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Kamala Harris' 'top cop' background complicates matters for GOP
Republicans took a chance nominating a criminal for president. As Democrats prepare to nominate a former prosecutor, the risk is suddenly greater.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kamala-harris-top-cop-2024-election-republicans-democrats-rcna163062
Most American presidents were lawyers before seeking elected office, but the number of presidents with prosecutorial experience is vastly smaller. Vice President Kamala Harris would join this tiny club.
The New York Times reported on the Democratic candidate’s professional background:
A Time magazine report added that Harris, who campaigned in the Golden State as California’s “top cop,” also “developed a tough-on-crime reputation as district attorney.”.....
Just as notably, Trump has promised pardons for insurrectionists, many of whom violently clashed with police officers.
And that was before he prepared to take on a former prosecutor.
Complicating matters, some of the top contenders for the Democratic vice presidential nomination — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — are also former prosecutors, raising the prospect of two former prosecutors taking on the first presidential candidate in American history to be convicted of a crime.....
As for Trump, the former president said at a rally on Saturday: “You’re not going to teach a criminal not to be a criminal.”
Don’t be surprised if Team Harris puts that quote to use in the coming weeks and months.
The New York Times reported on the Democratic candidate’s professional background:
In 1987, she returned to California for law school, earning her degree at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. She then stayed in her home state, where she built a career as a prosecutor, first in the Bay Area and then statewide, ascending to increasingly influential offices. In her first role, she joined the Alameda County prosecutor’s office in Oakland in 1990, where she specialized in prosecuting child sexual assault cases. Over the next several years, she rose first in that office and then in San Francisco.
A Time magazine report added that Harris, who campaigned in the Golden State as California’s “top cop,” also “developed a tough-on-crime reputation as district attorney.”.....
Just as notably, Trump has promised pardons for insurrectionists, many of whom violently clashed with police officers.
And that was before he prepared to take on a former prosecutor.
Complicating matters, some of the top contenders for the Democratic vice presidential nomination — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — are also former prosecutors, raising the prospect of two former prosecutors taking on the first presidential candidate in American history to be convicted of a crime.....
As for Trump, the former president said at a rally on Saturday: “You’re not going to teach a criminal not to be a criminal.”
Don’t be surprised if Team Harris puts that quote to use in the coming weeks and months.