Harris vows to put Republican in Cabinet in first interview as nominee

• Vice President Kamala Harris said she has held firm as the Democratic nominee to her values on key issues, including border security and climate change.
• Harris vowed to pick a Republican to serve in her Cabinet if she defeats former President Donald Trump in the election.
• The remarks came in a joint interview with Harris and running mate Tim Walz, their first since she replaced President Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Thursday vowed to pick a Republican to serve in her Cabinet if she defeats former President Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 election.

"I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion," the vice president said in an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash.

"I think it's important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences," Harris said. "And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican."

Harris, in her first sit-down interview since replacing President Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket more than a month earlier, also defended the apparent policy shifts to the center she has made since her 2019 run for president.

"I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is, my values have not changed," Harris told Bash, singling out her values on border security and climate change.

The remarks came in the first clips to air of the joint interview with Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Harris and Walz have come under fire from their Republican rivals, Trump and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, over their lack of exposure to the press.

The interview took