President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s campaign manager celebrated a fiery exchange between Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.) and former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE during Thursday’s Democratic presidential primary debate.
In a tweet, Brad ParscaleBradley (Brad) James ParscaleMORE joked that it was time to “put a [fork]” in Biden after Harris said onstage that it was “hurtful” to hear Biden appear to speak favorably about working with segregationist senators such as James Eastland.
Checkmate @KamalaHarris. Sorry @JoeBiden!
Put a in him.— Brad Parscale (@parscale) June 28, 2019
“I’m gonna now direct this at Vice President Biden. I do not believe you are a racist, and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the cause of finding common ground,” Harris said Thursday night.
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“But I also believe, and it is personal, and … it was hurtful, to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputation and their careers on the issue of segregation of race in this country,” Harris continued. “And it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing, and you know, there was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools. And she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me.”
This might end up being the defining moment of #DemDebate2 — Kamala Harris attacks Joe Biden’s record on race pic.twitter.com/Jh6E784upn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2019
Biden has fought back against calls for him to apologize for comments he made about seeking common ground with Eastland and other segregationist senators during his time in the Senate in recent weeks, calls which were joined by Harris and her fellow African American senator and 2020 contender, Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.).
The former vice president called for Booker to apologize after the New Jersey senator said that Biden himself apologize for his remarks, telling reporters at the time that Booker should “know better.” Booker appeared on stage Wednesday night during the first round of this week’s debates.
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