coalition summit. . i heard and i listened to and i respect senator harris. we all know 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can t do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice, including bussing. i never, never, ever opposed voluntary bussing. in fact, as a youngster in the 1970s, he opposed court-ordered bussing, the practice of sending white students to majority black schools and vice versa. he said he favored desegregation but wasn t an effective tool to do it. i happen to think that the one way to ensure that you set the civil rights movement further back is continue to push bussing.
to vice president biden. i do not believe you are a racist. and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground, but i also believe, and it is personal it was actually it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. and it was not only that but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. and, you know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. it s a mischaracterization of my position across the board. i did not praise racists. that is not true. the fact is in terms of bussing, the bussing i never you would
federally mandating bussing. i want to be clear about my record of position on racial injustice, including bussing. i never, ever, ever opposed voluntary bussing. i did address root cause of segregation in our schools and communities, including taking out banks and changing the ways red lines were segregated. but former vice president biden is finding himself noo new commerce that he makes ns the top speech. ladies and gentlemen, there are too many black men, and i might amend. cory booker said, this isn t
to take it to donald trump, obviously kamala harris showed that without a doubt. i think also elizabeth war rememb ren showed that the night before. you had basically two women who won these debates. there is a long road ahead and that s what this is for. voters will choose. joe biden still on defense after the criticisms by harris. listen to what he said yesterday. we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can t do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice, including bussing. i never, never, never opposed voluntary bussing. i fought my heart out to ensure that voting rights, equal rights are enforced everywhere.
have been able to go to school the same exact way because it was local decision made by your city council. that s fine. that s one of the things i argued for, that we should not be we should be breaking down these lines. but vice president biden, do you agree today, do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america then? do you agree? i did not oppose bussing in america. what i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. that s what i opposed. i did not oppose well, there is a failure of states to integrate public schools in america. i was part of the second class to integrate berkeley, california public schools almost two decades after brown v board of education. because your city council made that decision. it was local decision. so the federal government must step in. that s why we have the voting rights act and the civil rights act. that s why we need to pass the equality act and the era, because there are moments in history where stat