I need to prepare for Christmas dinner with my lib family and need well sourced arguments, since I will attack people from the left, the side of the political spectrum that needs sources for every claim. Anyway, sources like The Intercept or Jacobin are still acceptable.
You know the video in which she thinks it's hilarious to prosecute people, send them to jail because their kids weren't in school? No better proof how she thinks about struggling families, single parents, poor folks...
this one might not work, but it explains why trans people such as myself fucking hate her. You have my permission to play up the """wokescold""" angle if it gets libs to fucking understand that she's a transphobic cop.
https://www.them.us/story/kamala-harriss-record-on-trans-and-sex-work-issues
While Harris was California attorney general in 2015, she defended the state’s decision to deny giving Michelle Norsworthy, a trans woman incarcerated in a men’s prison, medically necessary surgery for her diagnosed gender dysphoria.
under Harris's leadership not only defended the denial of care in court in the face of Ms. Norsworthy’s escalating distress and suicidality but then continued to appeal decisions in her favor.”
The state even fucking ruled against her.
In April 2015, Federal District Court Judge Jon Tigar ruled that denying Norsworthy care violated her rights to adequate medical treatment under the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
ACAB
https://politijohn.tumblr.com/post/186036319237/get-to-know-kamala-harris
This master post has articles from tons of lib websites
https://prospect.org/justice/how-kamala-harris-fought-to-keep-nonviolent-prisoners-locked-up/
She covered for pedophile priests in order to win her race in SF.
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/
Here's a good one if they try the "but she's said/done some things to stop mass incarceration" line:
Growing numbers of critics have called for a 50% reduction in the number of people in prison. Yet an assessment of the rate of population decline of recent years shows that it would take seventy-five years to cut the prison population in half.
So whatever's currently being done is woefully insufficient.
And if they say a 50% reduction in the prison population sounds aggressive and unrealistic, point out that a reduction of this magnitude would still leave us with about 2.5 times the per-capita prison population of the U.K.
This is a good summary by a former public defender: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html
Article about how she campaigned as a tough-on-crime prosecutor: https://theintercept.com/2019/02/07/kamala-harris-san-francisco-district-attorney-crime/
During his first campaign for district attorney, Hallinan pledged to crack down on police misconduct. “I will not hesitate to treat them like any other citizen and prosecute them,” he said of the city’s police department after his victory.
In 2002, three off-duty police officers beat two San Francisco men over a bag of fajitas. The incident sparked outrage and Hallinan indicted not only the officers, but also the police department’s top brass, alleging a conspiracy to cover up the crime. The case led to the creation of Proposition H, a successful city ballot measure, crafted in part by Hallinan, to expand oversight over the police department. The case against the police, however, fell apart, with a judge dismissing the charges.
The incident further strained relations between police and the DA’s office. Behind the scenes, Harris courted law enforcement officials, earning the endorsements of the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, the incumbent sheriff, and a host of former prosecutors. In a recent Politico piece examining the history of the race, Gary Delagnes, a former police union official, remembered Harris coming up to him at a party, poking him in the chest and demanding, “You better endorse me, you better endorse me. You get it?”
This is a very long article about the futility of "progressive prosecutors" in general. I've only had time to skim read it for now but it looks good from what I've seen: https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/12/the-paradox-of-progressive-prosecution/
Other assorted articles about her:
https://medium.com/@bendalessio17/as-an-attorney-i-cannot-vote-for-a-ticket-that-includes-kamala-harris-b1b0b1014d52
https://jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general&mc_cid=4c6667d825&mc_eid=a87a1d7450
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/08/13/kamala-harriss-distinguished-career-of-serving-injustice/
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/13/kamala_harris_prosecutorial_record_2020_election
https://theappeal.org/kamala-harris-criminal-justice-record-killed-her-presidential-run/
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/kamala-harris-silicon-valley-donors-vp/
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/joe-biden-kamala-harris-vice-president-neoliberalism/
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/theres-nothing-progressive-about-kamala-harris-record-as-a-prosecutor/the oppo research reddit sub is r/BKAC_KamalaHarris lots and lots of articles there
https://www.reddit.com/r/BKAC_KamalaHarris/
Be prepared to to counter the “she’s ranked one of the most progressive senators”. You can counter it with her campaign in which she pulled back from more progressive positions.
I don't care, we got rid of Trump! Why don't you go hang out at an ICE facility and harangue the caged children about why Mike Pence is better than Kamala?
