The presidential campaign of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was ready to go with a social media strategy after her attack on Vice President Joe Biden's civil rights record during the Democratic debate on Thursday.
Harris during the debate went after Biden for his record on busing, sharing a story from her childhood and saying, "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."
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