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Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday she had chosen a life of public service over wealth, despite she and her husband being worth $8 million.
The vice president spoke about wealth during a conversation with voters in Charlotte, North Carolina about economic opportunity.
'To aspire to create wealth is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. If that is what one chooses. I, on the other hand, have chosen to live a life of public service,' she said with a laugh.
The roundtable discussion about wealth was moderated by Former South Carolina state representative and CNN political analyst Bakari Sellars and actor Michael Ealy
Harris said she favored people pursuing wealth.
US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff (R) arrive to attend a state dinner
'I'm all for "get yours" if that's what you want,' she said. 'And that is what this tour is about.'
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff have certainly 'got theirs' after the couple was married in 2014. Emhoff made millions from his law firm Venable and DLA Piper as an entertainment lawyer.
The couple is currently worth about $8 million according to Forbes, up from $7 million in 2021.
Harris and Emhoff own a home in Los Angeles worth $4.4 million and she not only enjoys an annual salary of $235,100 as vice president but sold her San Francisco apartment for $860,000 and the couple's Washington, DC apartment for $1.85 million.
The couple currently live at the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory, a campus of 80 acres. The 9,150 square foot home has 33 rooms and a large pool.
The official residence of the vice president of the United States on the ground of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Vice President's residence
Harris has also made more than $500,000 from sales of her memoir and children's book.
She is expected to receive $8,200 a month from her California pensions, a result of her positions as District Attorney of San Francisco and Attorney General of California.
Harris criticized Republicans in Washington, DC who opposed her and Biden's efforts to cancel student debt, suggesting they were hypocrites.
'Let's be clear about this, they didn't want this, they said, "Well I got mine you should be able to do yours" instead of taking into account again, what we have already discussed in terms of where people start,' she said. 'Not everybody starts out on the same base right? And that's part of our mentality in thinking about this.'
The vice president said she had met many people who were grateful for the administration's effort to cancel their student debt.
'Please testify,' she said with a laugh.
Harris encouraged the audience to dream big, despite what the naysayers and critics said about them.
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event
President Joe Biden listens with Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House
'Dream with ambition and never apologize for your ambition. ... I will also say this: I eat no for breakfast. I don't hear no,' she said.
Harris spoke about historic economic inequities for black people, using the example of a princess in a fairy tale suffering from discomfort.
'You probably are sensing from the things that I'm describing, we are taking a look at the specific pieces of the system that have long gone overlooked,' she said. 'You know that story about the Princess and the Pea? That seemingly small thing that makes all the difference? These specific aspects of the system have kept people from achieving their dreams.'
