Sen. Kamala Harris says she was 'surprised' by Joe Biden's answer on busing after tense exchange at Democratic debate.
Fresh off her strong performance at Thursday's Democratic debate, Kamala Harris on Friday was trying to capitalize on one of the most striking moments of the night: her heated back-and-forth with former Vice President Joe Biden and his history of working with segregationists and his opposition to forced school busing.
“I just think he and I have a difference of opinion and also difference of opinion on states’ rights,” Harris said Friday when she was asked if Biden’s racial insensitivity would make him unfit for the presidency. There was a little girl in California who was bussed to school. That little girl was me. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/XKm2xP1MDH
“There are moments in history when states fail to preserve the civil rights of all people,” she said, saying that was a moment the federal government needed to step in. “It was hurtful to me to hear that we would be nostalgic about people who if they had their way, I would not serve in the United States Senate,” Harris said.
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