Harris spoke at length about her time working as a courtroom prosecutor, adding: “I know Donald Trump’s type.”

Vice President Kamala Harris gave the public its first real look into her nascent presidential campaign with a stop at her organization’s headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday night.

Harris’ first applause line came when she discussed her background as California attorney general and as a courtroom prosecutor.

“In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” she said, earning cackles while she beamed, clearly enjoying the joke. “Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type.”

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I don’t care for some of her positions, but would you care to elaborate how, or is this just some bullshit feeling stuff?

      • GeneralVincent@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Your own source disagrees with your black and white oversimplification

        But what seem like contradictions may reflect a balancing act. Harris’s parents worked on civil rights causes, and she came from a background well aware of the excesses of the criminal justice system — but in office, she played the role of a prosecutor and California’s lawyer. She started in an era when “tough on crime” politics were popular across party lines — but she rose to national prominence as criminal justice reform started to take off nationally. She had an eye on higher political office as support for criminal justice reform became de rigueur for Democrats — but she still had to work as California’s top law enforcement official. Her race and gender likely made this balancing act even tougher. In the US, studies have found that more than 90 percent of elected prosecutors are white and more than 80 percent are male. As a Black and Indian American woman, Harris stood out — inviting scrutiny and skepticism, especially by people who may hold racist stereotypes about how Black people view law enforcement or sexist views about whether women are “tough” enough for the job.

        She’s not two faced, she’s trying to make positive changes in a political climate that is biased against her. That’s far more nuanced than you claim. And far less two faced than her opponent.

        • Hotmailer@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          I’m not arguing for Trump. I’m arguing that you could find someone better. American politics is exhausting. You have better people, like Andrew Yang, instead you give the world the better of two bad choices.