Presidential Candidate @KamalaHarris on her decision to confront @JoeBiden during the #DemDebate
“It may make people uncomfortable to speak the truth about the history of our country... we should recommit ourselves to also agreeing that these things should never happen again."pic.twitter.com/iCcP3zPLZ5
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Attacking Joe Biden on his past opposition to federal busing was a risk that paid off for Kamala Harris.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/very-powerful-story-top-biden-aide-concedes-kamala-harris-landed-a-punch …
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Harris tied a story Biden told about working with senators who held racist views early in his career to his opposition to federally enforced racial integration of the public schools through busing. In the 1970s, it was a very unpopular policy.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/i-dont-think-he-looks-well-bidens-shaky-debate-leaves-iowa-supporters-nervous …
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What’s odd is history is on Biden’s side. Busing was a failed venture.
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It certainly was not popular with most people! Led to further segregation as parents started private schools and moved out of areas.
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