Days after her surprising third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Amy Klobuchar is facing a storm as aspects of her record get more scrutiny in the presidential campaign
There was the withering interview on “The View” this week, in which the Minnesota senator was asked why she “failed to prosecute a single killing by the police” during her time as a county prosecutor.Then came the circulation of video in which Klobuchar called for a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border during a Senate campaign debate in 2006. And touching down in Nevada late Thursday, Klobuchar wasn’t 20 minutes into a presidential campaign forum before a question about her record on race arose.
“Um, OK,” Klobuchar responded, before proceeding to “get the facts down,” including what she called a “pretty significant” decline in the incarceration rate of African Americans during her time as Hennepin County attorney.the hostile questioning is a sign of her arrival as a serious contender. But it also comes at a precarious time, as she scrambles to make inroads in Nevada and South Carolina — two racially diverse states in which she has little demonstrated support.
On Tuesday, Klobuchar was pressed on ABC’s “The View” about her office’s questionable prosecution of black teenager in a high-profile case that was the subject of a recent Associated Press investigation. About the same time, video began circulating of a 2006 Senate debate in which Klobuchar called for a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The renewed scrutiny of Klobuchar’s record comes just more than a week before the Nevada caucuses, a critical test for Klobuchar in a state where Latinos make up a sizable proportion of the electorate.
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