Flashback: Kamala Harris has repeatedly pushed 'equity' vs. equality message as VP

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Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic nominee for president, has pushed an "equity" over "equality" message as part of the Biden administration's policies, something she also spoke about as President Biden's running mate and during her 2020 bid for the presidency.

One of her early mentions of equity came in the 2020 election cycle, after Joe Biden put her on his ticket. Harris posted an animated video explaining the difference between "equality and equity," which was criticized at the time and even compared to the beliefs of Karl Marx.

Equity, which she has repeatedly defined as a means of distributing and assistance in a way that allows everyone to end up "at the same place," was integrated into Biden administration policy early on, as Harris and President Biden responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, through the creation of the Health Equity Task Force.

Harris, who narrates the video, said, "equality suggests, 'oh everyone should get the same amount.' The problem with that, not everyone is starting out at the same place."

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"It's about giving people the resources and the support they need, so that everyone can be on equal footing and compete on equal footing," she added.

Former Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, a major critic of former President Trump, said at the time that