It is incumbent on Democrats and the Harris campaign to lead Democratic voters away from rhetoric that is rooted in and upholds white supremacy.
In 2008, a Senator by the name of Barack Obama had just defeated Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary for president, becoming the first Black candidate of a major political party. Due to his father's background, his own upbringing, and an American public that had been steeped in Islamophobia in the seven years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, right-wing pundits brought then-Senator Obama's faith and place of birth into question.
'Felons can't vote' is false and destructive and Harris should correct this moving forward, not just to make the facts clear, but to also stop people from using this harmful rhetoric. It might be aimed at Donald Trump, but it hurts the Black community disproportionately. The scarlet letter of felon will never hurt Trump the way it has disrupted the lives of millions of Black men and women.
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