If you have been following the media reports over the past few weeks, you have surely heard the great news. Kamala Harris is a great person. If you didn’t know it before, you now know that she is a brilliant, compassionate, and deeply caring person.

There have been numerous articles and columns written recently telling us how wonderful Harris is. I used to think of Harris as a callous person, indifferent to suffering, and willing to do whatever she felt necessary to advance her political career. In light of all this new information, I’m not so sure. Maybe it’s time to change my views on Harris.

Jason Kander, the former Secretary of State of Missouri, wrote a Piece this week, where he said Harris was the only person who checked in on him as he retired from politics and sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder he suffered as a veteran.

Kander wrote: “At best, we are friendly acquaintances who used to work in the same field. And that’s my point. She is the type of person who is considerate enough to treat an equal as an equal, even when that person has retired and isn’t really an equal anymore. And I believe she will bring that kind of everyday decency to her presidency.”

This insight into Harris’ personal interactions undoubtedly portrays her as a thoughtful person who cares about the problems of others despite having little of her own.

Katie Porter wrote about her time with Harris, sharing how compassionate she was, even as Porter had to care for her newborn. Porter wrote, “We changed lives on the ground. That’s Kamala: She gets things done and doesn’t stop until people are helped because she cares about our families. When she called and offered me the job as a caregiver in California, I had a two-month-old baby. Like many working mothers, I had to take my baby to work with me because he had nowhere else to go. (…) I nervously confessed that I had my baby with me. Kamala didn’t hesitate. She asked how my baby and I were doing and how her siblings were adjusting. She didn’t make small talk; she really wanted to know.”

Although she does not have children of her own, she can empathize with and sympathize with the challenges of being a working mother—personality traits that are certainly desirable for our highest office.

If she truly embodied these great virtues, why did she show such recklessness when her actions mattered most?

In 2011, the Supreme Court ordered California is set to release thousands of nonviolent prisoners who were determined not to pose a major threat to the public. The problem was that California’s prisons were extremely overcrowded, creating truly horrific conditions for the inmates. The court claimed that this violated their right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment.

Using all her power as California’s Attorney General, she fought tooth and nail to keep these suffering prisoners in custody. One prisoner died every week due to poor medical care and overcrowding. In the Supreme Court opinion, Justice Anthony wrote that up to 54 prisoners had to share one bathroom and suicidal prisoners were locked in tiny cages for 24 hours at a time.

Of course, Kamala knew about these inhumane conditions, but repeatedly delayed proceedings and ignored court orders, to the point that they considered holding the state in contempt of court. She went so far as to question the Supreme Court’s authority to make such decisions… in terms of the Constitution.