Harris has close ties with Emerge America, which sprouted in part from her first successful campaign in 2002 for San Francisco district attorney. The group has helped elect 1,200 Emerge alums to office nationally, according to its website, including U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon of Oakland and a slew of other members of Congress.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris showed up in San Francisco on Wednesday night and called Donald Trump a complete disaster. She told a packed room of Democratic donors that Trump’s economic mess and disregard for the Constitution were dragging the country backward.