re small people, it’s a small issue.  No.  If you impact in a positive way the needs of a child, the entire community benefits for generations. 

And so we have been looking at what we need to do, for example, at also supporting children in the context of the family they are being raised — right? — so that grandmother or that auntie or that mother or that father. 

So what we have done, for example, is we have a — we have instituted a tax cut for childcare expenses like medication and school supplies — $8,000 a year.  A tax cut.

Q    Wow.  Wow. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Not one Republican voted for it.

We have extended the Child Tax Credit, and in that — in so doing in the first year, reduced Black child poverty by almost 40 percent.  Cannot get a Republican to help us extend it beyond. 

But these are some of the things that we have been doing, understanding the generational impact, not to mention the work that we need to do that is about foreign policy.

I have met with, I don’t know, probably at least two dozen foreign leaders — prime ministers, presidents.  I just recently convened the Caribbean prime ministers and presidents around what we should do, as the United States, seeing them as our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere and giving appropriate support there. 

And so we have to multitask, looking at what we need to do domestically, what we need to do to bring down the cost of gas —

Q    Oh!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Right?  Right?  (Applause.)

Q    I seen a meme the other day that said, “Me Googling online, ‘How to make gas at home.’”  Okay?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Oh, don’t do that.  Don’t do that.  (Laughter.)  Please, don’t do that. 

Q    Hilarious.  (Laughter.)  But it’s true.  I mean, there’s so many things.  But you guys have been — have been working. 

And I know some of the stuff is going to be a layover effect.  Right?  Just like we’re seeing layover effect from the last administration, a lot of the things you guys doing now are going to be immediate, but some things we’re going to see as time goes.  And we appreciate you for putting that work in. 

I want to take it back to something that we talked about also in D.C., where — you know, I knew that you were from the Bay, but what was interesting to learn was that you grew up around a lot of Civil Rights leaders because of your parents’ involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    And I want to ask you — because like I was saying earlier, you know, in the millennial generation, we’ve just seen so many people lie to us.  We’ve seen so many things unfortunate happen, like Roe vs. Wade being overturned.  And we take it very personally, where it does tend to bring on this apathy.

But when I do think back to the generations before me — I think about the Civil Rights Movement — I’m like, “Wow, they were up against a lot of even more daunting realities, maybe even the ones that we’re facing now.”  Not to compare, but, like you said, there’s always a lot going on. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    So you being around those kinds of people, what were some of the ways that they were able to reinvigorate themselves?  Or even more so, how did they mobilize?  Right?  Because I don’t want to be that person that just looks at my government and says, “Oh, what are you doing?”  Yes, there’s accountability that needs to be had, but I want accountability for myself as well.  I want to know what I can do.  You know what I’m saying?  What can I do to get out there and encourage my peers, encourage myself, and make sure that I’m being an active member in my — in my society?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, first and foremost — and I don’t need to say it to you, Keke, because you really do use your voice in such an extraordinary way. 

Q    Oh, (inaudible).

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  No, you really do.  You really do.

Q    Thank you so much.  (Applause.) 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  You just — you — you have the courage to speak out.  And you’re not concerned about putting your finger in the air to see if it’s popular.  You speak truth.  And I really appreciate and respect and admire that.  (Applause.)  

Q    Thank you.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  But I will say: Let’s not discount what young leaders are doing right now, because there’s a lot of extraordinary leadership happening from our young leaders.  And, you know, when I think about the Civil Rights Movement and my parents and what they were doing, you know, they were in their 20s.  Don’t forget, Dr. King was a very young man. 

So we have a history of these movements being fueled by students, by young leaders.  And you could look at anything from who was taking to the street articulating with Black Lives Matter to who has been now out there marching on choice, who is out there leading on so many of the issues that are about the climate crisis that is pounding on the door for attention and swift response.  So I see a lot of leadership happening among younger leaders.

But here’s what I would encourage folks to do who want to be more active.  First of all, use your voice to talk to the people in your life — your family members, your neighbors, the people you work with — about how issues are impacting you.  Talk about how you know that if you were born, like my goddaughter — who’s here — in 2004, well, the world has put in dates around 2030 that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or we are looking at an inflection point.  And so what that will mean for you and for your children and your grandchildren.  Speak that in a way that people understand that you have an immediate investment in the outcome of the issue. 

Similar when we’re talking about what’s happening in terms of the work that we’re doing on something like maternal mortality. 

Similar to what we’re talking about in terms of voting, where they are taking the rights of people to be able to express their voice in a democracy through their vote. 

Speak about that in a way that you can energize the people in your life to understand that when elections come up, “I know Keke, and she has passionately told me how this concerns her and how my vote could impact the outcome of this decision.”

Q    Thank you so much for that.  (Applause.)  And I’m just – I could literally sit here and talk to you all day long.

I just want to say thank you to you so much.  And that, for me personally, I want to be able to figure out all the ways that I can continue to be involved and get better and be more active.  You know, I’m 28, but, hey, I wish I — I thought I would know more by then.  My parents were having four kids by now, and I don’t know how they got around to it. 

So if there’s anything that I, myself, can do, or anywhere that I can go — a website or just any place — or anyone out there, please let us know.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, they — I will.  And I think — what I’d encourage is — for example, I know that you have a variety of interests, choice being one of them. 

Q    Yeah. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So there are a number of organizations that are working on that issue.  And then figure out how you can volunteer there, how you can be an advocate.  Because the advocacy — the marching, the shouting — is what brings about a lot of what has happened in terms of people being vocal about how the issue impact them. 

But — and I’ll tell you another — there’s something else that’s equally important, and that is the power of coalition building.  So, for example, I mentioned earlier that there are — in many of the states that are attacking a woman’s right to choose, they’re also attacking voting rights. 

Well, let’s think about the fact that, historically, it’s different communities that have worked on those issues, but we’re all under the same roof — if it’s about understanding how liberties are being attacked, how our democracy is being attacked. 

So let’s work on the coalition also, which is bringing folks together, because there is power in those numbers. 

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And there is power in knowing that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. 

See, the people who are trying to attack our rights are trying to make people feel small and feel alone —

Q    And different. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — because they — they want to — they want you to believe you don’t have power and that you’re out there by yourself.  And so, we’re not going to let that happen. 

And one of the ways that we won’t is to bring everyone together and remember that there is a community of people that is invested in this.  (Applause.) 

Q    So don’t believe that it’s too — I’m too small to start.  Don’t be afraid to collaborate with others, whether they look like me or not.  As long as we believe in the same things, we can get to the common goal. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  That’s right.  That’s right.

Q    And know that, hey, age is but a number, and we can all work together.

Okay, I want to ask you this final question.  And it’s — it’s going to be, maybe, a question about a conversation you would have with your younger self —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Okay.

Q    — that maybe you didn’t know or maybe you did know and have these dreams of one day being the Vice President.  What would you say to prepare yourself for this role?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, first of all, don’t hear “no.”  (Laughs.)  Don’t hear, “It can’t be done.”  (Applause.)  Don’t hear, “Nobody like you has done this before.”  I like to say, “I eat no for breakfast.”  (Laughter.) 

Q    Ah!  I love when you say that.  I love when you say that. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Surround yourself with a community of people — it doesn’t have to be a big group — who love you and who will cheer you on and who will sometimes push you out the door to go and do.  Those people who love you and you trust enough that when you fall down, they’ll be there to laugh with you because you fell, but to help pick you up and keep you going. 

So, choose — especially to the young leaders, I’d say, but to all of us have every generation — choose who is in your life based on loving yourself and requiring that from other people.  (Applause.)

Q    Yes.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  It’s so important.  And so that’s one thing.

I would say the other thing is that to really know that you have so much to bring, and you have to look inward.  I — you know, and also have faith.  You know, have faith.  And have faith in whatever it is you believe in, that — that you were destined to do great things, even when the obstacles are there.  But to believe in yourself and to have faith in yourself, that’s so important.  (Applause.)

And then, finally, just to remember you’re not alone.  I mean, so many of us have had the experience of walking into a room where they’re — we’re the only one who looks like us or has had our life experience.  And so, to you, I would say: When you walk in these rooms, remember this room for a minute.  Remember this room. 

Q    Oh, yes.  Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And remember when you walk into those rooms, that we’re walking into that room with you.  (Applause.)   We are all in that room with you, and we are applauding you.  And we are expecting you will carry our voice into that room.  And we are applauding you, and we are with you every step of the way.  So shoulders back, chin up, and just be yourself.  Be your marvelous self.  (Applause.)

Q    Ah, yes! 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Just be yourself.  (Applause.) 

Q    Oh, Madam Vice President, I just thank you so much.  I am so grateful to have gotten the opportunity to see you up close in this way — (applause) — and see you speaking. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.

Q    And people just stand for you.  It’s an inspiration.  You truly are. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Keke.

Q    And thank you for your time.  Thank you for being here. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  So good to be here.

Q    And thank you guys for being a part of the conversation as well.  (Applause.)  And Essence, obviously. 

Take care, guys.  Bye-bye.

END            5:01 P.M. CDT

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Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Conversation With Keke Palmer at Essence Festival - The White House

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

4:31 P.M. CDT

Q    Wow.  I mean — so you guys, I really got lucky.  I got the opportunity to sit with the Madam VP —

AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love you, Kamala!

Q    Yes!  (Applause.) 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I love you.  (Laughs.) 

Q    I got an opportunity when I did “Lightyear.”  Madam Vice President held a big event in our home where children got to come and watch and play and also meet astronauts from NASA.  We got to talk about all the great things that you’re doing with NASA.  And I got a chance to sit and talk with her and really, you know, kind of get to know her in a really casual way, which I feel really lucky to have gotten that chance. 

But there was something I wanted to ask you.  You know, we have something in common.  I didn’t get to say it then, but, you know, I’ve been meme’d a couple of times.  But you are a part of my favorite meme with, “We did it, Joe.”  (Laughter.)  And so, I have to ask you — obviously, the excitement of the election hitting you in that moment: What were you thinking when you saw how that just went so viral?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, first of all, it is so good to be with you, Keke. 

Q    Oh my —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  It is so good.  And hello, Essence Fest.  (Applause.)  We’re back!  We are back.

It was — you know, that day — well, so you’ll remember, the election happened but it took a while for the — for it to be declared. 

Q    Right. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And so, my husband and I were staying in Delaware so we could be near the Vice President-elect — I mean, President-elect at the time.  And I work out every morning.  And so, he and I worked out together, and we were then going back to the house.  And he was like, “I’m going to walk a little bit more and cool down.”  And so, he started to walk.  I went up to the house, and I went upstairs to go take a shower.

Q    Yeah. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I’m just — I’m going to give you all kinds of information you weren’t expecting.  (Laughter.)

And so, I turned on the shower — because it was cold.  Remember, it was winter.  And so, I turn on the shower so the water could heat up.  And I got a text.  And it said, “They declared the race.”

Q    Whooo!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I ran downstairs.  I didn’t even turn off shower. 

Q    Ah!  Water bill high. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  I ran downstairs.  And I come out the house, “Doug!  Doug!”  I’m trying to find my husband.  He’s down the hall — or down the pathway, and he’s got his earbuds in.  So I’m they’re saying, “They called the race.”  And I’m waving at him.  And he’s just waving back because he’s listening to music.  (Laughs.)

Q    He’s like, “Hey.”

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  He’s just waving back. 

And then he came up.  And then the President called — Joe Biden called.  And so that meme is from my husband standing there videotaping me having the call with the President.  That’s what that was.

Q    “We did it, Joe.  We did it.”  (Applause.)  “You’re President of the America.”  I mean, that’s just my favorite clip. 

But I also have to ask you — right? — because I think I have — I think I have some unrealistic expectations on how it actually is to work in the White House.  Right?  I think a lot of my peers and I — we often talk about it.  In our minds, we think it’s like, “Okay, something comes in, and you’re like, ‘This is what we’re going to do.’”  You know, but how is it really on a day to day?  You know, are you and mis- — and the President sitting down and strategizing?  Are you emailing?  What is the process of actually trying to get things done and working there?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, like I said, I work out every morning.  I’ll just give you kind of a day in the life.  I work out every morning.  Then I start my day reading the Presidential Daily Brief.  We call it the “PDB” for short.

Q    Yeah.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Which is classified information generated by our intelligence community about hot spots around the world and threats to our national security.  So I read that every morning. 

And my office in the West Wing is — I don’t know how many feet; not very far — you know, a minute to get from my office to the Oval Office.  And so, often when I arrive at the West Wing, I’ll walk down to the Oval Office and the President and I will have a meeting with the heads of our intelligence community — including, often the Secretary of Defense will be there, the Secretary of State will be there, the Director of the CIA will be there — and we will talk about the threats to our nation and the priorities that we face.  And so that is often how the day will start. 

And then there will be a series —

Q    Heavy day to start.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, yeah.  There are a lot — there’s a lot of decisions to be made. 

And then the day will proceed. 

I’ll tell you: One of my favorite days recently was the day that I went over to the Capitol.  You see, as the Vice President, I’m also the President of the Senate.  And right now, in the United States Senate we have a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans.  So it is often the case that I go to break the tie, so I’ll go up to the Capitol. 

But this day I went up to the Capitol because there was a vote occurring on who would be the next justice on the United States Supreme Court.  (Applause.) 

Q    We know.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And oh my — what a — you know, and I was in — very, very actively involved in that process of choosing her.  And so, I went to the Senate so I could preside when she was then voted on to be the next Supreme Court justice.

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And, of course, I am talking about Ketanji Brown Jackson.  (Applause.) 

Q    Whooo!  Whooo! 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Q    Oh my gosh.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And it was so special, Keke, because, you know, I got there and then it was taking a while for the vote to happen.  And then two of my friends and colleagues when I was in the Senate — Raphael Warnock — Senator Warnock from Georgia.  (Applause.)  Let’s get him reelected, please.  (Applause.)  And Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey.  (Applause.) 

And so the two of them walked up when I was in the chair because there was a pause.  And I had just finished, on my stationery, writing a note to my goddaughter Helena — who’s actually here with me today — to talk to her about as a, you know, 17-year-old, young, Black woman what this day would mean for her and her life.  And I wrote her a note.  And I had some extra stationery.  And so when the two of them came up, I said, “Well, y’all need to write a note to somebody too.”  So I handed them my stationary, and then each of them also wrote a note to someone in their life about the meaning — the historic meaning of that day. 

Q    I don’t know if everybody, you know, has experiences like that, but it’s awesome to hear you talk about it not just in a logistical sense, but also an emotional sense.  You know, because I think it’s important that we know that it’s — that it’s human — you know, to humanize the people that are working in government.  And to know that, at least with you, Madam VP, that there’s heart going into it as well. 

Speaking about the Senate and things you’ve done: One of the most important jobs you did in the Senate was holding Trump officials and nominees accountable as a member of the Judicidary [sic] — Judiciary Committee.  Excuse me. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yes, yes. 

Q    But most notably, when now Justice Kavanaugh struggled to identify any laws that give the government power to make decisions about the male body.  Which brings me to what just happened last week, you know, where he and five other justices voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade. 

I mean, I know personally, for me, that just seems ridiculous.  And it really puts me in an apathetic space to feel like, “Well, if you can come back and change things that are already settled, what is going to happen next?”

So I have to ask you: What — where were you when you heard the news?  And, I mean, what do we do now?  How do you feel, you know?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  This is a serious matter.  (Applause.) 

Q    Yeah.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And it requires all of us to speak up, to speak out, and to be active. 

So I was on my way to Aurora, Illinois, to meet with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood — who is an outstanding member of Congress — because she and I, over the years when I was in the Senate and now as Vice President, have been working on the issue of maternal mortality and, in particular, Black maternal mortality. 

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And we’ve been working on this issue for a very important reason, which is: In the United States, Black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth.  Native women are twice as likely to die.  Rural woman, one and a half likely — more times likely to die.  And understand that among all so-called “developed nations,” we are the worst on this issue. 

So it has been a longstanding area of focus for me — to focus on women’s health and safety and wellbeing.  And I’ve been able to then as Vice President bring this issue to the stage of the White House to talk about what we need to do to protect and to ensure that women have the resources they need. 

So, for example, we’ve been able to encourage states to extend Medicaid coverage — postpartum — from two months to twelve months because a woman needs —

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — support beyond two months when she has just given birth —

Q    Absolutely.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — to a human being.  We —

Q    We deserve these things.  

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  We have taught — we have dealt with the fact that there is racial bias in the healthcare delivery system. 

And so, what we need to do — when we recognize that a Black woman walking into a clinic or a doctor’s office or an emergency room is less likely to be taken seriously.  So this is the work we’ve been doing. 

We’ve been looking at it in the context of the unique stressors that women face and, in particular, Black women face, and what that does to have effects on their health and wellbeing. 

So Lauren Underwood and I have been doing this work.  I was flying from D.C. to Aurora, Illinois, to meet her in her district —

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — to announce more work that we are doing on maternal health.  And wouldn’t you know, on the course of that trip, the Supreme Court — with the Dobbs decision — for the first time in the history of our nation, took a constitutional right that had been recognized and took it from the women of America.  Took a constitutional right.

And what is so outrageous about this on every level is: One, it is the taking of a right that was given and guaranteed and something that we took for granted to be settled law. 

Q    Yeah. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So what that means then, in terms of what else might be vulnerable that we otherwise thought was settled law, including issues like contraception, including issues like same-sex marriage, including the intimate decisions that people should be able to make — about what I call “heart and home” — without government interference. 

What essentially has happened is the statement has been made that the government has a right to come in your home and tell you, as a woman and as a family, what you should do with your body. 

Q    Oh my gosh.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And the point has to be this: We have to recognize we’re a nation that was founded on certain principles that are — that are grounded in the concept of freedom and liberty. 
We also know that we’ve had a history in this country of government —

Q    Exactly.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — trying to claim ownership over human bodies.

Q    Exactly!  (Applause.)  Yes, that is right. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And we had supposedly evolved from that time and that way of thinking.  So this is very problematic on so many levels. 

The impact that it is going to have on women without means, what it will mean — for, you know, somebody who has financial means, this is really probably not going to have much of an effect on them.  But imagine that — the facts are: The majority of women who get an abortion — the majority are mothers.  So if she has to leave her state to go for the reproductive healthcare she needs — we’re looking at the fact that if she works, which she probably does, she’s going to lose time from work, potentially without leave — without paid leave.  She’s going to have to —

Q    Unacceptable.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — figure out what to do with her kids and the cost of the childcare at least for overnight, not to mention bus fare or train fare or airfare and a hotel room.  All to make one of the most intimate decisions that she should have a right to make without government interference.  That she should have a right to make with her pastor or her priest or her rabbi and her family, but not getting permission from the government.  (Applause.)

Q    And it’s — I mean, I — it’s so — it’s awesome to hear you say these things.  I knew — I — in my heart, I knew that you — that you would feel this way. 

But I just wonder then, what we can do?  You know, what does — you know what I mean? 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    In one hand, I’m looking at you and I know that, yeah, there has been evolution, that things have changed.  We talk about our justice.  You know, we talk about eight years — or however so — ago when we had Obama in office, and we see that things are somewhat different.  But then now there’s all this delayed response to what we’ve experienced, you know, these four years prior. 

And I just — you know, how do we move beyond the apathy that this gives us?  What are we now then — what can — what can our move be?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Right.  So, first, I’ll say this: You know, I did an analysis trying to look at the states that are attacking a woman’s right to choose and the states that are attacking voting rights, and there is an interesting intersection.  At least 11 states are doing both at the same time.

Q    No surprise there, right, guys?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  No surprise there. 

When we look at this issue, I think we have to, one, remember the words of Coretta Scott King, who I’ll paraphrase.  But she famously said: The fight for civil rights, which is the fight for freedom, the fight for liberty, the fight for justice — the fight for civil rights must be fought and won with each generation.  (Applause.)

And when she said that, I think we know that, one, she was saying that the very nature of these fights is that whatever we gain, they will not necessarily be permanent.  Therein lies the strength when we — when we achieve the rights with the fragility of those rights.  Meaning, if we are not vigilant to secure and to fight for them, we can’t take it for granted.  So there is that piece of it. 

But I think the second point she was making is: Because it is the nature of it — that you have to be vigilant — don’t be overwhelmed.

Q    Right.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Don’t be — don’t be overwhelmed to the point that we are disheartened and we think that we can’t do anything about it.  It’s the nature of it that these gains will not be permanent. 

Q    That’s great.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So we must be vigilant.  And we must — remember, we are always going to have to fight to maintain these rights. 

Q    And it’s such a good point, because I think we do get caught up in thinking, when there are great feats that have been accomplished, that “Oh, now it’s done” or, you know, we’re surprised when it happens again.  But when I look at the generations before me and what they had to deal with — I mean, we go back to slavery.  If they found a way to keep moving, I better find a way to keep moving.  You know what I’m saying?  (Applause.) 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  That’s right.  That’s right. 

Q    Because I mean, hey, I don’t know what it’s like to be in a field. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  That’s right.

Q    You know what I’m saying? 

I want to go quickly to — you mentioned some of the things you’ve been doing.  And we were talking about all the things that the administration has accomplished when we were — you know, back when we were at your home in D.C.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    You mentioned some great things about removing lead pipes also —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yes.

Q    — which is a huge issue.  You touched on a lot of things, but I just want to take a moment to speak to you guys about some of the things that specifically have been done: the Executive Order to Promote Access to Voter Registration and voting, where President Biden directed government resources to provide information about eglects [sic] — elections and increase access to voter registration opportunities; protecting Black Americans access to housing by combating housing discrimination, where President Biden directed the administration to address racial discrimination in the housing market.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah, let me —

Q    Reducing — oh, go ahead.  Yes. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And let me add to that.  So on the housing piece, it includes this piece.  What we know is that, for generations, housing appraisers — the people who come in and tell you the value of your house — we have been tracking the racial bias in those assessments, such that we have examples of a Black family getting an appraisal that was far lower than they knew the value of their house was.  So then they have friends who are a white family, and would have the white family come in and put up their family pictures, and then get the house appraised.  And it appraised for much higher.  Right?  So we’re dealing with that too, which is a longstanding issue in terms of what needs to be reformed around just the appraisal system, much less what we need to do to make housing affordable and available to more families. 

Q    Yeah.  And that’s just some of the things.  I mean, from reducing college costs where you guys increased the maximum Pell Grant award $400.  I mean, there’s so many things here, you guys, that I could go on about. 

If you are interested in seeing everything that the administration has done up to date, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov. 

But I want to say this to you too, Madam VP, because I know you see: People are always — you know, in your position, it’s a hard job.  You know, as many things as you get done, there’s so many other things that people are saying, “You need to do.  You need to do.” 

You know, and there’s a quote that I’ve always loved from Mother Teresa, where she says, “There can be no great things done, only small things with great love.”  Right?  Because there’s always going to be something.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    So I want to ask you: How, in your position, do you approach, A, that reality and, B, knowing what tasks to start on first with so much to deal with?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, one, we got to multitask.  Right? 

Q    Yeah.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So —

Q    Women are good at that. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And we are good at that.  None of us would be sitting here if we didn’t figure that out at some point.  Right?  So we — we have to multitask. 

But we have to look at, you know, what are the most critical issues.  Right?  So, for example: For me and for the President, one of the biggest issues that has been treated as maybe a small issue is — is anything that affects children.  I think, you know, sometimes in public policy, I think folks think because they’re small people, it’s a small issue.  No.  If you impact in a positive way the needs of a child, the entire community benefits for generations. 

And so we have been looking at what we need to do, for example, at also supporting children in the context of the family they are being raised — right? — so that grandmother or that auntie or that mother or that father. 

So what we have done, for example, is we have a — we have instituted a tax cut for childcare expenses like medication and school supplies — $8,000 a year.  A tax cut.

Q    Wow.  Wow. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Not one Republican voted for it.

We have extended the Child Tax Credit, and in that — in so doing in the first year, reduced Black child poverty by almost 40 percent.  Cannot get a Republican to help us extend it beyond. 

But these are some of the things that we have been doing, understanding the generational impact, not to mention the work that we need to do that is about foreign policy.

I have met with, I don’t know, probably at least two dozen foreign leaders — prime ministers, presidents.  I just recently convened the Caribbean prime ministers and presidents around what we should do, as the United States, seeing them as our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere and giving appropriate support there. 

And so we have to multitask, looking at what we need to do domestically, what we need to do to bring down the cost of gas —

Q    Oh!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Right?  Right?  (Applause.)

Q    I seen a meme the other day that said, “Me Googling online, ‘How to make gas at home.’”  Okay?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Oh, don’t do that.  Don’t do that.  (Laughter.)  Please, don’t do that. 

Q    Hilarious.  (Laughter.)  But it’s true.  I mean, there’s so many things.  But you guys have been — have been working. 

And I know some of the stuff is going to be a layover effect.  Right?  Just like we’re seeing layover effect from the last administration, a lot of the things you guys doing now are going to be immediate, but some things we’re going to see as time goes.  And we appreciate you for putting that work in. 

I want to take it back to something that we talked about also in D.C., where — you know, I knew that you were from the Bay, but what was interesting to learn was that you grew up around a lot of Civil Rights leaders because of your parents’ involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    And I want to ask you — because like I was saying earlier, you know, in the millennial generation, we’ve just seen so many people lie to us.  We’ve seen so many things unfortunate happen, like Roe vs. Wade being overturned.  And we take it very personally, where it does tend to bring on this apathy.

But when I do think back to the generations before me — I think about the Civil Rights Movement — I’m like, “Wow, they were up against a lot of even more daunting realities, maybe even the ones that we’re facing now.”  Not to compare, but, like you said, there’s always a lot going on. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.

Q    So you being around those kinds of people, what were some of the ways that they were able to reinvigorate themselves?  Or even more so, how did they mobilize?  Right?  Because I don’t want to be that person that just looks at my government and says, “Oh, what are you doing?”  Yes, there’s accountability that needs to be had, but I want accountability for myself as well.  I want to know what I can do.  You know what I’m saying?  What can I do to get out there and encourage my peers, encourage myself, and make sure that I’m being an active member in my — in my society?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, first and foremost — and I don’t need to say it to you, Keke, because you really do use your voice in such an extraordinary way. 

Q    Oh, (inaudible).

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  No, you really do.  You really do.

Q    Thank you so much.  (Applause.) 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  You just — you — you have the courage to speak out.  And you’re not concerned about putting your finger in the air to see if it’s popular.  You speak truth.  And I really appreciate and respect and admire that.  (Applause.)  

Q    Thank you.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  But I will say: Let’s not discount what young leaders are doing right now, because there’s a lot of extraordinary leadership happening from our young leaders.  And, you know, when I think about the Civil Rights Movement and my parents and what they were doing, you know, they were in their 20s.  Don’t forget, Dr. King was a very young man. 

So we have a history of these movements being fueled by students, by young leaders.  And you could look at anything from who was taking to the street articulating with Black Lives Matter to who has been now out there marching on choice, who is out there leading on so many of the issues that are about the climate crisis that is pounding on the door for attention and swift response.  So I see a lot of leadership happening among younger leaders.

But here’s what I would encourage folks to do who want to be more active.  First of all, use your voice to talk to the people in your life — your family members, your neighbors, the people you work with — about how issues are impacting you.  Talk about how you know that if you were born, like my goddaughter — who’s here — in 2004, well, the world has put in dates around 2030 that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or we are looking at an inflection point.  And so what that will mean for you and for your children and your grandchildren.  Speak that in a way that people understand that you have an immediate investment in the outcome of the issue. 

Similar when we’re talking about what’s happening in terms of the work that we’re doing on something like maternal mortality. 

Similar to what we’re talking about in terms of voting, where they are taking the rights of people to be able to express their voice in a democracy through their vote. 

Speak about that in a way that you can energize the people in your life to understand that when elections come up, “I know Keke, and she has passionately told me how this concerns her and how my vote could impact the outcome of this decision.”

Q    Thank you so much for that.  (Applause.)  And I’m just – I could literally sit here and talk to you all day long.

I just want to say thank you to you so much.  And that, for me personally, I want to be able to figure out all the ways that I can continue to be involved and get better and be more active.  You know, I’m 28, but, hey, I wish I — I thought I would know more by then.  My parents were having four kids by now, and I don’t know how they got around to it. 

So if there’s anything that I, myself, can do, or anywhere that I can go — a website or just any place — or anyone out there, please let us know.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, they — I will.  And I think — what I’d encourage is — for example, I know that you have a variety of interests, choice being one of them. 

Q    Yeah. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So there are a number of organizations that are working on that issue.  And then figure out how you can volunteer there, how you can be an advocate.  Because the advocacy — the marching, the shouting — is what brings about a lot of what has happened in terms of people being vocal about how the issue impact them. 

But — and I’ll tell you another — there’s something else that’s equally important, and that is the power of coalition building.  So, for example, I mentioned earlier that there are — in many of the states that are attacking a woman’s right to choose, they’re also attacking voting rights. 

Well, let’s think about the fact that, historically, it’s different communities that have worked on those issues, but we’re all under the same roof — if it’s about understanding how liberties are being attacked, how our democracy is being attacked. 

So let’s work on the coalition also, which is bringing folks together, because there is power in those numbers. 

Q    Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And there is power in knowing that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. 

See, the people who are trying to attack our rights are trying to make people feel small and feel alone —

Q    And different. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  — because they — they want to — they want you to believe you don’t have power and that you’re out there by yourself.  And so, we’re not going to let that happen. 

And one of the ways that we won’t is to bring everyone together and remember that there is a community of people that is invested in this.  (Applause.) 

Q    So don’t believe that it’s too — I’m too small to start.  Don’t be afraid to collaborate with others, whether they look like me or not.  As long as we believe in the same things, we can get to the common goal. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  That’s right.  That’s right.

Q    And know that, hey, age is but a number, and we can all work together.

Okay, I want to ask you this final question.  And it’s — it’s going to be, maybe, a question about a conversation you would have with your younger self —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Okay.

Q    — that maybe you didn’t know or maybe you did know and have these dreams of one day being the Vice President.  What would you say to prepare yourself for this role?

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, first of all, don’t hear “no.”  (Laughs.)  Don’t hear, “It can’t be done.”  (Applause.)  Don’t hear, “Nobody like you has done this before.”  I like to say, “I eat no for breakfast.”  (Laughter.) 

Q    Ah!  I love when you say that.  I love when you say that. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Surround yourself with a community of people — it doesn’t have to be a big group — who love you and who will cheer you on and who will sometimes push you out the door to go and do.  Those people who love you and you trust enough that when you fall down, they’ll be there to laugh with you because you fell, but to help pick you up and keep you going. 

So, choose — especially to the young leaders, I’d say, but to all of us have every generation — choose who is in your life based on loving yourself and requiring that from other people.  (Applause.)

Q    Yes.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  It’s so important.  And so that’s one thing.

I would say the other thing is that to really know that you have so much to bring, and you have to look inward.  I — you know, and also have faith.  You know, have faith.  And have faith in whatever it is you believe in, that — that you were destined to do great things, even when the obstacles are there.  But to believe in yourself and to have faith in yourself, that’s so important.  (Applause.)

And then, finally, just to remember you’re not alone.  I mean, so many of us have had the experience of walking into a room where they’re — we’re the only one who looks like us or has had our life experience.  And so, to you, I would say: When you walk in these rooms, remember this room for a minute.  Remember this room. 

Q    Oh, yes.  Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And remember when you walk into those rooms, that we’re walking into that room with you.  (Applause.)   We are all in that room with you, and we are applauding you.  And we are expecting you will carry our voice into that room.  And we are applauding you, and we are with you every step of the way.  So shoulders back, chin up, and just be yourself.  Be your marvelous self.  (Applause.)

Q    Ah, yes! 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Just be yourself.  (Applause.) 

Q    Oh, Madam Vice President, I just thank you so much.  I am so grateful to have gotten the opportunity to see you up close in this way — (applause) — and see you speaking. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.

Q    And people just stand for you.  It’s an inspiration.  You truly are. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Keke.

Q    And thank you for your time.  Thank you for being here. 

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  So good to be here.

Q    And thank you guys for being a part of the conversation as well.  (Applause.)  And Essence, obviously. 

Take care, guys.  Bye-bye.

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SUNDAY PUZZLE — This grid marks the Sunday return of Tom McCoy after a far-too-long absence — nearly two years — that likely corresponds to a period of intense study. Mr. McCoy, who lives in Wexford, Pa., recently defended his doctoral dissertation in cognitive science at Johns Hopkins University, on the subject of how language is represented in artificial intelligence systems and what that tells us about language in humans. This fall, he will begin a postdoctoral program at Princeton, which might be easier to juggle with crossword construction (probably wishful thinking on my part).

If you’re a recent Sunday solver, or if you haven’t gotten to past Tom McCoy Sunday puzzles, they are always creative and interesting, especially if you appreciate subtle tweaks that make you realize all the strange coincidences hiding in letters, words and language.

This puzzle has an explanatory note that will go a long way toward demystifying the odd feature of some letters that makes its theme work:

Seven clues in this puzzle relate to their answers in a manner for you to discover. Standard clues for these answers appear here in mixed order:

Accounting total
Communicating (with)
Leg cramp
Peyton, to Eli Manning
Showing gratitude
Unlikely election winner
Where golfers practice short strokes

Most of the fill today is congenial, which is a lifesaver — without crosses, I don’t know how I would have gotten a firm footing on this puzzle’s theme. There is far more wordplay than trivia, and I enjoyed the smattering of million-dollar-word synonym clues like “Cacophony,” “Lachrymose,” “Panache,” “Excoriate” and “Shenanigan” (try and use all of those in a conversation!).

32A. This entry isn’t part of the theme, but it shares a small element and I find it unexpected and clever. “Like some cheeses … or some movies” solves to GRATED … or G-RATED.

108A. This “9 a.m. service” refers to a midmorning prayer called a TERCE; I needed crosses for this one, which doesn’t appear often in Times puzzles.

12D. I can picture both of these giants and love the imagery here. “Big Bird?” describes both LARRY Bird, the basketball player, and the beloved Sesame Street resident.

14D. It took a beat to register this usage: “Looks good on” is BECOMES. Thinking of “Death Becomes Her” was what made things click for me.

43D. This is another rarity that makes its return to the puzzle after several decades of “Flit(ting) here and there,” as one does when one GALLIVANTS.

The seven entries in today’s theme set are all in the across clues, at 23-, 29-, 41-, 63-, 84-, 97- and 103-Across. They take advantage of the phenomenon that gives us “grammagrams,” or “letteral words” — words that sound just like a string of letters, like “seedy” (CD), “zeal” (ZL), and “expediency” (XPDNC). These theme entries are each a single-letter example of this, like “bee” and “eye,” and they each incorporate a neat twist that involves one of those clues listed in the introduction to this post (and in the puzzle’s information online). That extra clue also explains the puzzle’s title, “Expansion Pack,” but it takes some solving before all of that becomes clear.

For starters, as you know, each of those across entries has another clue, the one that’s in the grid itself, and they are infernally mystifying until you get the gist of this theme, which is not EZ. Most of the grid clues are rather clear — suspiciously so, in retrospect — and caused me much befuddlement.

For example, 63-Across, “Something avoided during awkward situations” is clearly “eye contact,” no? I can’t imagine an alternative. A handful of crosses confirmed this to me, except that it just didn’t quite fit: CONTACT worked perfectly, but there were only two squares left at the beginning of the entry for “eye.” Ay ay ay, I thought to myself, I sure hope this isn’t a rebus. I then moved on to 84-Across, “Fish with a prehensile tail,” and encountered the opposite problem. This has to be “seahorse,” of course, but now our sure thing is too short. HORSE works with its crosses, but there are seven squares remaining when only three are needed for “sea.”

It was then that I looked at the second clue set (if I hadn’t, I’d probably still be scratching my head, although I’ll bet people figured this out somehow without the help). “Leg cramp” is a pretty specific clue for a strangely-named vexation, the CHARLEY HORSE. Sure enough, this entry fits. How does “sea” fit with CHARLEY, though? I still wasn’t quite there.

Truth be told, the trick finally dawned on me in a reverse maneuver. I solved the grid’s clue for 105-Across, “Mad Hatter’s social event,” without issue — “tea party,” which is two squares too short to fit this spot in the grid. But I also had great luck with the down entries here, mostly short bottom-of-the-puzzle fill, and solved it completely on the crossings — THIRD PARTY. This jibes with “Unlikely election winner,” one of those seven secondary clues from the puzzle’s introduction. What’s happening here? Instead of “Tea,” read T. The “Expansion Pack” in the title is the second clue, which grows that T to a new word, THIRD.

So, instead of “sea horse,” read C HORSE, which becomes CHARLEY HORSE. Ah, and “eye contact?” That’s I CONTACT, which goes with the clue “Communicating (with)”: IN CONTACT.

The remaining four entries use G, O, B and P as their base letters. As Mr. McCoy says in his notes below, the puzzle almost had both clue components in the grid’s clue set; I think the trick would have worked beautifully in either case, but I agree with the constructor that separating them is a lot of fun.

The idea for this puzzle came from the way my university assigns email addresses: first initial plus last name (plus a number, but I left out that part). In my initial submission, the cluing reflected this origin. For example, the clue for 23-Across was [Name: Takeaway. User ID: Direct path], giving one clue for the full answer (“name”) and one for the abbreviated answer (“user ID”). The editorial team suggested the different framing that you see in the published puzzle, and I think it’s a big improvement!


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This week, as President Biden showcased America’s leadership on the world stage, Biden-Harris Cabinet members and administration officials led a nationwide economic travel blitz to highlight how the President’s economic agenda is delivering results for communities here in the states.  

Biden-Harris officials fanned out across the country – from Alabama to Alaska – and spoke directly to the American people about the actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to tackle inflation, lower costs for families, create good-paying union jobs, and how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Bipartisan Innovation Act will help America win the competition for the 21st century.

See below for a sampling of what Americans are reading in the states following this week’s economic travel blitz.

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Office of Management & Budget Director Young, EPA Administrator Regan and Infrastructure Coordinator Landrieu in Louisiana

New Orleans Advocate: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has list of projects from Louisiana to consider
Louisiana will get its share of the more than $1 trillion in infrastructure spending that President Joe Biden and Congress are sending to states, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday. “A lot of the opportunities for passenger rail are in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast,” Buttigieg said. “Part of it is funding, but part of it is having the right support for passenger rail when it’s running on lines that are owned by the freight railways. Freight railroads have a business responsibility, but they also have a legal responsibility to be good hosts to passenger rail when it’s on their metal.”

Times Picayune: Shalanda Young found her way from Clinton, via Loyola and Tulane, to head federal budget office
“This” was to become in March the first Black woman to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget, a federal agency that’s little known outside of Washington but that makes spending and regulatory decisions that affect all Americans. Young was speaking Friday after appearing on a panel at the Essence Festival with two other Biden administration cabinet officials – Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan. [….] Asked about the one Louisiana issue that captures her attention at OMB, Young replied, “Disaster, disaster, disaster response. It is something personal to me. After Katrina, I got to work on aid as an Appropriations baby staffer. I’ve kept that interest all through my career and have worked with the Louisiana delegation to make sure Louisiana has the resources.” [….] Noting that President Biden visited Lake Charles in May 2021, in the wake of hurricanes Laura and Delta, Young said, “I get to work with someone who wants to deliver for everybody. There shouldn’t be any partisan politics in disaster response.”

NOLA.com: EPA chief says Supreme Court ruling won’t block efforts to curb climate change
With the EPA taking a lead role, President Joe Biden’s administration had aimed to slash carbon emissions in half by 2030 and eventually steer the power sector toward an emissions-free goal before 2040. Regan says that goal is still achievable. The EPA is still assessing the full impact of the decision on its ability to regulate power plants, but Regan said the agency can take an even more aggressive approach against other emitters, including vehicles and the oil and gas industry. “We’ve already (enacted) the most stringent emission standards on light-duty cars, and we’re proposing more for heavy duty vehicles,” he said. “And we’ve proposed rules for methane emissions for the oil and gas industry that are the most stringent in history.” The agency is also curbing the use of hydrofluorocarbons, the climate-warming chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators.

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Reuters: U.S. commerce secretary presses lawmakers to greenlight $52 bln for chipmaking

US Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday stepped up pressure on Congress to approve US$52 billion in funding for chip makers to expand operations, warning that firms would abandon American expansion plans without the legislation … Raimondo’s warning came after Taiwan’s GlobalWafers announced plans earlier on Monday to build a US$5 billion plant in Sherman, Texas to produce the silicon wafers needed for manufacturing chips. Raimondo said the company’s CEO told her the investment was contingent on Congress approving the funding.

Bloomberg: Taiwan’s GlobalWafers to Build $5 Billion Chip Plant in Texas
Speaking at an investment summit Monday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US currently produces 10% to 12% of the world’s microprocessor chips, down from nearly 40% in earlier years. “We took our eye off the ball,” the secretary said. “We stopped investing in chip manufacturing and chip R&D. And, in search of cheap labor, we watched a lot of our manufacturing leave our shores.” The Biden administration has for months sought the passage of a bill that would appropriate $52 billion for domestic semiconductor manufacturing. The legislation would provide billions of dollars to boost research and development with an eye toward creating new technologies to help the US stay ahead of a rising China.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Fudge in Florida

WFOR (CBS Miami, FL): HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge visits South Florida to get firsthand look at housing crisis
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge’s first stop was Lauderhill Point, a HUD apartment complex for 176 low-income families currently undergoing renovation. “It is so different when you see it for yourself, that’s why I’m here, it is important that we address the housing crisis,” she said…. The Biden administration has allocated $10 billion dollars for housing grants administered by HUD and has requested $30 billion more. Millions of dollars are headed to Florida….

Florida Times-Union: HUD secretary calls Hilltop Village a ‘success story’ following turnaround at Jacksonville apartments
Local, state and federal officials convened in Jacksonville on Monday to tour several federally supported housing complexes and tout positive changes made at Hilltop Village apartments, a complex that has been rife with problems for years… During a news conference after the tours at St. Clair Evans Academy, Fudge said Hilltop has had a new management company for the last five months and work has continued on improving the complex and ridding it of a rodent infestation. Several residents of Hilltop also spoke and agreed that living conditions at the apartment complex have improved.

Miami Herald: Biden’s housing chief calls Miami the ‘epicenter of the housing crisis in this country’
The nation’s top housing official visited Miami on Tuesday and called the city the “epicenter” of a housing crisis in the United States. “I decided I was going to Miami, to the epicenter of the housing crisis in this country,” Marcia Fudge, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said during a visit to Miami-Dade County’s Liberty Square complex. In Miami-Dade, HUD funding provides the bulk of the county’s $700 million budget for public housing, which includes complexes such as Liberty Square and rental vouchers under the federal Section 8 program, which subsidizes rents for low-income residents with requirements for stable rents and price caps.

Energy Secretary Granholm in Pennsylvania  

TribLive: Officials say Western Pa. can lead way in clean energy industry
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited the Pittsburgh region to meet regional leaders to discuss the Southwestern Pennsylvania’s future in the clean energy sector…First, Granholm toured a former steel factory in Leetsdale that has been converted into a solar manufacturing facility with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon…Then, Granholm joined a roundtable at the United Steelworkers Building in Downtown Pittsburgh to discuss the region’s efforts to rebuild the energy sector by embracing energy storage technology, hydrogen, natural gas, nuclear, and green buildings.

WPXI (NBC Pittsburgh, PA): US energy secretary, Sen. Bob Casey in Leetsdale to celebrate grand opening of new steel facility
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) were in Leetsdale, Allegheny County on Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of a new BCI Steel production facility at the site of a former Bethlehem Steel plant…“Pittsburgh is the emblematic community that has risen from the ashes, like a phoenix,” said Granholm…“It’s going to put a lot of our people to work, but it also shows our commitment to investing in the future,” said Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: U.S. Steel meets U.S. solar in Leetsdale manufacturing facility
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm knows how to work a metaphor…“This facility built landing craft for the invasion of Normandy,” she said on Tuesday…”What you’ll be delivering might be part of the biggest peace plan in the world,” she said…Ms. Granholm then headed to Downtown to hold a roundtable on energy jobs at the headquarters of United Steelworkers. The Department of Energy released its annual energy jobs report on Tuesday, which estimated that Pennsylvania now has more solar jobs than coal jobs (5,339 vs. 5,062).

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg in Alabama

Alabama Reporter: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits Birmingham to announce $1 billion program
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, joined by Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, visited Birmingham on Thursday to announce the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Reconnecting Communities program, a $1 billion plan designed to restore community contact to transportation and increase economic opportunity. “Transportation can connect us to jobs, services, and loved ones, but we’ve also seen countless cases around the country where a piece of infrastructure cuts off a neighborhood or a community because of how it was built,” Buttigieg said. “Using funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are proud to announce the launch of Reconnecting Communities: the first-ever dedicated federal initiative to unify neighborhoods living with the impacts of past infrastructure choices that divided them.”

WIAT (CBS Birmingham, AL): U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promotes new Birmingham bus system as part of infrastructure pilot program
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a stop in Birmingham Thursday to promote a new bus transit system as an example of what further infrastructure funding can do to connect communities. The Birmingham Xpress is set to start running in September, a 15-mile bus route between Five Points West and Woodlawn. Buttigieg was in the city to support the $20 million project funded through the ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Pilot Program that’s part of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year. “It’s a major milestone that we have been working on throughout this administration,” Buttigieg said.

Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Landrieu in Colorado

KDVR (Fox Denver, CO):Polis, state leaders highlight new money for Central 70 Project
The Central 70 Project, which completely redeveloped a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 70 through Denver and removed an aging viaduct in the area, will see a boost in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act… Wednesday, Gov. Jared Polis joined Senator Michael Bennet, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Congresswoman Diana DeGette to welcome White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu to highlight how the new infrastructure act will impact the massive improvement to the highway.

CBS Colorado: Central 70 Project celebrated, construction nears completion
The Colorado Department of Transportation is celebrating the near completion of the Central 70 Project. The White House infrastructure coordinator was invited to see the major milestone. The project improves safety through the 10-mile stretch between I-25 and Chambers Road by widening lanes and shoulders as well as improving ramps and bridges… Gov. Jared Polis, Senator Michael Bennet, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Rep. Diana DeGette all welcomed White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu to Colorado on Wednesday morning.

U.S. Trade Representative Tai in Alaska

KTUU (NBC Anchorage, AK): Alaskan fishing industry leaders meet with US trade ambassador in Anchorage
Ambassador Katherine Tai, the United States trade representative, and Sen. Dan Sullivan held a roundtable discussion with leaders from the state’s fishing industry at Hotel Captain Cook on Thursday… The U.S. trade representative said Alaskan seafood exports totaled over $2 billion in 2021. She also touched on the work being done by the Biden administration to level the playing field for the American fishing industry against countries like China.

Labor Secretary Walsh in Mississippi & Arkansas

Arkansas Times: $2 million of federal funds is coming to Little Rock Workforce Development Board
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited Philander Smith College Wednesday to announce a $2 million grant for the Little Rock Workforce Development Board — one of 18 organizations to receive a grant nationwide. In total, $50.6 million of the federal funding — Pathway Home grants — will “provide training and employment services to adults reentering the workforce following incarceration in a local jail or state correctional facility,” according to a press release. “These grants will help people who are working for second chances,” Walsh said. “They’re about reducing crime. They’re also about meeting the needs of the local labor markets, like here, in Little Rock.”

Mississippi Public Broadcasting: Labor officials discuss how to protect Mississippi’s workforce
Mississippi is one of several states that limits the right to unionize, with laws that allow employers to terminate someone at any time. The state also does not have a Department of Labor, and Secretary Marty Walsh with the US. Department of Labor says that places his office as the closest governing body. He is speaking with workers’ rights groups across the state about the hurdles facing Mississippi’s workforce. “Hopefully, working supporting people, continuing to fight for wage equity, gender equity, pay equity, and other issue pay equity,” says Walsh. “In this country, the fact that we pay women less than men, and make excuses for whey we do that, that’s just wrong. It’s 2022, it’s time to whatever job a man has and a woman does the same exact job, she would be paid the same exact rate.”

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in Iowa

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Vilsack announces $10 million grant program to develop new uses for ag waste
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, during an eastern Iowa visit Tuesday, announced a $10 million initiative to help farms and businesses find uses for waste byproducts. The grant program is one piece of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure law, passed in November.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Vilsack announces $10M grant program to find uses for ag waste
For U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, infrastructure is not just about investing in roads and bridges and broadband internet. It’s also about investing in the future and inspiring innovation, he says… At an event Tuesday at Dan and Debbie’s Creamery in Ely, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and former Iowa governor announced funding for a program created under the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law by President Joe Biden.

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Vilsack, Axne urge Iowa farmers to apply for derecho relief funds
Farms across Iowa – and much of the Midwest – faced billions of dollars of damage in August 2020, when the windstorm destroyed crops, silos and barns. But farms do not have to recover from those damages alone: They can take advantage of Emergency Relief Program funds to recoup financial losses, Vilsack and Axne said.

Labor Secretary Walsh in Arkansas and Mississippi

KUAR (NPR Little Rock, AR): U.S. Labor Secretary announces job training initiative during Little Rock visit
Arkansas is getting $2 million from the federal government to help adults re-enter the workforce after being incarcerated. The funding from the U.S. Department of Labor will go to the Little Rock Workforce Development Board to provide training and employment services for people recently released from jails and prisons. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced the funding in a visit to Little Rock’s Philander Smith College on Wednesday. “These grants will help people who are working for second chances, they’re about reducing crime. They’re also about meeting the needs of the local labor markets, like here in Little Rock,” Walsh said.

Clarion Ledger: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh leads labor discussion at Jackson State University
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh made his third stop in two days in the South on Thursday when he headlined a roundtable discussion on workers’ rights at Jackson State University. After stops in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Greenville, Walsh, the former mayor of Boston, spoke to a room of nearly 100 people on the struggles many in the Mid-South and across the nation are facing regarding workplace rights, compensation and conditions. He made note of the H-2A Visa Program, which is meant to help employers find workers where there aren’t enough workers. Instead, in the Mississippi Delta, Walsh said farmers are using the program to bring in foreign workers at a lower wage to replace Black farm workers who have been in place for many years. Walsh said that in his role as Labor Secretary, he wants to help make life better for people and hopes honest dialogue will help educate people in the South and the rest of the country. “I am taking much of this back with me to Washington, D.C., and see how we can make a difference,” Walsh said.

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Helmut Marko is disappointed that Max Verstappen failed to set the fastest time at the decisive moment in qualifying at the Silverstone circuit. The Red Bull Racing advisor believes the RB18 will be fastest in Sunday's race, although he knows overtaking will not be easy.

"We had to get off the gas because of the yellow flag. That cost us the pole position in the third sector," Marko told Sky's German branch. According to the 79-year-old Austrian, it is simply bad luck. He is also secretly a little disappointed. "We were so dominant and then something like this happens..."

Does Red Bull have the fastest package?

In terms of race pace, not much data is available yet, because FP2 was mainly used to practice short runs after the rained-out first practice session. Nevertheless, at Red Bull, they think they will be faster than Ferrari and Mercedes in over 300 kilometres.

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Did you know that Disney just released a new princess movie?

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Okay, okay, it’s not your classic animated Disney princess movie like Moana or CinderellaWe’re talking about an entirely new kind of princess movie. This film doesn’t include dancing at a ball or falling in love with a prince they just met. We’re talking about the brand new original Hulu movie, The Princess

The creators and actors from The Princess joined a virtual press conference, and we were invited to check it out.

At the virtual press conference, we got some behind-the-scenes details from the creative team and stars of the movie about what it was like to break the mold on princess movies and some funny stories about training for the film!

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The Princess focuses on a strong-willed young woman (played by Joey King) who refuses to marry a man she is betrothed to. She is then taken and locked in a tower until she is forced the wed the man who only wants the power of her father’s throne, so she goes on a journey to escape and protect her family and the kingdom.

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Sounds pretty classic, right? You’d be wrong. What you don’t realize about the Princess right away is that she is a trained warrior! Linh, played by Veronica Ngo, is the princess’ mentor and has trained her since she was a child. So you might expect a princess to charm her way out of a kidnapping… . Instead, the princess uses her skills to fight her way town the long tower that is bustling with invaders.

At the virtual press conference, Joey King said that she “couldn’t feel more proud for people to see this movie.” Also at the conference was director Le-Van Kiet, who was asked what it was like to bring martial arts to a princess film. He responded that it “started with character.” They wanted to make sure the action was believable first and foremost and King’s performance of urgency and survival mode throughout the movie captured that perfectly.

(L-R): Veronica Ngo and Joey King in 20th Century Studios’ THE PRINCESS, exclusively on Hulu. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Veronica Ngo has actually worked with director Le-Van Kiet before, so she was surprised when he chose to direct a princess movie due to his past with darker films. Once she learned of the plot, it all made sense.

One of the most difficult parts of the film was the fight sequences (and if you watch the film, you’ll see there are a LOT of them). Joey King was originally scared to take on the role due to the amount of fighting and the toll that would take on her body, however with the support of others, she convinced herself she could do it. According to director Le-Van Kiet and Veronica Ngo, they had “never seen a girl fight like that before.”

(L-R): Joey King and Veronica Ngo in 20th Century Studios’ THE PRINCESS, exclusively on Hulu. Photo by Simon Varsano. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

When asked what the most challenging scene was, King and Ngo responded with the fight with each other. King stated that they “didn’t stop fighting for 12 hours” while wearing leather pants. King even hit Ngo on the hand during a practice run of one of the scenes. The director pointed out that people don’t realize how dangerous it is for the actors. Overall, though, King “fell in love with martial arts” and said she “would not shy away from more action elements” after feeling empowered by this film’s process.

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One of the final questions asked in the press conference talked about women empowerment and what they wanted audiences to take away. Le-Van Kiet said “if you trust yourself you can do it” and King said “no matter how loud or strong your self doubt is, you can come up on top.” The movie certainly left us with those thoughts at the end.

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Timmy Trumpet provides a euphoric and enticing sound with his latest track offering ‘Life Like This’.

Australian Djing and producing pioneer Timmy Trumpet is continuing his streak of iconic sounds and making 2022 one of his best years yet. With it recently being unveiled the trumpet-playing mastermind is one of the busiest booked this festival season, hype and praise are only increasing as 40-year-old and recently eloped DJ drops his latest sensational track ‘Life Like This’.

Premiering on the legendary Spinnin’ Session radio as well as Timmy Trumpet’s own SINPHONY Radio, ‘Life Like This’ captures imaginative and curious vibes. Containing an energetic-filled buildup and a powerful beat-filled drop the track is energetic, abrasive and demanding in a fantastic way accumulating for an extremely positive pay-off for the listener. Anthemic vocals team with trickling backing notes to provoke a sense of euphoria, showcasing a festival-ready track that’s going to get the crowd emotional and engaged. Expect ‘Life Like This’ to dominate mainstages this summer and for it to become an integral part of every ravers summer.

‘Life Like This’ is out now on Timmy Trumpet’s own label of SINPHONY (under Spinnin’ Records) and its release is accompanied by an official music video, uploaded to YouTube the video features various hypnotic scenes showcasing various animations of body parts and bone structure. In true Timmy Trumpet style, it’s definitely a unique take on a music video and you can check it out here. Check out the mesmerising ‘Life Like This’ on Spotify below or alternatively on your streaming platform of choice here. Don’t forget to let us know what you think!

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