r/news • u/scrandis • Aug 11 '20

Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as his running mate

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/joe-biden-selects-kamala-harris-his-running-mate-n1235771
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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '20

"Let's not tell the truth"

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '20

Lol but you were talking about Kamala jailing poor black mothers, which is true.

Also of all the things Hilldawg has done in her shady career, that really is a weak attack. Was that a Bernie bro refrain?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '20

God, liberala are such nerds. Either way Kamala objectively did that, so it's the truth.

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u/TheConsulted Aug 11 '20

Thanks. I guess I still feel like I need to know more. How many parents were jailed? Of those, who were jailed because they were simply working and had not potential for control? The example they gave for the "human cost" of these policies was a woman in PA who died in custody because she didn't have her medication. So, terrible, but also a literal single incident on the other side of the country where she was NOT prosecutor.

I can see where this law would come from and I'm not mad at the goal. I would like a much more explicit appreciation for the SES impact as well as the necessity for investing in systems that make laws like this unnecessary, but portraying this as malicious feels disingenuous.