Asked to reconcile her current praise of Joe Biden with her criticism of his decades-old positions on school busing during Democratic debate, Kamala Harris tells RobinRoberts the “conversation is a distraction from what we need to accomplish right now.”
In his first joint interview with his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden told"Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts that Harris"fit the closest and the best" choice for running mate.
"Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts conducts a joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, Aug. 21, 2020., Harris told Biden that it was"hurtful" to hear him speak about his work alongside segregationist senators, including to oppose busing -- which diversified schools by transporting students beyond their local districts.
Harris listed several facts about racial disparities in the United States, including that"black families own one-tenth of the wealth of white families," and"black and Latinos are twice as likely to die from COVID as white families," and said that one of the roots of these"systemic" issues was"a failure to address the truths that may be difficult truths."
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