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Tulsi Gabbard: Harris Jailed People for Marijuana, Laughed About Smoking It

posted onAugust 1, 2019
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“Senator Harris says she’s proud of her record as a prosecutor, and that she’ll be a prosecutor president, but I’m deeply concerned about this record,” Gabbard began. “There are too many examples to cite, but she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana,” she continued. Harris famously said during an interview with the The Breakfast Club radio show that she smoked marijuana while she was in college while listening to Snoop Dogg and Tupac. Harris has faced lingering questions on her tough stances as a fe

2020 Democrat Candidates Rip Former President Barack Obama's Record

posted onAugust 1, 2019
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Democrats like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized Democrats for continuing to support the concept of private insurance. “There’s this mythology that somehow all of these folks are in love with their insurance in America,” he said. Obama’s former secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julian Castro criticized Obama’s former Department of Homeland Secretary, saying that his concern about decriminalizing crossing the border illegally was merely a “right-wing talking point.” He also criticized the Obama administration for high rates of deportation of illegal

Scorecard: Grading the Democratic candidates on the second night of the July debates - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 1, 2019
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Former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were both in the hot seat Wednesday as they defended their records and proposals in the second night of the second round of 2020 Democratic presidential debates. While this pair will dominate the headlines, the real drama was among the seven on the stage who have not yet qualified for the next round of debates. There are 25 Democrats running for president, but only about 10 are expected to meet the party’s requirements for the next debate in September. By Aug.

Kirsten Gillibrand, Joe Biden spar over Biden’s 1980s stance on child care tax credit - The Boston Globe

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand attacked former vice president Joe Biden over his record on women’s issues in Wednesday night’s debate, bringing up a stance the former Senator from Delaware took in the 1980s in opposition to expanding child care tax credits to high income families. Gillibrand used an op-ed written by Biden from that time period explaining his stance to suggest he was not supportive of working mothers. “What did you mean when you said, when a woman works outside

FBI agents raid South Bend Housing Authority offices - The Boston Globe

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FBI agents raided the offices of the Housing Authority of South Bend, Indiana, on Wednesday, the second potential distraction back home for the presidential campaign of the city’s mayor, Pete Buttigieg. No one was arrested during the raid, in which evidence collection teams visited the housing authority’s headquarters on Alonzo Watson Drive at about 1 p.m. with a police officer and U.S.

Health care, immigration emerge as points of division in second night of Democratic debate - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 1, 2019
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DETROIT —Former vice president Joe Biden, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, faced down a barrage of criticism Wednesday night as his opponents sought to cast him as a relic of a bygone era, ill-equipped to lead his party as it grapples with urgent questions about race, immigration, and the best way to beat President Trump. One by one they dug in, denigrating Biden’s health care plan, criminal justice record, support for free trade policies, and the immigration policies pursued by President Barack Obama.