Harris has faced criticism for being too progressive and not progressive enough.
Senator Kamala Harris has faced criticism for being further left than her running mate, former Vice President Joe Biden, but for some supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders, she isn't progressive enough to get them to cast their ballot for the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Harris' policies, although progressive, are too limited in scope to persuade Emmaline Bennett, a student at Columbia University and member of the Young Democratic Socialists of America , to vote for Biden. Whereas Sanders supports forgiving all student loans, Harris' 2019 plan would have forgiven $20,000 in student loans for Pell Grant recipients who start and maintain a business in a disadvantaged community for three years.
"Harris was never clear on her position and what she did say was a watered-down version of Bernie's proposal," Alex Pellitteri, a founding member of Hunter College's YDSA chapter, said."Ultimately, Bernie represented a break from politics as usual, Harris does not.… Like Biden, Harris is not going to make the transformative change we need, she's just another establishment politician.
"I decided before he picked his VP that I would end up voting for him only as damage control against Trump [and] ... I will vote for Biden/Harris but only because Trump and his supporters are pushing me to," Zaizar said.
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