Amy Resner, a former prosecutor and friend of Kamala Harris, called the vice president “a remarkable prosecutor” and said “she will be a remarkable president.”
Resner said that during her time as California’s attorney general, Harris protected vulnerable communities and “gave victims a voice.”
In joint remarks with Resner, Karrie Delaney, director of federal affairs at the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, drew a contrast between Harris as an accuser and former President Donald Trump, who a civil jury found sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and then defamed her when he denied the allegations and slandered her. In two civil defamation trials, jurors have decided that Trump should pay Carroll a total of nearly $90 million in damages.
“As a legislator and longtime advocate for combating sexual violence, I urge all of us to stand together, support survivors, believe them and hold perpetrators accountable,” Delaney said.
Lisa Madigan, the former attorney general of Illinois, said Harris “stood her ground and we won together” during her time as prosecutor.
“For as long as I have known her, Kamala Harris has always stood by her principles and never deviated from them,” Madigan said.
Marc Morial, a former mayor of New Orleans and civil rights activist, subsequently praised Harris’ housing policy, saying it “creates a future where every family – yes, every family – has a place to call home.”
Nathan Hornes also praised Harris’s past work, saying she “intervened” and “stood up for students” when he attended Corinthian College – an institution he described as “a predatory, for-profit chain.”
“She prosecuted Corinthian and as vice president she supported us,” Hornes said. “While we were fighting and advocating for debt forgiveness, the Biden-Harris administration came along and canceled all of Corinthian’s student debt and gave us our future back.”
Trump University prosecutor Tristan Snell contradicted Horne’s testimony by detailing the negative impact the scandal had on students’ lives. In 2018, a judge settled a class-action lawsuit in which former students claimed they had been defrauded for $25 million.
This post has been updated with additional comments from the joint spokespersons.
CNN’s Katie Lobosco, Doug Criss, Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell contributed reporting.
