In remarks to reporters today in San Francisco, Sen. Kamala Harris confirmed she still supports busing to de-segregate schools and she believes the federal government has a role in making it happen. Via NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard:
.@KamalaHarris: “I support busing. Listen, the schools of America are as segregated, if not more segregated, today than when I was in [school]…need to put every effort, including busing, into play to de-segregate the schools…fed govt has a role & a responsibility to step up." pic.twitter.com/a7ujueP0Bu
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) June 30, 2019
Congratulation President Trump on your reelection!
It's almost as if they are just looking to adopt every terrible policy proposal of the last 50 years at once. https://t.co/tcnD46IgbC
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 30, 2019
Hardest hit? The Bulwark:
Really? We’re going to be talking about involuntary busing again? One of the issues that drove so many working class voters away from the Dems for a generation or more? https://t.co/m3K1VsYa7V
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 1, 2019
Oh, and “Morning Joe” is going to be lit on Monday:
So do you support busing now as a plank of the Democratic Party?
How about letting disadvantaged black students being able to go to the schools of their choice like, say, Harlem Village Academy? I support that freedom for poor, disadvantaged black students. Do you? https://t.co/FIKe5Zyd3f
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 30, 2019
Exit question: Does anyone want busing today?
Memo to Democrats and Members of the Press:
Only 5% of Americans supported busing when Biden opposed it.“5% of those surveyed said they favored that approach; broken into racial groups, 4 percent of whites and 9% of blacks supported busing. https://t.co/GeHFOozULI
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 30, 2019
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