Harris makes good on promise, talks with Black journalists about Springfield, the Black maternal health crisis, the economy

PHILADELPHIA — White House candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris touched all the expected notes Tuesday with a predominantly Black audience of about 200 here, expressing alarm about the Black maternal health crisis, promising support for small businesses, and expressing empathy for caregivers — who face stress that impacts Black families more heavily than other groups.& Perhaps most pointed was Harris’ response to a question about the crisis in Springfield, Ohio, where Haitian-American immigrants have received threats and harassment after Republican candidate Donald Trump claimed they were capturing and eating people’s household pets.& “It’s a crying shame, I mean my heart breaks for this community,” said Harris, clothed in a beige suit and facing three journalists on stage.”You know that there were elementary school children, — it was school photo day. You remember what that’s like going to school on picture day?  who dressed up in their best, got all ready …. And had to be evacuated. Children. Children. A whole community put in fear.” Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, left, shaking hands with Gerren Keith Gaynor, center, as Eugene Daniels, second from the right, and Tonya Mosley, far right, look on after they interviewed Harris in...