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It took less than 24 hours for the attacks on Kamala Harris to get deeply sexist and extremely ugly

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Business Insider, July 2024

It didn’t take long for Vice President Kamala Harris to be hit with a barrage of sexist and racist attacks after President Joe Biden endorsed her for the presidential run. After ripping into Biden by calling him old, senile, and mentally incapable of running for reelection, the GOP is now attacking Harris for being ethnically Black and South Asian, and also for just being a woman.

Speaking to CNN on Monday, Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said he was “100 percent” sure Harris was a mediocre “DEI hire.” And Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin said he thought the Democratic Party only backed Harris “because of her ethnic background.” Others, like conservative commentator Paul Ingrassia, are criticizing her identity as a child of immigrant parents.

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