Maybe that’s why Kamala Harris had no lines in President Biden’s re-election announcement video.
The vice president left commentators baffled Tuesday night by repeating herself multiple times at a pro-abortion rally in Washington.
“So I think it’s very important, as you’ve heard from so many incredible leaders, for us in every moment, and certainly in this moment, to see the moment in which we exist and are present, and to be able to contextualize that, to understand where we exist in the history and the moment in which it relates not only to the past but also to the future”, Harris saying during the event at Howard University, his alma mater.
The 58-year-old had been calling for opposition to the “national agenda” of the Republicans, saying the GOP wants to restrict reproductive rights, voting rights and LGBTQ protections.
The bizarre digression was noted by Harris’s critics, some of whom compared her “word salads” to those uttered by Selina Meyer, the clueless vice president played by Julia Louis-Drefyus on HBO’s “Veep.”
“Good sir,” reacted the executive editor of the Washington Examiner Seth Mandel.
“It takes me back to high school speech class when people needed a 5 minute speech but they had a solid 3:45 and needed to stretch it out.” another user replied.
“So much material here for [“Saturday Night Live”] if they cared to be funny again, but no ”, tweeted Tim Murtaughthe communications director for former President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
“Kamala’s Word Salad,” tweeted Steve Guest, special communications adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
“It’s almost as if legalizing marijuana was a mistake.” joked the editor-in-chief of The Dispatch Jonah Goldberg, referencing Harris’ past admitted marijuana use.
Howard’s speech was the first major event for Harris since she and President Biden announced Tuesday that they would seek re-election in 2024, a development that was not lost on some.
“Given the president’s advanced age, the vice president must be judged by the standard set for the top of the candidacy,” the Hudson Institute insisted. Rebecca Heinrichs Senior Scholar.
In her campaign video announcement, Harris, whose average approval numbers are worse than Biden’she appeared more than a dozen times, but did not comment.
Tuesday was also not the first time the vice president had used boilerplate language.
At a White House event in March to mark Women’s History Month, the vice president declared, joined by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, President Biden, and First Lady Jill Biden, that they were all here to “honor the women who made history throughout history”.
Last March, Harris reflected on time while promoting efforts to bring high-speed Internet to Louisiana communities.
“The importance of the passage of time, right? The importance of the passage of time. So when you think about it, the passage of time has a huge significance,” she said during a visit to Sunset, La.
White House officials are reportedly concerned that Harris will become “a ballot drag” as the 2024 election looms. according to Axios — with Senior Counsel Anita Dunn directing staff members to schedule more events for the speech-impaired vice president.
