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PunkinPi

(4,870 posts)
61. It has to do with the her relationship with former Mayor Willie Brown...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:39 AM
Jan 2019

the implication is that she slept with him to advance her career.

Just posted an article about this...https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211748886

From the article -->

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Though never divorced, Willie Brown and his wife—by their own accounting—had been separated for over two decades by the time the former San Francisco mayor dated Harris. The May-December relationship was no secret, given the couple’s predilection for appearing arm-in-arm at star-studded events. For their part, the Browns never reconciled and now that separation has extended over five decades. That’s common knowledge for anybody who wants to know it.

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It should be difficult to imagine Democrats slut-shaming an African-American woman. That is, if we didn’t know any better. Today, black women are the dominant force—if not the deciding factor—in national Democratic politics. Our rise exposes and jeopardizes their white privilege—which one does not lose based on ideology. For all of our increased political heft, there was always the assumption that they would remain “in charge.” Just as Barack Obama was and continues to be assailed by some of the left’s most prominent voices, Harris will face more of the same. It appears virulent misogyny is not beneath them.

Progressive activist and Sanders backer Lauren Steiner went after Harris on Twitter. Harris, Steiner wrote, was not with Brown because of “love or physical attraction.” After a torrent of pushback the YouTube talk show host deleted the tweet, but did not directly apologize. Instead, Steiner claimed she did not want to hurt Sanders’ chances in the primary. People like Steiner want us to believe that Harris’s cavalcade of professional achievements was earned on her back rather than on her feet. They want us to believe that it was the curl and sway of her hips rather than the agility and force of her intellect.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/whos-afraid-of-kamala-harris?ref=home?ref=home?ref=home
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She is an attractive woman. Blue_true Jan 2019 #38
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It has to do with the her relationship with former Mayor Willie Brown... PunkinPi Jan 2019 #61
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She's the new Hillary Clinton. betsuni Jan 2019 #36
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