Harris had her national debut at the 2012 DNC. Here’s what she said.

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

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Scott Applewhite/Associated Press file When Vice President Kamala Harris walks onstage Thursday to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination, it will mark another milestone in her remarkable journey to the top echelons of power that began more than a decade ago at another party convention. It was in September 2012 when Harris, as California’s attorney general, made her first major national appearance at the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina to champion President Barack Obama for a second term. Harris was already considered a rising star in the party and well known for her barrier-breaking roles as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general.

She strode onstage on the second night of the convention, dressed in a sharp white dress suit and a double strand of pearls – white being a color often favored by Democratic women as a mark of honor to the suffragists. “The choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is clear,” Harris said in her 2012 speech, which focused on casting Obama as a champion of the middle class and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney as a Wall Street ally. “Here’s what President Obama did.

President Obama won Wall Street reform to prevent any more tax-funded bailouts. President Obama won credit card reform so you don’t get stuck with hidden fees and sudden rat.