If she wants to become vice president Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., will have to battle against a culture that's "primed" to be racist in a country where racism might be "the most powerful force" CNN political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson argued Tuesday.
In response to former vice president Joe Biden's choice of Harris to be his running mate, Henderson speculated about how President Trump might reuse his allegedly "sexist" attacks from the 2016 campaign against the senator.
"You see him going against Kamala Harris in that same way in some of his comments," she said.
"And you imagine you'll see some of that as well from other folks in the [Republican] party and more generally, just the culture as well. The culture is sort of primed to be racist, it's primed to be sexist, so I think it will be interesting to see some of the conversation that comes out of this very historic pick."
She specifically suggested that Trump was sexist for using the word "nasty" to describe Harris, saying the president "often uses that kind of language to refer to women."
Henderson also predicted that the Trump campaign's attacks might resonate with voters because they would be "lace... (Read more)
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