Harris's Personal Story Bests Biden's Senate Record on Race
- Senator shares her own experience with school integration
- Former Vice President struggles to respond to busing question
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Joe Biden tried to defend his record on the most emotional issue in American life -- race relations -- with a recitation of state’s rights and senatorial procedure and got caught by a candidate who could speak in personal terms of how the nation’s long struggle with prejudice affected her.
In the most dramatic moment in Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Senator Kamala Harris, 54, questioned Biden, 76, over his role opposing federal enforcement of the school busing policies she credited with affording her a quality education. The exchange highlighted the racial and generational divides between the Democrats seeking to win their party’s nomination and face President Donald Trump in November 2020.