3 notable policy stances from Kamala Harris' interview with CNN's Jake Tapper

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, provided answers to several questions on policy posed during a taped interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, which aired on Sunday's edition of State of the Union on CNN. Here are three notable moments from the interview.

Medicare-for-all means Medicare-for-all — Tapper asked the senator if Medicare-for-all would apply to people who were residing in the United States illegally. Harris, who gave some measured responses to a few of Tapper's questions, did not hesitate on this one.

NAFTA is no good — Harris said she would not have voted for NAFTA, though she avoided outright saying she agreed with President Trump's assessment that U.S. trade agreements favored corporations and harmed the American middle class.

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Ready for executive action — Harris said she likes Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) proposed federal gun license policy, but, ultimately, Washington isn't wanting for good ideas on the issue. Instead, it falls on Congress to act. If they don't get a bill on her desk by her 100th day in office, she said, she's prepared to take executive action. Tim O'Donnell