Al Sharpton Complains Biden Is Giving VP Harris ‘Marginal’ AssignmentsJoshua Caplan 28 Oct 2021
Left-wing activist Al Sharpton lamented Vice President Kamala Harris’ assignments given to her by President Joe Biden, saying the United States’ first black vice president isn’t being used to her full potential despite her underwhelming performance and various gaffes since taking office.
“I want to see her be used more effectively, and I think her being in charge of voting was important, but I question her other assignments,” Sharpton said in a Tuesday interview with the far-left website, The Root.
You might remember, when Joe Biden said that he was going to appoint a woman to run with him and appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, I challenged him and said, “Why don’t you have a Black woman run like Stacey (Abrams) or Kamala?” and I had him on my MSNBC show and confronted him. So in many ways, we were the ones who stood up for her to be in that position and we want her to have a strong position, not marginal positions. I think that he did the right thing giving her voting, but I think he should continue to give her more positions of power.
Sharpton said he would also like to see Biden direct Harris to oversee criminal justice proposals, including the George Floyd bill, which would ban law enforcement from chokeholds and no-knock warrants, along with end qualified immunity for cops.
“She was a prosecutor and a state attorney general, so she knows the criminal justice system and understands both sides. She is also a Black woman in the time of Breonna Taylor and other Black women who have suffered racism, so I think that she should have those assignments and be able to get certain things to Congress,” the longtime activist said.
Sharpton’s comments follow reports revealing that Harris hired two public relations gurus as part of an effort to repair her “long-term planning” outlook.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/28/al-sharpton-complains-biden-is-giving-vp-harris-marginal-assignments/
