Courtney McClain was 18 when she met then-Sen. Kamala Harris in 2019 at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C.
When McClain arrived at the club, Harris, then a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, offered her some advice.
“She told me that I don't have to ask for permission, to make sure that I am always staying true to who I am. Then she told me that she was very proud of me,” McClain, now a master’s student at Howard University, told The Hill.
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