White House defends Kamala Harris' hurricane relief 'equity' remarks:
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The White House is defending Vice President Kamala Harris' comments about "equity" needing to be at the center of hurricane response.
"It is our lowest-income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making," she continued. "So we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity." Haris Alic covers Congress and politics for Fox News Digital. You can contact him at haris.alic@fox.com or follow him on Twitter at @realharisalic.
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