Posted on 10/25/2019 6:05:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Friday she won't take part in a forum being held a historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina this weekend after President Donald Trump was given a "Bipartisan Justice Award."
As the only candidate who attended an HBCU, I know the importance that these spaces hold for young Black Americans," Harris, who was slated to participate in Second Step Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College on Saturday, said in a statement.
The California senator cited the fact that only a limited number of students from the school were allowed to attend Trump's remarks as the final straw.
"Today, when it became clear Donald Trump would receive an award after decades of celebrating mass incarceration, pushing the death penalty for innocent Black Americans, rolling back police accountability measures and racist behavior that puts peoples lives at risk, and then learned all but ten Benedict students are excluded from participating, I cannot in good faith be complicit in papering over his record," Harris said.
The event's organizer, the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, cited Trump's work in getting the criminal justice reform measure the First Step Act passed as the impetus for the award.
Trump tweeted that it was "my true honor" to receive the award.
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I was wondering how many of them would cancel. Sucking up to blacks who love this president is quite the trick.
I admire how she stands up for her principles. Even if it means she drops from 0.5% in the polls to 0.25%.
HoeBama is neither black, nor is she an American.
And she's old. You know what they say about old hoes...
That's a blow coffee through your nose and all over your keyboard post.
Yes, but Mike doesn’t need artificial appendages.
Scolds R Us
So the uppity blacks didnt vote the way their plantation masters demand so she rebukes them?
Skanka is surging at five percent in most of the polls and is running out of money. She knows she will NOT be the nominee and shes PISSED.
The darling of the Fake News is stinking road kill.
From: Trump Given The Bipartisan Justice Award By Black Organization For First Step Act
Wasnt she a prosecutor?
She realizes Trump signed the prison reform act that freed tons of African Americans. I guess not.
Today all the hbcu’s do is promote black racism. They were doing it in the 90s. I spent a summer living in an apartment with two of them.
The btch responsible for jailing more blacks is trying to spin the record on Trump actually doing the opposit.
Wtf.
You’re going to see that Trump’s 2020 win will be blamed on black males. They’re going to break off and vote for Trump because of 1) actual criminal justice reform 2) Kanye 3) the economy.
I’m guessing 1-2% of black females might swing his way but doubtful any more.
Arrogant witch. No one will care that she is not there.
But she’s hoping someone will notice....I mean she’s all wrapped up in self-rightousness.....and she’s making a statement!!! Still a lot of ignorant, brainwashed people out there.
Oh, I think he’ll get about 10% more of the female blacks. They have two eyes and can see that everyone is doing better now than they were under the Hawaiian Messiah.
I think Willie Brown literally boinked Heels Up Harris’s brains out.
“As the only candidate who attended an HBCU, I know the importance that these spaces hold for young Black Americans,”
then why did she pull a Dolezal and take up a ‘space’?
> As the only candidate who attended an HBCU...
Now I’m confused. I thought diversity was our strength.
Big mistake. She just insulted black students who study hard, not sleep their way up the poles of politicians.
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