The senior senator, now 84, did speak warmly of Ms. Harris, saying she was “on the way to becoming” a good friend. “What she should do is concentrate on being a good, and possibly a great, United States senator,” Ms. Feinstein said. Ms. Harris, who served as state attorney general and San Francisco district attorney, tends instead toward a courtroom bluntness. Of course, Ms. Harris’s prominence and the attendant expectations have as much to do with the Democratic present as her own future. In the May interview, Ms. Harris savaged the Republican health care proposals and twice deployed profanities, rousing the home state attendees.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 09:00 UTC