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Why You Shouldn't Support Kamala Harris For The Upcoming 2020 Election: a thread
1. She supported a law that forces schools to turn undocumented students over to ICE, separating them from their parents.
source: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c758153e4b0bf166204509b
source: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c758153e4b0bf166204509b
2. Supported and funded a bill that would criminalize truancy, disproportionately harming single parent households, the poor, families of color and homeless mothers.
source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-truancy-arrests-2020-progressive-prosecutor_n_5c995789e4b0f7bfa1b57d2e
source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-truancy-arrests-2020-progressive-prosecutor_n_5c995789e4b0f7bfa1b57d2e
Example of a family of color affected by this:
https://twitter.com/wrightmywayout/status/1144509300556980224
https://twitter.com/wrightmywayout/status/1144509300556980224
Example of a homeless mother affected by this: https://mobile.twitter.com/WalkerBragman/status/1089974205284798464
3. Declined to prosecute Steven Mnuchin after his bank’s predatory lending and foreclosure fraud broke the law “over a thousand” times and ruined the lives of thousands of homeowners.
source: https://theintercept.com/2017/01/03/treasury-nominee-steve-mnuchins-bank-accused-of-widespread-misconduct-in-leaked-memo/
source: https://theintercept.com/2017/01/03/treasury-nominee-steve-mnuchins-bank-accused-of-widespread-misconduct-in-leaked-memo/
...he later donated to her campaign
source: http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/harris-was-the-only-democrat-in-2016-to-receive-cash-from-mnuchin
source: http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/harris-was-the-only-democrat-in-2016-to-receive-cash-from-mnuchin
...and became Trump's Treasury Secretary
source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/harriet-tubman-dollar20-design-of-bill-was-ready-for-next-year-when-treasury-secretary-steve-mnuchin-delayed-it
source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/harriet-tubman-dollar20-design-of-bill-was-ready-for-next-year-when-treasury-secretary-steve-mnuchin-delayed-it
4. She spent years jailing disproportionately black nonviolent cannabis users
source: https://afropunk.com/2019/01/kamala-harris-has-been-tough-on-black-people-not-crime/
source: https://afropunk.com/2019/01/kamala-harris-has-been-tough-on-black-people-not-crime/
...she then tried to pander by admitting to smoking herself despite prosecuting others
source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/kamala-harriss-snoopgate-is-what-a-political-marijuana-controversy-looks-like-in-2019/
source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/kamala-harriss-snoopgate-is-what-a-political-marijuana-controversy-looks-like-in-2019/
5. Stopped the release of a man serving 27 years-to-life after being wrongfully convicted of possession of a knife under the three-strikes law she supported.
source: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general
source: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general
...and when civil rights groups and nearly 100,000 petition signatures got him released after 14 years she took him back to court again for a crime he didn’t commit
source: http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/07/31/38460/san-fernando-valley-man-s-freedom-hangs-in-appeal/
source: http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/07/31/38460/san-fernando-valley-man-s-freedom-hangs-in-appeal/
6. Opposed reforming California’s three-strikes law, which is the only one in the country to impose life sentences for minor felonies and incarcerates black people at 12x the rate as white people
source: https://www.thenation.com/article/reforming-three-strikes/
source: https://www.thenation.com/article/reforming-three-strikes/
...she opposed the law THREE different times
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/kamala-harris-a-top-cop-in-the-era-of-black-lives-matter.html?_r=0
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/kamala-harris-a-top-cop-in-the-era-of-black-lives-matter.html?_r=0
7. Protected serial child rapists by refusing to prosecute in the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
source: https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/
source: https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kamala-harris-san-francisco-catholic-church-child-abuse/
8. Tried to deny a transgender inmate healthcare and endangered trans women by forcing them into mens prisons.
source: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/05/05/harris-renews-effort-to-block-gender-reassignment-for-trans-inmate/
source: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/05/05/harris-renews-effort-to-block-gender-reassignment-for-trans-inmate/
...which lead up to the torture and rape of trans inmates
source: https://theappeal.org/incarcerated-transgender-womens-lives-must-matter/
source: https://theappeal.org/incarcerated-transgender-womens-lives-must-matter/
9. Stood by silently as $730 million was spent on moving inmates to for-profit private prisons
source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/29/mercury-news-editorial-kamala-harris-needs-to-tackle-prison-standoff/
source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/29/mercury-news-editorial-kamala-harris-needs-to-tackle-prison-standoff/
10. Voted two different times to block federal funding for abortions
source: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2019/06/06/guess-who-else-voted-against-federal-funding-for-abortion-443667?cid=su_tw_pb
source: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2019/06/06/guess-who-else-voted-against-federal-funding-for-abortion-443667?cid=su_tw_pb
11. She supports Trump escalating war in Syria
source: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/24/bipartisan-war-congress-trump-syria-iran-russia-hezbollah/
source: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/24/bipartisan-war-congress-trump-syria-iran-russia-hezbollah/
12. Voted to give Trump increased military spending
source: https://votesmart.org/bill/23430/61033/120012/national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2018#.XQQgLtNKifQ
source: https://votesmart.org/bill/23430/61033/120012/national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2018#.XQQgLtNKifQ
...she did that TWICE: https://votesmart.org/bill/25215/64284/120012/department-of-defense-and-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-appropriations-act-2019#.XQQhV9NKifQ
13. Mocks the activist call to “build more schools, less jails”
source: https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1090067362907340800?lang=en
source: https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1090067362907340800?lang=en
14. Accepted thousands of dollars of campaign funds from Donald and Ivanka Trump multiple times
source: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226975319.html
source: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226975319.html
15. Opposed legalization of sex work
source: http://www.laweekly.com/news/a-new-movement-to-legalize-prostitution-faces-a-fight-with-kamala-harris-5570911
source: http://www.laweekly.com/news/a-new-movement-to-legalize-prostitution-faces-a-fight-with-kamala-harris-5570911
...endangered sex workers
source: https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/a52334/backpage-shutdown-make-sex-workers-less-safe/
source: https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/a52334/backpage-shutdown-make-sex-workers-less-safe/
...and oversaw people being charged for prostitution without even agreeing to sex
source: https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/stung/Content?oid=2177526&showFullText=true
source: https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/stung/Content?oid=2177526&showFullText=true
16. Refused to investigate Herbalife’s exploitation and fraud
source: https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-accused-of-letting-company-exploiting-latinos-off-the-hook/
source: https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-accused-of-letting-company-exploiting-latinos-off-the-hook/
...and, conveniently enough, later received donations from people connected to the corporation
source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/03/documents-show-san-diego-prosecutors-told-kamala-h.html
source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/03/documents-show-san-diego-prosecutors-told-kamala-h.html
17. Refused to prosecute PG&E for its massive gas pipeline explosion
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/pge-california-politics.html
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/pge-california-politics.html
...and now its consultants are running her campaign
source: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/kamala-harris-2020-campaign-1116076
source: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/kamala-harris-2020-campaign-1116076
18. Is a latecomer in endorsing Medicare for All and already appears to be backtracking on it
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/kamala-harris-medicare-for-all-eliminate-private-insurers-backlash/index.html?fbclid=IwAR02tpOFAeIPk2Ge15CyuXcoUQSPcsTVjpvGhx-us6vj9jZJAc-owanHinQ
source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/kamala-harris-medicare-for-all-eliminate-private-insurers-backlash/index.html?fbclid=IwAR02tpOFAeIPk2Ge15CyuXcoUQSPcsTVjpvGhx-us6vj9jZJAc-owanHinQ
19. Supports foreign right-wing influences Netanyahu and AIPAC https://theintercept.com/2018/03/07/kamala-harris-israel-aipac/
20. Systematically violated defendants’ civil and constitutional rights” in crime lab scandal
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/crime-lab-scandal-rocked-kamala-harriss-term-as-san-francisco-district-attorney/2019/03/06/825df094-392b-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/crime-lab-scandal-rocked-kamala-harriss-term-as-san-francisco-district-attorney/2019/03/06/825df094-392b-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html
21. Co-sponsored the bill that let Trump impose sanctions on Iran
source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/722/cosponsors
source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/722/cosponsors
...which violated the nuclear deal and lead to the currently rising tensions
source: https://thinkprogress.org/media-outlets-lawmakers-us-violated-iran-nuclear-deal-5907a0e5743a/
source: https://thinkprogress.org/media-outlets-lawmakers-us-violated-iran-nuclear-deal-5907a0e5743a/
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For writing this article that inspired me to make this thread. Follow him, check him out and check his article out. https://medium.com/@westonpagano/a-guide-to-the-2020-democratic-candidates-you-should-not-vote-for-c1c6e4c9c26
For writing this article that inspired me to make this thread. Follow him, check him out and check his article out. https://medium.com/@westonpagano/a-guide-to-the-2020-democratic-candidates-you-should-not-vote-for-c1c6e4c9c26
