In a tweet that will go down in history, Joe Biden described his vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris as both «a fearless fighter for the little guy» and «one of the country’s finest public servants.» And if anyone knows that, it’s certainly him, as Biden and Harris previously faced off during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
Things got especially tense between the two during a heated exchange about a race-related issue. As reported by the New York Times, Harris called Biden out for what she perceived as his opposition to mandatory school busing legislation in the 1970s. Harris was careful to start the conversation by explaining that she did not think Biden was a racist. She did, however, make it known that his stance was personal to her. «There was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day, and that little girl was me,» Harris declared.
Things got exceptionally contentious when Biden referred to Harris’ accusation as «a mischaracterization of my position across the board.» He followed up by maintaining that he «did not oppose busing in America,» but rather «busing ordered by the Department of Education.» Since that fateful heated debate, however, things appeared to cool off between the two, so much so that the two plan to embark on a fight for the White House together.
