Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is ripping into Vice President Kamala Harris‘ job performance.
In a tweet Monday morning, Gabbard wrote, “Biden chose Harris as his VP because of the color of her skin and sex—not qualification. She’s been a disaster.”
“Now he promises to choose Supreme Court nominee on the same criteria. Identity politics is destroying our country,” she added.
Biden chose Harris as his VP because of the color of her skin and sex—not qualification. She's been a disaster. Now he promises to choose Supreme Court nominee on the same criteria. Identity politics is destroying our country.
— Tulsi Gabbard ? (@TulsiGabbard) January 31, 2022
Gabbard’s tweet refers to Biden’s pledge to make history by nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
Speaking at the White House on Thursday, President Joe Biden said, “I will select a nominee worthy of Justice Breyer’s legacy of excellence and decency. While I’ve been studying candidates’ backgrounds and writings, I’ve made no decision except one: The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity.”
“That person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court. It’s long overdue, in my opinion,” he added.
During the campaign, Biden vowed to choose a woman to be his running mate and nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court.
After narrowing his list down, he announced Harris would be his pick.
Gabbard was critical of Harris while they were both running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. During a primary debate, she ripped into Harris over her record on criminal justice while she was the attorney general of California.
“I’m concerned about this record of Sen. Harris. She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana,” Gabbard said during an Aug. 2019 debate. “She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California, and she fought to keep cash bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way.”
Harris responded, “I did the work of significantly reforming the criminal justice system of the state of 40 million people which became a national model for the work that needs to be done. And I am proud of that work.”
