Harris Stands by Decision to ‘Speak the Truth’ on Race Matters

2020 Democratic hopeful attends San Francisco gay pride rally
Senator has faced online birther-like campaign since debate

Kamala Harris speaks during a San Francisco Pride event on Sunday.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Jennifer Epstein

June 30, 2019 at 10:22 PM UTC

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Kamala Harris stood by her decision to confront Joe Biden on race during last week’s Democratic debate as she now faces an online campaign attacking her along racial lines.

“It may make people uncomfortable to speak the truth about the history of our country but we must speak the truth,” the California senator told reporters Sunday outside San Francisco’s city hall after marching in the city’s gay pride parade.