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In the video introduction to Rep. Jamie Raskin’s, D-Md., speech on Monday evening, the Democratic National Convention aired a parody narration of an opening segue from “Law & Order.”
“In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders,” the narration went, in similar form to the NBC standard.
The video went on to paint former President Trump as a criminal defendant on the program, with the narrator saying, “He lies, he rips off workers, he sexually abuses women.”
“[T]o take on this case, we need a president who has spent her life prosecuting perpetrators like Donald Trump,” the narration continues, clearly referring to Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Vice President Kamala Harris clasps her hand in the air with President Biden at the Democratic National Convention, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Harris has recently called out her opponent in a similar light: “I know Donald Trump’s type.”
Prior to her time in the Senate, she served as California attorney general and San Francisco County district attorney. She notably won her attorney general’s race by the narrowest margin in state history.
In 2009, Harris wrote a book: “Smart on Crime,” which sought to “mak[e] the criminal justice system truly, not just rhetorically, tough.”
In the interim, she made several comments critical of the state of law enforcement and has been criticized by Republicans for actions including soliciting donations for the Minnesota Freedom Fund – which paid bail for Minneapolis riot suspects.
During a June 2019 presidential candidates’ forum hosted by the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC), Harris joined Hialeah, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for a panel hosted by PPC’s Liz Theoharis and MSNBC pundit Joy Reid.
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