Dr. Julianne Malveaux: Kamala Harris Definitely Earned It (DEI)

Vice President Kamala Harris has a political career that is classic textbook.& She leveraged her legal training at the University of California into a position in the& District Attorney’s office.& Then she ran for San Francisco District Attorney, beating the incumbent in a runoff election.& She came out on top of a crowded Democratic primary for California Attorney General, and narrowly defeated her Republican opponent for the office in 2010.& She overwhelmingly beat her Republican opponent when she ran for re-election in 2014. When she ran for the United States Senate in 2016, she garnered twice as many votes as the next-highest vote getter, and in the final election earned more than 60 percent of the vote. The Vice-President’s electoral history is well-known, and I recount it for a reason. Kamala Harris earned increasing responsibility by running for office and winning. There is no diversity, equity and inclusion in electoral politics. The only way you move up is to get more votes than your opponent. If there is any DEI in the Harris record, it’s Definitely Earned It.   Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett made headlines by describing our Vice-President as a “DEI hire”, describing her as “checking all the boxes”.& &...