Showing posts with label Kamala Harris skipping South Carolina forum over Trump award. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Kamala Harris skipping South Carolina forum over Trump award

Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris is pulling out of a South Carolina criminal justice forum over organizers’ handling of President Donald Trump’s appearance.

Harris’ campaign said she would skip the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center event Saturday in objection to the group’s decision to give Trump its Bipartisan Justice Award, which she received in 2016.

“Donald Trump is a lawless President,” the California senator said in a statement. “Not only does he circumvent the laws of our country and the principles of our Constitution, but there is nothing in his career that is about justice, for justice, or in celebration of justice.”

Harris also posted the following statement on twitter:

[SOURCE: AP]