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Joe Biden Meet Kamala Harris

What the junior senator from California, Kamela Harris, had to say about the confirmation hearings for Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, from American Spectator [1]

Our society is littered with glaring examples of the rich and powerful facing minimal consequences for their actions — often until their secrets are unearthed and public outcry ensues. In some cases, the rich and powerful not only escape accountability altogether, but are handed even more power despite what they have done. It should come as no surprise then that many Americans have lost faith in our democracy and in our system of justice. No person, no matter how rich or powerful, should be above the law or escape accountability. But, that is not the example we see.…

After allegations of sexual assault surfaced during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, I saw up close that the hearings and FBI investigation were not a serious pursuit of truth or justice. What we saw instead was a process that failed to properly acknowledge and believe the survivors of sexual assault and misconduct. That process ultimately failed people across the country, especially women.…

We have a responsibility not just as public servants, but as mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, and fellow humans to hold people accountable for wrongdoing. Failure to do so sends a message to little girls and boys — and women and men — about the value of truth and honesty, and about their right to safety and autonomy. If we stand idly by, we are telling them that our country values the easy way out over doing the right thing.…

We still have a chance to get it right.

I note that the senator’s remarks were in reference to the current Associate Justice and not the former Vice President, and the senator’s emphasis was not on truth but a demand for blind acceptance, “What we saw instead was a process that failed to properly acknowledge and believe the survivors of sexual assault and misconduct.”  The senator’s logic is that Christine Blasey Ford made an allegation.  So it must be accepted as if true.  Then the accused must be properly punished.  The senator’s remarked are noted, but not endorsed.

So question for a none senile member of Slow Joe’s b/k/a Joseph Biden, campaign staff, when will the Biden campaign either refute Harris’s position, or accept them and respond to Tara Reade’s allegation.  Think that is called put up or shut up.