HOUSTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is back in Houston for the second time in just over a week.
The presumptive Democratic nominee for president attended two events Wednesday evening beginning with a private campaign fundraiser.
Harris told donors that reproductive rights will be critical during the election because one in three women in the U.S. live in a state with what she called a "Trump abortion ban."
If Trump wins, "he intends to pass a nationwide abortion ban," Harris said, adding "I will not let that happen."
Harris also criticized the Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. "There will be no consequences" if Trump returns to the White House, she said.
Harris then headed downtown to speak to members of the Sigma Gamma Rho Black sorority as they celebrated their 60th International Biennial convention at the George R Brown Convention Center. Members said Harris' campaign has injected excitement into the presidential race.
Harris is no stranger to Black Greek life, as a member of the popular Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, or AKA.
“In 2020, when during the height of a pandemic, you helped elect Joe Biden, president of the United States and me as the first woman vice president of the United States," Harris said at the convention.
Now four years later, Harris is hopeful the sorority sisters will be able to help her again.
in a 13-minute prepared speech, the vice president shared a message to the thousands in the crowd – focusing on the differences between her and former President Donald Trump.
At one point, Harris referenced the controversial “Project 2025," which suggests cutting funding to schools, teaching critical race theory or gender ideology and other proposals.
“Let us be clear, there are those that are trying to take us backward. You may have seen their agenda, they call it Project 2025, right and it is 900 pages of extremism," she said.
Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, especially this month, writing “I know nothing about Project 2025.”
At the National Association of Black Journalists convention, the former president questioned the vice president’s racial identity, saying “a number of years ago she decided to turn black, and now she wants to be known as Black.”
Harris addressed the remark during her speech but didn’t engage further.
“Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists and it was the same old show. The divisiveness and the disrespect and let me just say, the American people deserve better," she said.
On Thursday, Harris will attend the funeral of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee where she’s expected to deliver the eulogy.
The vice president's visit is drawing criticism from the GOP. A statement from the Republican National Committee said the visit is a slap in the face to people in Texas concerned about the southern border and that she is choosing to spend her time with liberal donors in Houston instead of visiting the border.