Former President Trump and Vice President Harris have spent the last 25 years in very, very different ways: Trump as a larger-than-life tabloid icon, Harris as a prosecutor and local, then state, then national politician.
Let’s take a look.
1997: Kamala Harris serves as Alameda County deputy district attorney in Oakland, California
1997: Donald Trump opens Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York
2000: Donald Trump hosts guests — including the notorious, yet-to-be-accused sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — at his Mar-a-lago club in Florida
2003: Kamala Harris campaigns to become San Francisco District Attorney
2003: Trump breaks ground with golden shovels for the ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago club
2003: Kamala Harris debates Terrence Hallinan in the race to become San Francisco District Attorney
2003: Kamala Harris wins her race for San Francisco District Attorney, becoming the first woman and first African-American and Asian-American DA in California
2004: Donald Trump unveils new 12-inch Trump talking doll
2004: Kamala Harris joins hundreds of people at the MLK Jr. Freedom March in San Francisco
2004: Trump signs copies of his book, How To Get Rich,’ in Manhattan
2006: Kamala Harris attends press event to announce a free-preschool-for-all program in San Francisco
2007: Donald Trump unveils plans for Trump Tower Chicago
2007: Trump shaves Vince McMahon’s hair after winning the ‘Battle of the Billionaires’ match at Wrestlemania 23
2008: Kamala Harris campaigns against prop 8, which would ban same-sex marriage in California
2008: Donald Trump is photographed with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at a benefit gala
2008: Maya and Kamala Harris celebrate the California Supreme Court’s pro-gay marriage ruling
2009: Donald Trump is photographed with Harvey Weinstein at an afterparty in NYC
2011: Kamala Harris is sworn in as California Attorney General
2011: Donald Trump embraces Obama ‘birther’ conspiracy theories and suggests he may run for president
2011: Attorney General Kamala Harris announces that California will join a lawsuit protecting a Riverside community from pollution
2011: Trump attends the Walker Cup golf tournament in Scotland
2011: In an effort to crack down on mortgage wrongdoers, Kamala Harris gathers stories about foreclosures
2011: Donald Trump speaks at CPAC after stating he was considering a run for president
2012: Kamala Harris announces that California will receive up to $18 billion as part of a settlement between 49 states and five banks over their foreclosure practices
2012: Trump attends hockey game
I bet this was fun to put together. A nice diversion that also reminds us of who these two people are. Well done!
The photos of her show a focused public servant. The photos of him show an indulged aging celebrity. Very appropriate.
Bad man.
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