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Biden responded: “I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education. That’s what I opposed.”
Harris went to college at Howard University, a historically Black university, in 1986, and graduated with a degree in political science and economics. She was also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Harris went to law school at the University of California Hastings College of Law.
Kamala Harris’ legal career as a California prosecutor
Harris worked as a deputy district attorney for Alameda County in Oakland prosecuting murder, rape, assault, and drug cases.
She then served as district attorney of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. Harris was the first woman to serve as the district attorney of San Francisco and the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to hold that office in California.
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Cole Emhoff studied psychology at Colorado College and works in the entertainment industry. According to his IMDB profile, he worked as an assistant on the 2020 film “Minari” and the 2022 remake of “Father of the Bride.”
Ella Emhoff graduated from Parsons School of Design and works as a model and knitwear fashion designer. In 2021, she signed with the modeling agency IMG.
Forbes estimated Harris and Doug Emhoff’s net worth at around $8 million. The couple owns a four-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot home in Brentwood, California, worth about $4.4 million.
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Her candidacy energized younger voters and minorities, sparking memes inspired by Charli XCX’s “Brat” album and a speech in which she quoted her mother saying “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” In July 2024, Trump raised $137 million while Harris raised $310 million, with 10 times as many Gen Z donors contributing to Harris’ campaign than had donated to Biden’s in June 2024.
Running against Harris has also set off Trump’s tendency to cross the line while criticizing women, such as an appearance at a conference for Black journalists where he questioned if Harris was really Black.
Juliana Kaplan, Debanjali Bose, and Joshua Nelken-Zitser contributed to a previous version of this story.