Erika D. Smith: Black people presiding over the downfall of Donald Trump is poetic justice
On Tuesday, a few hours before the latest indictment of former President Trump became public, Vice President Kamala Harris was in Florida, addressing a room full of mostly Black women.
"Through your faith, you have helped to make real the promise of our founding principles, not just for some, but for all," she said at the 20th Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Quadrennial Convention in Orlando. "And I'm here then to say, our nation needs your leadership once again."
Then, her voice dropping with seriousness, Harris added: "In this moment, across our country, hard-fought, hard-won freedoms are under full-on attack."
The vice president's words now seem prescient. For those few hours later, — was to preside over Trump's case, all but assuring a racist backlash.
