The largest newspaper in the California capital is urging Joe Biden to elect California Rep. Karen Bass as his running mate over the other Golden State politician being seriously considered: Senator Kamala Harris.
“If Biden elects a California vice president, he likely will not elect Karen Bass,” wrote the Sacramento Bee editorial board. “Clearly, however, the community activist whose passion for service led others to introduce her to electoral politics is the best option.”
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And the newspaper warned that “Biden’s campaign should be concerned with things like the secret $ 400,000 settlement that Harris’ office paid to resolve ‘gender harassment’ claims against a top adviser named Larry Wallace. The Sacramento Bee discovered the settlement in 2018. Harris claimed he did not know about the scandal at the California attorney general’s office and then fired Wallace, who had received a plum job when he won the Senate election. Issues like these, along with his shaky record of criminal justice and police surveillance are Trump’s goals ”
Harris, who unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and who targeted the former vice president last year during the first primary debate, has been considered one of the top contenders for months, as the former vice president decides on a candidate for the nomination. .
Bass, a former president of the California State Assembly who has served in Congress since 2011 and leads the Congressional Black Caucus, was once considered a long shot in the search for a running mate, but her star has risen in The last weeks.
The newspaper’s editorial page is directed by Gil Duran, a former Harris senior assistant. Under Duran’s leadership, the editorial has had a critical view of Harris in the past. And Duran has criticized Harris in quotes given to other publications, including the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
Biden said Tuesday that he would make a decision about his running mate the first week of August.
