Kamala Harris Changes Mind on Attending Criminal Justice Event After Protesting Award Given to Trump

(L)-Then-President Donald Trump speaks at the new Louis Vuitton factory in Alvarado, Texas on Oct. 17, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images) (R)-Vice President Kamala Harris is seen at the Democratic primary debate in Ohio on Oct. 15, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) reversed herself after initially saying she was skipping a criminal justice forum in South Carolina after President Donald Trump was given an award for helping pass the First Step Act.

Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate, committed to speak at the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College in South Carolina.