Exclusive Interview with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris: ‘I feel at home in Atlanta’

The first Black United States Vice President Kamala Harris (above) met with The Atlanta Voice for an exclusive interview on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice United States Vice President Kamala Harris took a few moments before taking the stage at the first annual Rocket Foundation Summit to talk exclusively with The Atlanta Voice about what’s at stake for Black Americans this election cycle, gun violence prevention and the continued fight for a universal ban on assault weapons, and why she loves Atlanta as much as she does. The Vice President met with The Voice in the bowels of the Carter Center on Tuesday, June 18. The Atlanta Voice: Good afternoon Madam Vice President, I’ve come here today to speak to you about a number of things, one of which is your leadership on gun violence awareness and prevention. We talk about prevention a lot and then we have the mass shooting that took place at Peachtree Center last week. What are we going to do about that? Vice President Kamala Harris: There’s a lot we need to do about it. First I’ll just start by saying that it doesn’t have to be this way. That’s...