Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) gained a few new fans after her performance at the Democratic debate on Thursday evening, including the hosts of President Trump’s favorite cable news show.
“Fox and Friends” opened up Friday morning discussing Harris’ exchange with former Vice President Joe Biden over his recent gaffe, when he touted his work with segregationist senators. One host listed off the times that Harris went after Biden specifically during the debate and questioned whether it was “too much.”
“No,” host Brian Kilmeade — a regular Trump cheerleader — declared. “I thought she nailed it. I thought her tone was perfect. Her personal story, if it holds up — and I imagine it did — just knocked it out of the park.”
Co-host Steve Doocy brought up Biden’s response, in which he claimed that he wasn’t against busing as a means of desegregating schools, and criticized Biden for ending his remarks by saying he was “out of time.”
“Which is crazy right!” Kilmeade said. “To end like that?”
“Twitter said he’s out of luck; he’s out of gas,” Doocy said.
Harris challenged Biden several times on Thursday evening about his record on race, but the busing exchange has gotten the most attention on social media and cable news.
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“It’s personal and it was actually very hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country,” Harris said to Biden, referencing the segregationist remarks last week. “It was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing.”
Biden shot back by touting his record on civil rights and suggested that he didn’t oppose busing, but he thought at the time that states and local governments should have been able to make the decision themselves, not the Department of Education.
They are happy because she is the weakest of the serious candidates in a national election. She wants to make the election about race, and so does Trump. The Republicans would be overjoyed with an opponent whose reach does not extend beyond regular viewers of MSNBC. I think Trump is unpopular enough to lose to any of the Dem candidates but, with Harris as the nominee, team D has a tough row to hoe.
So now Biden thinks saying he supported states right is honorable.
Clearly tone deaf.
States rights have historically been used to demean & humiliate blacks & halt any racial equality particularly in the south.
Jim Crow laws were “states rights”
Biden needs to put the shovel down, he is burying himself.
Yes Trump is a white supremacist using racial polarization as political
Cudgel
Harris is not…
Harris responded to Biden touting his prowess at working with vile segregationists, against bussing
Your comment is like blaming the victim of rape because of the clothes she wore.
Trump would like nothing more than to run against Harris. He wouldn’t debate her. His racism and misogyny would find traction. He’d call her angry. He’d call her racist.
I don’t think Harris’ debate performance moves her significantly. Bennett’s takedown of Biden–pointing out that Obama and Biden made the Bush tax regime permanent in order to get Republican support for a bailout–was just as damaging.
Biden is already struggling. He’d be much stronger against Trump, but by then he may have divided the Democratic voters, most of whom are not enthused by an old guy who wants to turn the clock back to the days when Democratic presidents thought it was their job to legislate as moderate Republicans.
Instead of going all OCD over that splinter, F&F, howsabout you deal with the log, your other friend Prez. Rac§ist.