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Title: Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP nominee
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Published: Aug 11, 2020
Author: CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO
Post Date: 2020-08-11 16:42:33 by Ada
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Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, was the wire-to-wire frontrunner for Biden’s No. 2 job. Joe Biden has selected Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate, elevating a charismatic blue-state senator, former prosecutor and onetime 2020 primary rival who has built a reputation as an unyielding antagonist of the Trump administration. Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, was the wire-to-wire frontrunner for Biden’s No. 2 job. Her experience as a battle-tested presidential candidate, her efforts leading major law enforcement offices and her political track record of three election wins in California helped her overcome a crowded list of contenders. Advertisement Harris will be the first woman and the first Black vice president if elected. And Biden’s barrier-breaking pick of her comes at a time of racial reckoning in the country, plunging one of the best-known women of color in politics into a contest against President Donald Trump, who has stoked racial divisions in the White House and on the campaign trail. Biden prioritized choosing a running mate with whom he was “simpatico,” as he frequently said, and his months-long search narrowed the list to a handful of women the campaign believed could help energize Democrats in the homestretch of the campaign. In Harris, Biden is hoping to combine both of his priorities, finding a thrilling campaigner as well as a long-term governing partner. The reasons why Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris Harris, 55, has also built a personal rapport with Biden, and she was close with his late son, Beau, a fellow former state attorney general. But Harris had to survive concerns inside the Biden campaign about whether she could be a trusted partner in the job, after a bitter primary clash and a searing debate broadside by Harris strained relationships between their allies. Harris has also faced persistent criticism for her prosecutorial record, including concerns she was too cautious to lead on sweeping changes. Her embrace in recent years of far-reaching changes has won over some skeptics, and she helped steer Democratic efforts to pass police reform this summer. A child of the Civil Rights Movement, whose parents were active in 1960s marches, Harris joined Black Lives Matter demonstrations this summer. In the Senate, Harris’ must-see cross-examinations of Republican witnesses in hearings helped elevate her national profile. She was considered a top-tier presidential contender when she launched her campaign last year before more than 22,000 people in her hometown of Oakland. But even as she displayed flashes of brilliance as a candidate — including the clash with Biden in the Miami debate, which temporarily boosted her in polls and helped her raise millions of dollars — Harris struggled with consistency and see-sawed between health care policies. Harris’ campaign unraveled under the weight of a confusing message and an unclear chain of command atop her staff, ending in mutiny amid late-fall layoffs. She flatlined into the low-single before dropping out before the Iowa caucuses. It was the first time Harris had lost a campaign, after a rapid rise through California. A former line prosecutor who got her start in Alameda County — the same office where former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren once presided — she launched her first political run in 2003, for San Francisco district attorney, as a decided longshot. Harris ultimately defeated the incumbent after accusing him of running a dysfunctional office and not addressing rising crime rates. While Harris cultivated the Bay Area’s wealthy and connected, she also campaigned with an ironing board, passing out leaflets at transit stops and blocking out her weekends to appear at clubs and churches in the famously left-wing city, where politics has been compared to bloodsport. Others have emerged nationally from this crucible, among them House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who became mayor of the city after the assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. But none have reached the heights Harris is now touching, or risen as quickly. Six years after the district attorney’s race, Harris was again seen as an underdog in her campaign for state attorney general. Up against a popular district attorney from Los Angeles, Republican Steve Cooley, Harris’ was seen even by some in her own party as unelectable, as an anti-death penalty woman of color from San Francisco — a dismissal that Harris has since worn as a badge of pride. Harris narrowly won the race, before building her political cachet to the point that she drew a nominal challenge for reelection in 2014 and cruised to an open Senate seat in 2016, becoming the first Indian American and only the second Black female senator. As Harris celebrated her election to the Senate, Trump’s victory in the race for president loomed over her victory speech — and ushered in the next phase of her career, which now has her months away from potentially moving into a White House office alongside Biden. “Do we retreat, or do we fight?” Harris said on election night 2016. “I say we fight. And I intend to fight.”
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!! It'll take 40 U-Haul vans to carry that cunt's baggage around the campaign trail. “With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." How can it get any funner -- or funnier!?!?!!! Thank you for this beautiful, exciting news! Can't wait to hear her voice trembling with shaky self-rightousness and wobbly fake compassion again ;)
_____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Not qualified and un-qualified.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Since when is an admitted whore unqualified for public office?
The truth of the matter is that the left is throwing this election in order to bring about violent civil unrest. There are protests going on even now. Soros is funding all of it. The dems are throwing this election because they have no viable candidates. "Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist
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The New York Times reported that Harris’s lead staffer stepped down and her campaign was having financial problems. “This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly,” wrote Kelly Mehelenbacher, Harris’s state operations lead, in a blistering resignation. Tulsi Gabbard Goes After the Party, Tangles With Kamala Harris Kamala Harris Proposes A 10-Hour School Day https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=229929 According to The Hill, Harris’ Family Friendly Schools Act would create a “pilot program to give schools funds to stay open during the entire workday throughout the school year, as well as to invest over $1 billion to boost summer learning programs.” Willie Brown Stiffs Kamala Harris; Says Hillary Clinton The Only One Who Can Beat Trump "Hillary is still the smartest of the bunch." https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=229095 Kamala Harris insists that government should dictate how much red meat you are allowed to consume https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=228608 According to Harris, Americans need to be eating far less meat in order to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from warming the planet to the point that it might flood the Obamas’ new beachfront estate in Martha’s Vineyard. ABC Contributor On Kamala Harris “Answering Questions We Saw Tonight Was A Challenge For Her” Politifact catches Kamala Harris in yet another lie and this one’s a DOOZY https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=228390 Sen. Kamala Harris claimed at a recent climate town hall that she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. She opened an investigation into the oil giant over allegations it was lying to the public and its shareholders about climate change. But there’s no public evidence, or any from her campaign, that she ever filed a lawsuit against the company. Katie Pavlich truth-bombs Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Beto OÂ’Rourke and Amy Klobuchar on the Philly shooter and gun control https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227828 The Philadelphia shooter was a felon. It is already illegal for felons to have guns Sharyl Attkisson dismantles Kamala Harris and Elizabeth WarrenÂ’s Michael Brown claims in fact-filled thread https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227761 The Obama Justice Dept. ultimately determined Brown was *not* "murdered" and "likely did not have his hands up" when shot. The Obama Justice Dept. declined to charge the officer with anything. New Redesign of CA Website Removes Arrest Reports from Kamala’s Controversial Years https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227565 “But I’m deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite but 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 blocked evidence — she blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California,” Gabbard said. Hot Mic Catches Biden Asking Kamala Harris To ‘Go Easy on Me’ https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227523 Kamala Harris Calls for Banning AR-15s https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227520 CNN Host Gets Kamala Harris To Admit She's Taking Away Your Employer-Provided Health Insurance https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227474 Kamala Harris Has To Answer For Not Prosecuting Steve Mnuchin https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227464 Steve Mnuchin and OneWest Bank were, according to a memo obtained and reported on by The Intercept, guilty of “widespread misconduct” in the form of over 1,000 legal violations. The memo was the result of a year-long investigation and it asserts that OneWest Bank operated to intentionally boost foreclosures. The Campaign for Accountability called for a federal investigation of Mnuchin and OneWest Bank claiming they used “potentially illegal tactics to foreclose on as many as 80,000 California homes.” Yet despite internal memos explicitly mentioning numerous prosecutable offenses by Mnuchin and co., then California Attorney General Kamala Harris refused to prosecute. She’s never given an explanation for her decision and Mnuchin later donated $2,000.00 to Harris’ campaign. It was his only donation to a Democratic candidate. Court Files Come Back To Haunt Kamala, Show Donation from ‘Vile’ Trump 8 Years Ago https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227451 The report said Harris took a $5,000 contribution from Trump, who donated extensively to political candidates of both parties during his tenure as the head ... Tulsi Gabbard torches Kamala on Criminal Justice https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=227425 Kamala Harris introduced legislation to tax people across the US to send the money to sanctuary cities to subsidize high rents. This program would only encourage more illegal immigration. And it would only benefit landlords in places like California who profited enough already from illegal immigration driving rental prices higher. Kamala Harris lied Kamala Harris lied in that famous debate confrontation with Joe Biden. That public school was desegregated before she was born. And her Indian born mother took her to Canada when she was 7. If Joe Biden had a brain and were 30 years younger, he could have said, "Excuse, but you were in Canada at that time." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lufxM4hlYE Democratic Debate ‘Winner’ Kamala Harris Has Flip-Flopped 3 Times in 24 Hours https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=226599 At issue is Harris’ decision on Thursday night to take a very public stand in pledging to end private health insurance in the United States, in favor of the “Medicare for All” idea championed by Vermont nutcase Bernie Sanders. In fact, Harris was the only candidate besides Sanders to raise a hand Thursday when moderator Lester Holt asked: “Who here would abolish their private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan?” That seems like a pretty straightforward position — if morally, intellectually and financially indefensible. But it turned out Harris really didn’t mean to be so straightforward after all. In an interview with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday, Harris said she didn’t hear the same question everyone else did. “Once and for all, do you believe that private insurance should be eliminated in this country?” “Morning Joe” co-anchor Willie Geist asked. “No,” Harris responded sharply. “But you raised your hand last night,” Geist said. “But the question was, would you give up your private insurance for that option and I said yes,” Harris clarified. “I think you heard it differently than others, then,” Geist responded. “Probably,” Harris said. Sure she did. To be fair, Holt did say “their private insurance,” but he also said “abolish.” Which is not something most people think of doing to their own insurance plans. Kamala Harris Won the Democratic Debate by Fudging Her Record https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=226591 Harris told viewers that she disagreed with President Obama’s policy of informing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when undocumented immigrants were arrested for state or local crimes. But “as district attorney of San Francisco, Kamala Harris supported a city policy that required law enforcement to turn over undocumented juvenile immigrants to federal immigration authorities if they were arrested and suspected of committing a felony, regardless of whether they were actually convicted of a crime,” CNN notes. Another whopper: Harris claimed last night to have been one of the earliest and biggest proponents of police-worn body cameras. But as recently as 2015, she was arguing against making it California’s official statewide policy. “I as a general matter believe that we should invest in the ability of law enforcement leaders in specific regions and with their departments to use … discretion to figure out what technology they are going to adopt based on needs that they have and resources that they have,” Harris said at the time. On FatherÂ’s Day, Kamala Harris Compares Military Dads to Illegal Aliens and Criminals https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=226244 Democratic Party presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (CA) posted Father’s Day greetings to Twitter on Sunday comparing deployed military fathers who are away from their children on Father’s Day to illegal aliens and accused criminals. Harris listed them in presumed order of dearness to her heart, putting US military dads third behind first-in-her heart illegal aliens and accused criminals who can’t make bail. “Today I’m thinking of the fathers who can’t be with their children because they were ripped from their sons and daughters at the border. The fathers who can’t celebrate today because they can’t afford bail. The fathers who are deployed. ... ‘Deal breaker’: Sen. Kamala Harris is in trouble for letting AIPAC come to her https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=224009 Kamala Harris found herself in hot water with CODE PINK for previously appearing at AIPAC’s conference and urged not to attend in 2019. MoveOn’s membership also urged all 2020 candidates to keep their distance from AIPAC this year. Harris didn’t go to the AIPAC conference this year, but she did let AIPAC come to her: Poster Comment:INTERESTING POINT: Move On is a George Soros front. ‘Huge injustice’: Kamala Harris accused of refusing to prosecute Podesta-linked company in exchange for bribes https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=223820 Kamala Harris is being slammed by Latino activists for refusing to investigate the Ponzi scheme operated by nutritional supplement marketer Herbalife in exchange for what amounts to bribes masquerading as “donations” from Herbalife lobbyist Heather Podesta. At the time, Harris was the attorney general of California. Heather Podesta was married to Tony Podesta, the high-powered lobbyist with longstanding ties to Hillary Clinton. Tony’s brother John Podesta was the campaign manager for Hillary 2016 presidential campaign. Kamala Harris’ Father Turns on Her: ‘We Wish To Categorically Dissociate Ourselves from This Travesty’ https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=223250 The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris said he wanted to “dissociate” himself from his daughter’s “fraudulent stereotype” of attributing her support for smoking pot to her Jamaican heritage. Last week, on New York’s “The Breakfast Club” radio program, Harris denied opposing the legalization of recreational marijuana use. “That’s not true,” she told co-host Charlamagne Tha God. Asked if she ever smoked pot, the candidate answered, “I have. And I inhaled. I did inhale. It was a long time ago,” then revealing it was in college. Kamala Harris Supports Canceling Columbus Day on New Hampshire Stop https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=223156 Sen. Harris (D-CA) told a Monday crowd in Portsmouth that she would support replacing the longstanding U.S. holiday in favor of “Indigenous Peoples Day,” Kamala Harris’ A.G. Office Tried to Keep Inmates Locked Up for Cheap Labor https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=222965 Ordered to reduce the population of California’s overcrowded prisons, lawyers from then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office made the case that some non-violent offenders needed to stay incarcerated or else the prison system would lose a source of cheap labor. In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that California’s prisons were so overcrowded that they violated the Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Three years later, in early 2014, the state was ordered to allow non-violent, second time offenders who have served half of their sentence to be eligible for parole. Kamala Harris: No Friend to Criminal Justice Reform She didn't push for reform when she had the opportunity as district attorney and as attorney general. https://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=222693 During her time as San Francisco's district attorney, Harris oversaw the city's mismanaged crime lab. A San Francisco superior court judge ruled that the D.A.'s office ignored demands that it take responsibility for the lab's failings, and that it violated defendants' rights by hiding information about a corrupt technician who had been stealing cocaine. (Harris challenged the release of a man who had been exonerated by the Innocence Project and had his conviction overturned. Harris argued that Daniel Larsen, who spent 13 years in prison for the crime of possessing a concealed knife, had not produced evidence of his innocence fast enough. A federal judge overturned his conviction after finding that Larsen had shown he was innocent, that the cops testifying at his trial weren't credible, and that his attorney, since disbarred, was constitutionally ineffective because he had failed to call any witnesses.My comment) As attorney general of California, Harris challenged the release of a man who had been exonerated by the Innocence Project and had his conviction overturned. Harris argued that Daniel Larsen, who spent 13 years in prison for the crime of possessing a concealed knife, had not produced evidence of his innocence fast enough. A federal judge overturned his conviction after finding that Larsen had shown he was innocent, that the cops testifying at his trial weren't credible, and that his attorney, since disbarred, was constitutionally ineffective because he had failed to call any witnesses. When the Supreme Court decided that California's overcrowded prisons represented cruel and unusual punishment, Attorney General Harris fought a ruling ordering California to release some of its prisoners. Harris claims she had to fight the ruling for Gov. Jerry Brown. "I have a client, and I don't get to choose my client," she said. But the attorney general in California is an independent, elected position, not an appointee serving at the governor's pleasure. She also refused to endorse sentencing reform measures on the ballot in 2012 and 2014, saying she couldn't do so because she was responsible for producing an official explanation of the measures. John Van de Kamp, a Democrat who served as attorney general from 1983 to 1991, told The New York Times Magazine that her explanation was "baloney." No statute prohibits attorneys general from endorsing ballot measures, and de Kamp himself endorsed three separate 1990 ballot measures while he held the office. When a federal judge ruled in 2014 that California's application of the death penalty was unconstitutional, Harris fought that ruling too, almost certainly for political reasons. The first time she had run for attorney general, back in 2010, only one law enforcement group endorsed her; the rest were upset that she hadn't sought the death penalty against an alleged cop killer in San Francisco. In 2014, by contrast, nearly 50 police groups endorsed her reelection campaign. Harris has also been a staunch supporter of the drug war. As San Francisco D.A. she opposed a measure to legalize marijuana, and when she ran for attorney general she argued that legalization would encourage people to work and drive while high. As attorney general, she called for an expansion of the state's efforts to track prescription drug users. She also opposed cuts to drug enforcement programs that often targeted drug dealers for nonviolent offenses. Harris also wanted to threaten the parents of truants with jail time. Truancy in California is defined as having three unexcused absences or being late to school by 30 minutes three times in one school year. "We take this matter very seriously," she told lawmakers. "A child going without an education is tantamount to a crime." NEW evidence: Kamala Harris wrongfully charged this Trump supporter with "hate crime" LAPD never bothered to check the defendant's phone records in the 30 days prior to his arrest. The records would have proved that he never made the 2 phone calls in question. The man who made the calls was the son of a prominent Democrat judge. The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
She's gonna club him to death while he's taking his mid-morning nap. “I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
After that drubbing she gave him during the debates I am very surprised he picked her. I wonder what is happening behind the scenes, like when they twisted Ronald Reagan's arm to pick George H.W. Bush as his running mate. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Super Joe should have picked Javanka. Split the progressive libtard trumpkin vote. My growing suspicion for many weeks now, and I agree with you entirely. Just about every national Dem figure is simply indigestible as a presidential candidate. The presumed campaign figureheads are 1) a senile basement-dwelling white guy who can barely string a sentence togther, and 2) a "whore only known for riding a married man 40 years her senior into positions of power and influence. . . wholly unqualified to hold office" as one poster put it. Biden's choice is too left for the average voter and too LE for the voters on the left. What the dems put on the ticket this time around is so damned gag-me bad that they virtually ensure the Donald's reelection. I believe they'll be happy with another four years of obstruction and mayhem.
Come'on man, give the skank a break; the wandering willie that slithered into her viper pit was only thirty years her senior.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
So this wrongly accused guy was supposedly going to carry out a Taliban-style attack? You can only use one rifle at a time unless you are an octopus. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Oh noes! There's a picture that will give me nightmares.
In Chicago the saying was, "Vote early and vote often". They had a big problem with voter fraud and ghost voters in particular. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Snicker....
-Alex Kurtagic 
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Biden selecting Kamala then remembering Kamala believed his accusers
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The truth of the matter is that the left is throwing this election in order to bring about violent civil unrest.
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Come'on man, give the skank a break; the wandering willie that slithered into her viper pit was only thirty years her senior.
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