Vice President Kamala Harris (D) is now in “frantic damage control” over the fact that she praised a student who claimed that the nation of Israel was actually guilty of “ethnic genocide.”
Even liberal mouthpiece CNN is now reporting that the latest incident has many doubting that Kamala Harris has the political acumen to take on the ultimate responsibilities of her office and even have the ability to take over as president if the occasion arose.
This latest politically damaging incident has come during a question and answer period after the Vice President’s speech at George Mason University on Tuesday.
There was a student identifying herself as half Iranian and half Yemeni and she launched into a long question where she first of all implied that Israel was committing ethnic genocide.
“I see that over the summer, there have been, like, protests and demonstrations in astronomical numbers standing with Palestine, but then just a few days ago, there were funds allocated to continue backing Israel — which hurts my heart because it’s an ethnic genocide and a displacement of people — the same that happened in America — and I’m sure you’re aware of this,” the student said.
Harris is seen on the video agreeing with the student and later expressing her approval of the incendiary comments. This is about the fact that your voice, your perspective, your experience, your truth should not be suppressed,” Harris responded.
However, Harris’s office is now contacting a number of Jewish organizations to clarify that no, Harris did not support the student’s characterization, even though it appears that she was being a bobblehead at that very moment.
“There is nothing wrong with criticizing the policies of the state of Israel,” responded Anti-Defamation League national director Jonathan Greenblatt. “But it’s deeply problematic when you demonize or delegitimize the country, because we’ve seen how that kind of slander is used, and can spark anti-Semitic incidents here at home.”
This CNN report from Sunlen Serfaty has outlined other instances from the short service of Vice President Harris where she has inspired not praise, but skepticism about her ability to succeed in the office. Among these instances was one where she snapped at a reporter who questioned whether she had been at a border and an instance where she told Guatemalan immigrants thinking about coming to the United States, “don’t come.”
It was July when a Morning Consult-Politico poll found that the net favorability of Katherine Harris has gone into negative territory. Moreover, there was a separate poll from August where a majority of Americans felt she was unfit to become president.