The Choice

Vice President Kamala Harris is a BF Deal

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Issue #466 The Choice Friday, January 19, 2024

On August 11, 2020, Kamala Harris accepted President Joe Biden’s invitation to be his running mate for Vice President. This was after a competitive campaign for the Democratic nomination in which then-candidate Harris spared no punches whatsoever in attacking Biden. Just like all the other candidates on the stage at that time, Harris wanted to win and was willing to do whatever it took.

One specific angle of attack that earned a collective gasp from Democrats around the country was when Harris came after Biden on the issue of school busing, accusing Biden of not supporting busing to promote school integration years ago when she was a young girl, a charge which Biden hotly disputed. Harris was essentially accusing Biden of being racially insensitive - at best. She also accused him of working with segregationists, which she said was “hurtful” to her. Harris didn’t just play the race card, she slammed it down on the table, and it landed hard.

“There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day, and that little girl was me,” Harris said onstage at a Democratic primary debate, catching Biden way off guard.