If Harris really said this then she is woefully uninformed and insulting to the memory of Frederick Douglas. Any informed American, especially any whose ancestors were actually enslaved, should fully challenge Harris about this.
I don’t have the meeting recording, but she said it again on camera the next day when asked about it. Also brought Selma into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeSSUVCcB-Q Fox Business with Stuart Varney; Lawrence Jones comments on it.
Kamala Harris compares ‘courageous’ Texas Democrats to Frederick Douglass
https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/kamala-harris-compares-courageous-texas-dems-to-frederick-douglass/