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Ahh, now it makes sense why California Sen. Kamala Harris politics are so far left. Formerly indoctrinated, I mean educated in Canada. I know her type quite well in my country. She might be the next president of the U.S? I doubt it. If so, I imagine socialism will invade America like never before.
Rising Democratic party star and possible Trump rival an ex-Montrealer
MONTREAL — An alumna from a high school in a Montreal suburb is increasingly being mentioned as a potential candidate to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from winning a second term in 2020.
While California Sen. Kamala Harris does not publicly embrace speculation about her 2020 intentions, some online betting websites have put her at the front of the pack to lead the Democratic party into the next election.
Mother Jones, a left-leaning current affairs magazine, has described her as one of the Democrats who could beat Trump in the 2020 election, and the Washington Post ran a 2015 profile with the headline: "Is Kamala Harris the next Barack Obama?"
Harris's political success is no surprise to those who knew her during her teen years in Montreal, where she attended high school in Westmount, just west of downtown.
In a 1981 yearbook from Westmount High School, the then-16 year old Harris described her favourite pastime as "dancing with Midnight Magic," a dance troupe she founded with her friend Wanda Kagan.
"We performed in community centres in front of elderly people or danced at fundraisers," Kagan told The Canadian Press. "Outside of our studies, dance took up a lot of our time."
After graduation, Harris moved to the United States and the childhood friends lost touch, Kagan said.
But in 2009, Kagan turned on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and saw her old friend, who was then a San Francisco district attorney and had just published a book, being interviewed.
While she said it was a shock to see her friend on TV, Kagan said she's not surprised Harris went on to achieve success.
Rising Democratic party star and possible Trump rival an ex-Montrealer
MONTREAL — An alumna from a high school in a Montreal suburb is increasingly being mentioned as a potential candidate to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from winning a second term in 2020.
While California Sen. Kamala Harris does not publicly embrace speculation about her 2020 intentions, some online betting websites have put her at the front of the pack to lead the Democratic party into the next election.
Mother Jones, a left-leaning current affairs magazine, has described her as one of the Democrats who could beat Trump in the 2020 election, and the Washington Post ran a 2015 profile with the headline: "Is Kamala Harris the next Barack Obama?"
Harris's political success is no surprise to those who knew her during her teen years in Montreal, where she attended high school in Westmount, just west of downtown.
In a 1981 yearbook from Westmount High School, the then-16 year old Harris described her favourite pastime as "dancing with Midnight Magic," a dance troupe she founded with her friend Wanda Kagan.
"We performed in community centres in front of elderly people or danced at fundraisers," Kagan told The Canadian Press. "Outside of our studies, dance took up a lot of our time."
After graduation, Harris moved to the United States and the childhood friends lost touch, Kagan said.
But in 2009, Kagan turned on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and saw her old friend, who was then a San Francisco district attorney and had just published a book, being interviewed.
While she said it was a shock to see her friend on TV, Kagan said she's not surprised Harris went on to achieve success.
