Actually it’s the only Latin saying I know. It’s like my favorite Latin saying, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. Now, guilty pleasures are interesting, because they’re just regular pleasures until you feel bad about it. But over the course of the however many years since - I’m assuming - Shakespeare invented the word, a vice has generally come to mean a guilty pleasure. Or it could be a hipster news outlet that sometimes has eye-opening stories and other times writes complete crap about using weed lube (that link is NSFW. Or if you can’t spell it means a pair of locking pliers. By definition it’s immoral or wicked behavior. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.A vice is a weird thing. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR.
SHIVARAM: And with just over a month until Election Day, the White House says Harris will continue to hold these kinds of events, and will take her message to states with competitive races. She was at a roundtable with Harris and other Latina state lawmakers back in August.ĪNDREA RAMOS: It was really, for me, not only a call of action for abortion access and what we could and couldn't do but really a call of action just to, you know, remind people this is the midterms, but there's a lot at stake.
SHIVARAM: That message resonated with Utah state representative Andrea Ramos (ph). Let's link arms and do what we need to do, including in the next 34 days. She says that the Supreme Court decision threatens rights for LGBTQ people and people of color, and she sees an opportunity to bring these fights together. SHIVARAM: It's not just abortion that Harris addresses in these events. She was in one of Harris's meetings last month.įRYE: You know, we've all been in those meetings when people are sort of just going through the motions. SHIVARAM: That's Jocelyn Frye, a Biden administration ally who leads an advocacy group, the National Partnership for Women and Families. She is - these are not - this is not a meeting where she's just reading talking points. JOCELYN FRYE: She is very much involved in the conversation. And back at the White House, she's been bringing together all kinds of stakeholders - lawmakers, faith leaders, health experts - to listen and to energize. SHIVARAM: She's been taking this message to North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: This is admirable to get out here and speak with force and feeling about this issue. This was one of more than 20 events on abortion rights that the vice president has led since May, when the draft opinion reversing Roe v. And Harris has been weighing in - repeatedly. SHIVARAM: The conversation is about protecting reproductive rights. HAYES: I think that our vice president of the United States of America is uniquely qualified to weigh in on this conversation. She brought in a well-known guest to help make her case. SHIVARAM: This is normally a safe Democratic district, but Hayes is in a tight race this year, one of several that Democrats need to win to try to hold on to the House. JAHANA HAYES: As women's rights are being eviscerated all over the country, it is critical that we take action to enshrine women's reproductive rights into law. SHIVARAM: Inside, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes is highlighting an issue that's central to her campaign. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Just down the hall and to the right. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Hello - last name.ĭEEPA SHIVARAM, BYLINE: It's a dreary afternoon in New Britain, and student volunteers at Central Connecticut State University are checking in guests. NPR's Deepa Shivaram followed Harris to Connecticut this week for one of those conversations. Vice President Harris has been elevating that issue from the White House, hosting dozens of events and traveling around the country. For Democratic and independent voters, abortion is one of the top motivating issues in the midterm elections.
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