Kamala Harris responds to criticism that she delivered "low blow" to Joe Biden
The low blow is the charge - or even suggestion - that he supported or liked segregationist senators in the past.
That is untrue.
But it is not a low blow and is indeed true that in the past he opposed the use of busing to correct what was then and is still now called "de facto segregation", of which there was and is no such thing, though there was and is residential separation resulting in far from uniform representation of the races across schools even within the same school systems or districts.
A lack of uniformity in the schools many Democrats and perhaps all liberals felt then and now to be a social evil in need of remedy, often by such means as simply busing children.
2020 contender Kamala Harris came out swinging with a memorable performance in the second night of Democratic debates in Miami.
It was Harris' confrontation with former Vice President Joe Biden where she pressured to get him on the record on his past support of segregation-endorsing Democrats and as well as his past stance against busing to desegregate public schools, that left a mark on would-be voters' minds.
In her only network TV interview, Harris responded to criticism from Biden's camp that the contentious moment was a "low blow."
"It was about just speaking truth and as I've said many times, I have a great deal of respect for Joe Biden...but he and I disagree on that," Harris told "CBS This Morning" on Friday.
She added, "My purpose was to really just make sure that in this conversation we are appreciating the impact on real people of policies that have been pushed in the history of our country."
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