Vice President Harris said clearly that the U.S. has racism in its history, bucking remarks to the contrary from GOP presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“There is no denying that we have, in our history as a nation, racism,” she said in an ABC News interview Wednesday. “I think we all would agree that while it is part of our past, and that we see vestiges of it today, we should also be committed collectively to not letting it define the future of our country.”
“It’s unfortunate that there are some who would deny fact, or overlook it, when in fact, moving toward progress requires that we speak truth,” she added, referencing Haley’s remarks earlier this week.
Haley denied the country’s history of racism in a Fox News interview Tuesday.
I’m glad the VP is able to do it, but I don’t exactly believe her when during the 2020 Primaries she had a thing against Biden for the racial bussing programs. Then dropped out because being a Cop during the BLM movement was a bad look. Then joined Biden as VP. And when asked why she joined a racist who’s policies personally effected her childhood, she said “It was a debate!”
I’m hoping she sticks to her word and tries to push for some changes for good.
Yeah, Harris is right, and it’s good that the VP acknowledges this, but… her own history on the matter is spotty.
She mostly abandoned her attack on BIden a day or two after the debate when some focus group told her she should actually also oppose federally mandated bussing, so it wasn’t exactly surprising that it wasn’t a sticking point later.