| − | In the First Debate Harris confronted former Obama VP [[Joseph Biden]] over his role in repealing sections of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] that restored funding to schools refusing to integrate with [[Black]]s after the 1954 ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' desegregation order.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kamala-harris-says-she-was-a-victim-of-bidens-racial-policies 'That little girl was me': Kamala Harris says she was a victim of Biden's anti-busing racial policies], by Ellie Bufkin, ''Washington Examiner'', June 27, 2019.</ref> The Biden Amendment,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration], By JASON SOKOL, ''[[Politico]]'', August 04, 2015.</ref> originally written by segregationist Democrat Sen. James Eastland, but with Biden's name on it with few modifications, restored federal funding for schools that refused to comply with court ordered desegregation and busing.<ref>[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/joe-biden-record-on-busing-incarceration-racial-justice-democratic-primary-2020-explained.html Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?], By Eric Levitz, ''Intelligencer'', Mar. 12, 2019.</ref> Harris told [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]]: {{quotebox-float|If those segregationists would have had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, and I certainly would not be a serious candidate for President of the United States. ... Barack Obama would not have been in a position to appoint Joe Biden Vice President of the United States. So the consequences of their actions were very real, and on the shoulders of the history of our country of really a very bad, awful, dark, dangerous, and lethal time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p23VyNxnOQ&feature=youtu.be</ref>}} | + | In the First Debate Harris confronted former Obama VP [[Joseph Biden]] over his role in repealing sections of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] that restored funding to schools refusing to integrate with [[Black]]s after the 1954 ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' desegregation order.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kamala-harris-says-she-was-a-victim-of-bidens-racial-policies 'That little girl was me': Kamala Harris says she was a victim of Biden's anti-busing racial policies], by Ellie Bufkin, ''Washington Examiner'', June 27, 2019.</ref> The Biden Amendment,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration], By JASON SOKOL, ''[[Politico]]'', August 04, 2015.</ref> originally written by segregationist Democrat Sen. [[James Eastland]], but with Biden's name on it with few modifications, restored federal funding for schools that refused to comply with court ordered desegregation and busing.<ref>[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/joe-biden-record-on-busing-incarceration-racial-justice-democratic-primary-2020-explained.html Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?], By Eric Levitz, ''Intelligencer'', Mar. 12, 2019.</ref> Harris told [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]]: {{quotebox-float|If those segregationists would have had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, and I certainly would not be a serious candidate for President of the United States. ... Barack Obama would not have been in a position to appoint Joe Biden Vice President of the United States. So the consequences of their actions were very real, and on the shoulders of the history of our country of really a very bad, awful, dark, dangerous, and lethal time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p23VyNxnOQ&feature=youtu.be</ref>}} |
| | The next morning there were T-shirts bearing the words “That little girl was me” with the image of a young, pigtailed Harris, ready for sale on her website the following morning. Her ex-lover, 85 year old Willie Brown,<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref> wrote an op-ed saying that no Democrat could beat Trump.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlDgiytgrQ</ref> After wiping the floor with Biden, Harris' poll numbers were cut in half from 20& to 12% to 7% in the space of two weeks, with only 1% of black Democrats supporting her,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/08/06/hoo-boy-new-national-poll-shows-harris-sliding-second-dem-debate/</ref> her chosen group to identify with. | | The next morning there were T-shirts bearing the words “That little girl was me” with the image of a young, pigtailed Harris, ready for sale on her website the following morning. Her ex-lover, 85 year old Willie Brown,<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref> wrote an op-ed saying that no Democrat could beat Trump.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlDgiytgrQ</ref> After wiping the floor with Biden, Harris' poll numbers were cut in half from 20& to 12% to 7% in the space of two weeks, with only 1% of black Democrats supporting her,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/08/06/hoo-boy-new-national-poll-shows-harris-sliding-second-dem-debate/</ref> her chosen group to identify with. |