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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks many people not just this mean old political predicted this wicked lawyer would be evil old Joe's (or should I say the DNC's) pick of the litter (and his replacement) N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/08/joe-biden-selects-kamala-harris-as-us.html
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
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https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/08/joe-biden-selects-kamala-harris-as-us.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/joe-biden-hamala-harris-us-vice-president-1.5682385
Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as U.S. vice-presidential running mate
Harris is 1st woman of colour to compete on major U.S. party's presidential ticket
The Associated Press· Posted: Aug 11, 2020 4:34 PM ET |
Joe Biden on Tuesday selected California Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate in the U.S. election this November. (Matt Rourke, Brynn Anderson/The Associated Press)
Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first woman of colour to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat U.S. President Donald Trump.
"I have the great honor to announce that I've picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country's finest public servants — as my running mate," Biden tweeted. In a text message to supporters, Biden said, "Together, with you, we're going to beat Trump."
Harris and Biden plan to deliver remarks Wednesday in Wilmington, N.C.
In choosing Harris, Biden is embracing a former rival from the Democratic primary who is familiar with the unique rigour of a national campaign. Harris, a 55-year-old first-term senator, is also one of the party's most prominent figures and quickly became a top contender for the No. 2 spot after her own White House campaign ended.
.@JoeBiden can unify the American people because he's spent his life fighting for us. And as president, he'll build an America that lives up to our ideals. I'm honored to join him as our party's nominee for Vice President, and do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief.
Harris joins Biden in the 2020 race at a moment of unprecedented national crisis. The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people in the United States, far more than the toll experienced in other countries. Business closures and disruptions resulting from the pandemic have caused an economic collapse. Unrest, meanwhile, has emerged across the country as Americans protest racism and police brutality.
I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris— a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.
Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I'm proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.
Trump's uneven handling of the crises has given Biden an opening, and he enters the fall campaign in a strong position against the president. In adding Harris to the ticket, he can point to her relatively centrist record on issues such as health care and her background in law enforcement in the nation's most populous state.
'Progressive prosecutor'
Harris's record as California attorney general and district attorney in San Francisco was heavily scrutinized during the Democratic primary and turned off some liberals and younger Black voters who saw her as out of step on issues of systemic racism in the legal system and police brutality. She tried to strike a balance on these issues, declaring herself a "progressive prosecutor" who backs law enforcement reforms.Biden, who spent eight years as President Barack Obama's vice-president, has spent months weighing who would fill that same role in his White House. He pledged in March to select a woman as his vice-president, easing frustration among Democrats that the presidential race would centre on two white men in their 70s.
Harris, pictured speaking at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines last August, is a first-term senator and one of the Democratic party's most prominent figures. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
Biden's search was expansive, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a leading progressive, Florida Rep. Val Demings, whose impeachment prosecution of Trump won plaudits, California Rep. Karen Bass, who leads the Congressional Black Caucus, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, whose passionate response to unrest in her city garnered national attention.
Rice congratulated Harris on her selection, calling her a "tenacious and trailblazing leader." Rice said she would support Biden and Harris "with all my energy and commitment."
Bass tweeted, "@KamalaHarris is a great choice for Vice President. Her tenacious pursuit of justice and relentless advocacy for the people is what is needed right now."
Obama hailed his former vice-president's running mate selection, saying, "Joe Biden nailed this decision."
I’ve known Senator @KamalaHarris for a long time. She is more than prepared for the job. She’s spent her career defending our Constitution and fighting for folks who need a fair shake. This is a good day for our country. Now let’s go win this thing.
"By choosing Senator Kamala Harris as America's next vice-president, he's underscored his own judgment and character," Obama added.
Obama called Harris an "ideal partner to help him tackle the very real challenges America faces right now and in the years ahead."
For his part, Trump responded to his Democratic rival's VP pick by saying he's "a little surprised."
The president told reporters at a White House briefing that Harris "was very disrespectful to Joe Biden" during the Democratic primaries, and said "it's hard to pick somebody that's that disrespectful."
He also noted that Harris "did very poorly" when she ran for the nomination and said, "That's like a poll." Trump last month had said she would be "a fine choice."
The vice-presidential pick carries increased significance this year. If elected, Biden would be 78 when he's inaugurated in January, the oldest man to ever assume the presidency.
He's spoken of himself as a transitional figure and hasn't fully committed to seeking a second term in 2024. If he declines to do so, his running mate would likely become a front-runner for the nomination that year.
Harris challenged Trump officials
Born in Oakland to a Jamaican father and Indian mother, Harris spent much of her formative years in Berkeley, Calif. She has often spoken of the deep bond she shared with her mother, whom she has called her single biggest influence.Harris won her first election in 2003 when she became San Francisco's district attorney. In that role, she created a reentry program for low-level drug offenders and cracked down on student truancy.
She was elected California's attorney general in 2010, the first woman and Black person to hold the job, and focused on issues including the foreclosure crisis. She declined to defend the state's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage and was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
As her national profile grew, Harris built a reputation around her work as a prosecutor. After being elected to the Senate in 2016, she quickly gained attention for her assertive questioning of Trump administration officials during congressional hearings.
In one memorable moment last year, Harris tripped up Attorney General William Barr when she repeatedly pressed him on whether Trump or other White House officials pressured him to investigate certain people.
WATCH | Sen. Harris grills U.S. Attorney General William Barr over Mueller report:
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Sen. Kamala Harris interrogates U.S. Attorney General William Barr over his handling and release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. 3:39
Harris launched her presidential campaign in early 2019 with the slogan "Kamala Harris For the People," a reference to her courtroom work. She was one of the highest-profile contenders in a crowded Democratic primary and attracted 20,000 people to her first campaign rally in Oakland.
But the early promise of her campaign eventually faded. Her law enforcement background prompted skepticism from some progressives, and she struggled to land on a consistent message that resonated with voters.
Facing fundraising problems, Harris abruptly withdrew from the race in December 2019, two months before the first votes of the primary were cast.
During a debate, Harris said Biden made "very hurtful" comments about his past work with segregationist senators and slammed his opposition to busing as schools began to integrate in the 1970s.
"There was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day," she said. "And that little girl was me."
But the early promise of her campaign eventually faded. Her law enforcement background prompted skepticism from some progressives, and she struggled to land on a consistent message that resonated with voters.
Facing fundraising problems, Harris abruptly withdrew from the race in December 2019, two months before the first votes of the primary were cast.
Standout moment during debate
One of Harris's standout moments of her presidential campaign came at the expense of Biden.During a debate, Harris said Biden made "very hurtful" comments about his past work with segregationist senators and slammed his opposition to busing as schools began to integrate in the 1970s.
"There was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day," she said. "And that little girl was me."
Shaken by the attack, Biden called her comments "a mischaracterization of my position."
Harris sparred with Biden on the debate stage, but she has since endorsed his presidential bid. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
The exchange resurfaced recently with reports that one of Biden's closest friends and a co-chair of his vice presidential vetting committee, former Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, still harbours concerns about the debate and that Harris hadn't expressed regret.
The comments attributed to Dodd and first reported by Politico drew condemnation, especially from influential Democratic women who said Harris was being held to a standard that wouldn't apply to a man running for president.
Some Biden confidants said Harris's campaign attack did irritate the former vice-president, who had a friendly relationship with her. Harris was also close with Biden's late son, Beau, who served as Delaware attorney general while she held the same post in California.
But Biden and Harris have since returned to a warm relationship.
"Joe has empathy, he has a proven track record of leadership and more than ever before we need a president of the United States who understands who the people are, sees them where they are, and has a genuine desire to help and knows how to fight to get us where we need to be," Harris said at an event for Biden earlier this summer.
After Trump tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in response to protests about the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in police custody, Harris said his remarks "yet again show what racism looks like."
The comments attributed to Dodd and first reported by Politico drew condemnation, especially from influential Democratic women who said Harris was being held to a standard that wouldn't apply to a man running for president.
Some Biden confidants said Harris's campaign attack did irritate the former vice-president, who had a friendly relationship with her. Harris was also close with Biden's late son, Beau, who served as Delaware attorney general while she held the same post in California.
But Biden and Harris have since returned to a warm relationship.
"Joe has empathy, he has a proven track record of leadership and more than ever before we need a president of the United States who understands who the people are, sees them where they are, and has a genuine desire to help and knows how to fight to get us where we need to be," Harris said at an event for Biden earlier this summer.
Tougher stance on policing
At the same event, she bluntly attacked Trump, labelling him a "drug pusher" for his promotion of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, which has not been proved to be an effective treatment and may even be more harmful.After Trump tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in response to protests about the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in police custody, Harris said his remarks "yet again show what racism looks like."
Harris joins a women's advocacy group, MomsRising, in Washington in 2018 to protest against threats by U.S. President Donald Trump against Central American asylum-seekers to separate children from their parents along the southwest border. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)
Harris has taken a tougher stand on policing since Floyd's killing.
She co-sponsored legislation in June that would ban police from using chokeholds and no-knock warrants, set a national use-of-force standard and create a national police misconduct registry, among other things. It would also reform the qualified immunity system that shields officers from liability.
The list included practices Harris did not vocally fight to reform while leading California's Department of Justice. Although she required DOJ officers to wear body cameras, she did not support legislation mandating it statewide.
And while she now wants independent investigations of police shootings, she didn't support a 2015 California bill that would have required her office to take on such cases.
"We made progress, but clearly we are not at the place yet as a country where we need to be and California is no exception," she told The Associated Press recently. But the national focus on racial injustice now shows "there's no reason that we have to continue to wait."
She co-sponsored legislation in June that would ban police from using chokeholds and no-knock warrants, set a national use-of-force standard and create a national police misconduct registry, among other things. It would also reform the qualified immunity system that shields officers from liability.
The list included practices Harris did not vocally fight to reform while leading California's Department of Justice. Although she required DOJ officers to wear body cameras, she did not support legislation mandating it statewide.
And while she now wants independent investigations of police shootings, she didn't support a 2015 California bill that would have required her office to take on such cases.
"We made progress, but clearly we are not at the place yet as a country where we need to be and California is no exception," she told The Associated Press recently. But the national focus on racial injustice now shows "there's no reason that we have to continue to wait."
6169 Comments
David Amos
Methinks some folks must recall why the Trump campaign congratulated Tulsi Gabbard after Kamala Harris dropped out of Democratic race N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Deja Vu Anyone???
"When she was asked a question about her ongoing feud with another major Democratic Party figure, 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, Gabbard took aim at what she said was a "Bush-Clinton-Trump" foreign policy agenda. She said the Democratic Party needed to break away from "greedy corporate interests."
"Our Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people," Gabbard said, a quote that was picked up by the Trump account."
Serge Simard
Her number one responsibility will be to babysit Biden.
David Amos
Reply to @Serge Simard: Methinks many agree that the political lawyer's job will be to replace Old Joe N'esy Pas?
David Sampson
Harris is smart, tough and Trump should watch out, she doesn’t like pompous arrogant pathological narcissists.
Casper Whitehead
Reply to @David Sampson:
You mean to say she hates herself?
David Amos
Reply to @Casper Whitehead: Touche
Paul Doe
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David Amos
Reply to @Paul Doe : Good Point
Reply to @Bill Perry: Maybe he’ll develop golf shoulder and have to pull out of the race. It’s the 2020 equivalent of bone spurs.
David Amos
David Amos
Reply to @Marie Harris: Yea Right
Tom Payne
Tom Payne
Trump is toast. Go Biden and Harris!
Norm Dixon
Reply to @Tom Payne: You think the US is a disaster right now with the current Yahoo.... just watch what happens with these two big league loons.
David Amos
Norm Dixon
Reply to @Tom Payne: You think the US is a disaster right now with the current Yahoo.... just watch what happens with these two big league loons.
David Amos
Reply to @Norm Dixon: I concur
Bonny Zeus
Reply to @Martin Howser: We should have to pass a test to be allowed to vote. Never mind just an age requirement.
Martin Howser
Reply to @Bonny Zeus: Oh! I can pass that one!
Person, man, woman, camera, tv.
David Amos
Reply to @Bonny Zeus: Who is we?
Stephen George
An excellent choice. I wish her and Biden great success on Nov. 3.
Stephen George
Reply to @Adam Gajewski:
What are you doing here? Need some attention?
Adam Gajewski
Reply to @Adam Gajewski:
What are you doing here? Need some attention?
Adam Gajewski
Reply to @Stephen George:
Calling a spade a spade got your attention?
Calling a spade a spade got your attention?
Stephen George
Reply to @Adam Gajewski:
Explain how you came to that conclusion.
Explain how you came to that conclusion.
Martin Howser
Reply to @Adam Gajewski: So was Pence picked for "having white male ancestry who is too scared to even be in the same room as a woman"??
Is that better in your mind?
Is that better in your mind?
Francis Lee
Reply to @Adam Gajewski: "If only media call her as "having black ancestry" instead "
Funny that's not what Trump said about Obama . .
Funny that's not what Trump said about Obama . .
Stuart Wozniak
Reply to @Stephen George: If there is an election.
Adam Gajewski
Reply to @Martin Howser:
Looks that even CBC agreed with my thesis and now call her woman of color.
Which is fine, even when her father ancestry is biracial too.
So much for your bizarre political correctness
Looks that even CBC agreed with my thesis and now call her woman of color.
Which is fine, even when her father ancestry is biracial too.
So much for your bizarre political correctness
David Amos
Reply to @Stephen George: Duhhh????
David Amos
David Amos
Reply to @Adam Gajewski: Yup
Shari Falek
Congratulations. Great pick. I would love the US to be a bit more left leaning, but Biden and Harris are a great team that the USA needs right now.
Reply to @Shari Falek:
More left? We ought to be careful what we wish for.
David Amos
More left? We ought to be careful what we wish for.
David Amos
Reply to @Shari Falek: Surely you jest
Dale Sullivan
Dale Sullivan
Why is it that some automatically think she is a token? Because she is a woman of colour?
David Amos
Reply to @Dale Sullivan: Go Figure
Dylan Haines
Reply to @Jack Smythe: Maybe she's qualified for the job?
David Amos
Reply to @Dale Sullivan: Go Figure
Dylan Haines
Reply to @Jack Smythe: Maybe she's qualified for the job?
Guy Stone
Reply to @Dale Sullivan: sjw caused that
David Amos
Reply to @Dylan Haines: Dream on
Harry Hibbs
Harry Hibbs
Great choice.
David Magner (YYC)
David Magner (YYC)
Reply to @Harry Hibbs:
Plus it means more work for Maya Rudolph on SNL in the upcoming four years. So that's a nice bonus.
David Amos
Plus it means more work for Maya Rudolph on SNL in the upcoming four years. So that's a nice bonus.
David Amos
Reply to @Harry Hibbs: Many people such as I predicted it
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/03/trump-campaign-congratulates-tulsi-gabbard-after-kamala-harris-ends-race/2598211001/
It's not the first time Trump War Room, an account managed by Trump's 2020 campaign, has tweeted positively about Gabbard; the campaign account has shared comments from the Hawaii congresswoman in the past, including the moment from the November debate when Gabbard criticized the establishment of the Democratic Party.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/03/trump-campaign-congratulates-tulsi-gabbard-after-kamala-harris-ends-race/2598211001/
Trump campaign congratulates Tulsi Gabbard after Kamala Harris drops out of Democratic race
After Sen. Kamala Harris announced she was suspending her campaign for president on Tuesday, a Trump 2020 campaign Twitter account account took the opportunity to poke at the tension between her and Democratic candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
"BREAKING NEWS: @KamalaHarris has ended her campaign for president. Congratulations @TulsiGabbard!" the Trump War Room account tweeted.
Gabbard and Harris have clashed on the debate stage and on Twitter. After the Trump account tweeted, Gabbard also chimed in on the end of Harris' campaign.
"Sending my best wishes to @KamalaHarris, her family & supporters who have campaigned so hard. While we disagree on some issues, we agree on others & I respect her sincere desire to serve the American people. I look forward to working together on the challenges we face as a nation,"Gabbard said.
Kamala Harris ends bid:'In good faith, I can’t tell you ... that I have a path forward'
When she was asked a question about her ongoing feud with another major Democratic Party figure, 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, Gabbard took aim at what she said was a "Bush-Clinton-Trump" foreign policy agenda. She said the Democratic Party needed to break away from "greedy corporate interests."
"Our Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people," Gabbard said, a quote that was picked up by the Trump account.
That began the subsequent back-and-forth with Harris over the values of the Democratic Party. Harris accused Gabbard of spending "four years full time on Fox News criticizing President Obama."
“What we need on this stage,” Harris said, “is someone who has the ability to win.”
Gabbard said that Harris continued to “traffic in lies and smears and innuendos because she cannot challenge the substance of the argument that I'm making, the leadership and the change that I am seeking to bring.”
After the Trump War Room tweeted out Gabbard's quote, Harris shared a screenshot on Twitter and said, "I rest my case."
I rest my case.
Gabbard also went after Harris'criminal justice record during the July round of primary debates.
“Sen. Harris says she’s proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she’ll be a prosecutor president. But I’m deeply concerned about this record," Gabbard said.
"She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana," she added. "... She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California."
Gabbard told Harris that she owed an apology to the "people who suffered under your reign as prosecutor."
Harris defended herself by saying, "As the elected attorney general of California, I did the work of significantly reforming the criminal justice system... which became a national model of the work that needs to be done. And I am proud of that work."
Harris announced her campaign's suspension Tuesday afternoon and cited the campaign's financial struggle. She said in a letter to supporters, "In good faith, I can’t tell you, my supporters and volunteers, that I have a path forward if I don’t believe I do."
Marie Harris