"And I’m going to 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 importance of finding common ground, but I also believe — and it is personal, and it was actually very hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputation and career on the segregation of race in this country.
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 a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me.
So I will tell you that, on this subject, it cannot be an intellectual debate among Democrats. We have to take it seriously. We have to act swiftly. As attorney general of California, I was very proud to put in place a requirement that all my special agents wear body cameras and keep those cameras on."
The New York Times: Transcript: Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Clash on Race and Busing, June 27, 2019
This moment may just prove to be the turning point of this entire primary campaign. Not Eric Swalwell, repeatedly arguing that Joe Biden is too old to run, not Bernie Sanders, not really confronting Joe Biden because he known they're not sharing voters in any case: it's Kamala Harris, juxtaposing her personal experience of being black in America with Joe Biden's support of two racist, segregationists Senators in the 1970s, and then having him respond to this by defending states' rights.
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