Senator Kamala Harris chose to do both, and she did so effectively, in what turned out to be the breakout performance of the evening. Very early in the debate, when asked how the candidates planned to pay for their various proposals, Harris put the question back on the moderators. First, Harris shared how “hurtful” she found Biden’s warm remarks last week about working with the segregationist senator James Eastland. Kamala Harris, California senator Harris is one of Trump’s fiercest critics, and has built a national reputation grilling administration officials during their confirmation hearings. Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator Sanders turned a long-shot, anti-establishment bid for the presidency into a “political revolution” that energized the party’s progressive base.

Source: The Guardian June 28, 2019 05:48 UTC