Kamala Harris Says She’d Appoint a Republican to Her Cabinet: ‘It Would Be to the Benefit of the American Public’

Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN anchor Dana Bash she would be open to appointing a Republican to her cabinet to create a “diversity of opinion” in her administration on Thursday.

During CNN’s interview with Harris – the vice president’s first since she announced her campaign for the presidency in July – Bash asked, “You had a lot of Republican speakers at the convention. Will you appoint a Republican to your cabinet?”

“Yes, I would,” replied Harris.

After Bash asked if she had anyone in mind, Harris said:

No one in particular in mind. We’ve got 68 days to go til this election, so I’m not putting the cart before the horse, but I would. I think– I think it’s really important. I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences, and I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my cabinet who was a Republican.

Bash noted following the interview that it was not unheard of for a Democratic president to appoint a Republican to their cabinet.

Former President Barack Obama chose former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) to serve as his secretary of transportation in 2009.

A number of Republicans spoke in support of Harris at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, including former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham , former Mike Pence advisor Olivia Troye , and former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan .

Watch above via CNN.