Harris mocks Gabbard attack on her AG record, calls herself 'major tier' although rival at 'zero or one percent'

Sen. Kamala Harris mocked 2020 opponent Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, after the lawmaker from Hawaii slammed the Californian's document for a prosecutor about the presidential discussion stage Wednesday.

Harris claimed it absolutely was a situation of the “best-tier prospect” becoming attacked by another person at “zero or one percent.”

For the duration of Wednesday's next Democratic debate in Detroit, Gabbard slammed Harris' controversial report as California’s attorney common, which provided extensive prosecution of marijuana people -- Although Harris laughed about possessing eaten the drug herself inside of a current radio interview.

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“Sen. Harris suggests she's proud of her document for a prosecutor and that she'll be considered a prosecutor president, but I'm deeply worried about this record,” Gabbard explained. “There are too many examples to cite but she place around 1,500 persons in jail for marijuana violations after which laughed about this when she was questioned if she at any time smoked cannabis.”

“You can find too many examples to cite but she set about one,500 folks in jail for marijuana violations and after that laughed about it when she was questioned if she ever smoked marijuana.”

— U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii

She also blasted Harris for maintaining the hard cash bail procedure which, she argued, disproportionately harm inadequate folks. Gabbard accused Harris of maintaining prisoners beyond their sentence so as to rely on them as "cheap labor" in addition to blocking evidence that might have "freed an harmless male from Dying row."



Harris afterwards dismissed the assault after the debate throughout an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

“I'm naturally a prime-tier prospect, and so I did be expecting which i would be to the stage and just take hits tonight, simply because There are many of people who looking to make the phase for the following debate,” Harris reported.

“I did count on that I might ... take hits tonight, due to the fact There are many of people who wanting to make the phase for another discussion ... especially when folks are at zero or one per cent, or whichever she may be at.”

— U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.

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“For loads of them, It is really do or die,” Cooper extra.

“Properly, yeah, and particularly when folks are at zero or 1 percent, or whatever she might be at, and so I did hope I'd just take hits tonight,” Harris mentioned.



Harris went on offense towards Gabbard, who also lately said Harris is unqualified to become commander-in-chief, indicating Gabbard was an “apologist” for Syria's Bashar al-Assad, referring to her Assembly Together with the dictator and previous promises that he’s not an enemy with the U.S.

“I'm able to only consider what she says and her feeling so severely,” Harris mentioned.