Kamala Harris Shuts Down Meghan McCain

[RandySF]

Two weeks after her star-making performance at the first Democratic presidential primary debate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) returned to The View on Friday to face some of Joe Biden’s biggest media boosters.

Before getting to Biden, co-host Ana Navarro asked the former prosecutor to weigh in on the morning’s hottest topic: the resignation of Trump’s labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, over his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Harris “absolutely” disputed the notion that Acosta cut the toughest deal he could with Epstein, calling child sexual-assault cases “some of the most difficult cases to prosecute” because “you’re asking a jury to believe a young person over an adult.” Any prosecutor “worth their salt,” she said, should have put Epstein’s case before a jury and made sure he went to prison “for a long period of time.”

“It is difficult, but it’s done every day in courtrooms in America,” she added. “Every day in courtrooms in America, prosecutors are prosecuting these cases and getting convictions. I got them. I personally got them. So that’s what I find so troubling about the narrative.”

It was left to Meghan McCain to change the subject.

“I think we’re all in agreement of how abhorrent all of it is, and it’s very difficult to talk about, but I’m glad we are,” she said. “I need to pivot though if you don’t mind. So let’s talk about Joe Biden.”

In an attempt at a “gotcha” moment, McCain brought up a pre-debate quote from Harris in which the senator said, “You are not going to hear me criticize Joe Biden. I think he’s a great guy.” McCain said she thinks “a lot of people are curious what happened to that promise.”

“I have no intention of attacking Joe Biden, but I am going to point out our differences of opinion on a very critical moment in the history of the United States,” Harris said calmly. She went on to explain that it was Biden’s comments about segregationist senators that prompted her to bring up the issue of busing in the debate.

“So listen, this is a presidential race,” Harris said. “And I absolutely agree and believe and maintain that we should not have personal attacks against each other, we should not be attacking each other, but we’re on a debate stage.”

As McCain interrupted the senator to say that a Biden adviser called her “slick and slippery,” Harris held up a finger and said, “Hold on!”

“Well, you know what?” Harris continued. “We’re on a debate stage, and if you have not prepared and you’re not ready for somebody to point out a difference of opinion about the history of segregation in our country and what was necessary to deal with that, which at that time was busing, then you’re probably not ready.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-shuts-down-the-views-meghan-mccain-for-siding-with-joe-biden?ref=wrap

[mr_lebowski]

1. And in the process steps right back into the same fight with Joe Biden ...

Just sayin' ...

[emmaverybo]

2. Intentional. Harris wants to keep that moment alive, a moment in which, essentially she cast

Biden as a segregationist. And now she calls him unprepared to answer that attack.

[ucrdem]

6. If she can't describe the first six years of her life without bending the truth every which way

that doesn't bode well for a close inspection of her record.

[Thekaspervote]

3. No one but her seems to think it's still a story

[Cha]

4. lol.. Harris also said at the debate that..

"Voters Don't want a Food Fight.. " right before she threw a plate full of Spaghetti in Joe Biden's face".

I stand with Joe Biden

[ucrdem]

5. You got it Cha.

“I have no intention of attacking Joe Biden," then she attacks Biden for being unprepared. Of course, he was plenty prepared and you can see it in the clip they show -- but you can't hear it because there's no sound. Hmm.

Also: she brings up the 1954 Brown vs Topeka Board of Ed. decision, which did not apply to Berkeley, and thus did not apply to her. There were no laws in Berkeley upholding segregation, and there was no federally mandated or court-ordered desegregation. Thus Joe's legislation did not apply to her, and it really isn't "personal" at all.

And when Megan McCain mentions Gabbard she gets really testy and insulting and accuses Joe of being unprepared for the White House. That's not attacking Biden? But as usual the media let her off the hook and go with the "Biden lost" headline.



p.s. I know you don't like her but your Rep. brings out the worst in my Senator!

[AlexSFCA]

7. she is getting very skilled at media. Others should take notice

She intends to win the primary and will fight hard for it. Everyone’s strategy is different but one must be willing to be a merciless fighter to take on trump - he won’t respond to politeness so needs to be baited skillfully.

[ucrdem]

8. Well she's clearly skilled at winning elections.

But in this particular election I strenuously reject her technique of attacking opponents personally and unfairly.

[AlexSFCA]

9. no, you feel bad cause he didn't defend himself

if he did, we wouldn’t talking about attacking but about his brilliant performance. All she did is pointed out that Biden needs to step up his game, that’s all.

[ucrdem]

10. Actually he pointed out politely that she was lying. And she got very testy and changed the subject

Did you happen to watch the debate?

[Cha]

13. So you know just how ucr feels and

why he feels that way, huh? lol

[ucrdem]

15. I think he did about the best he could.

There she was, a 54-year old woman talking about her hurtful feelings and childhood in a quavering voice, accusing him of racism and asking a really dumb gotcha question about legislation he worked on 44 years ago.

Where do you go with that? He pointed out her malarkey, not with that word of course, defended his record and shut up before he said something that could be used against him. Total ambush and I'm completely satisfied with how he handled it.

[Cha]

18. I know.. I've talked to you

about this enough to know you didn't "feel bad" about Biden rebuttal.

[Cha]

12. lol.. Wait what does Joe Biden have

to do with Gabbard?!

Why is she bringing up all these issues that have nothing to do with her.. doesn't she think people will investigate further?

Yeah, the media wants to bring down the one who's ahead in the polls, who has the best showing against the Psycho(their cash cow).. If they do that then they'll start on the next one.. to make it their special brand of horse race.. with trump getting rigged in all over again.

p.s. I know you don't like her but your Rep. brings out the worst in my Senator!

I thought that was Joe Biden!

[ucrdem]

14. I think Gabbard worries her.

And I think Gabbard is going to give her the what-for just like she gave Joe the what-for at the next debate. So she should be worried.

[Cha]

16. It's weird to me

that Gabbard would even come out with that.. she certainly didn't like President Obama so I figure there's some angle for her calling out Harris when no one else did.

That's it.. that's her niche!

Who knows?.. more to be revealed soon.. stay tuned!

[ucrdem]

17. Yep I imagine she saw an opening and took it

just like Harris did. But in being younger and female Gabbard can go where older guys can't. So . . .

[Cha]

19. ..

Too much!

[wyldwolf]

11. not that shutting down Meghan McCain is particularly difficult

[oldsoftie]

20. Oooh, "shuts down"! Such magnitude attached to a simple TV moment.