How Kamala Harris’s Attack on Joe Biden Helped Her
What the infamous debate-night quarrel over busing means for the future of the Democratic ticket
O, just under an hour into the first Democratic primary debate, Kamala Harris turned her attention to the front-runner, Joe Biden. A week earlier, during an event in New York City, the former vice president had riffed about his relationships with segregationist senators, such as James Eastland and Herman Talmadge, to illustrate a point about civility and compromise in politics. Harris, who was the only Black person onstage that night, took offense. “You also worked with them to oppose busing.
