Kamala Harris’ handlers have been carefully curating all of her public appearances since Joe Biden was forced off the ticket and the vice president became the presumptive nominee. For the most part, that’s meant heavily scripted rallies with high-level entertainers (in popularity, not quality) doing the heavy lifting.
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On Thursday, she was put in a different position, though. Appearing in Houston, Harris gave the eulogy for recently passed Democrat politician Sheila Jackson Lee, and things got really weird.
At one point, Harris started touting her own political record. She then called herself “the president,” which led to the room bursting out in applause. Remember, this is a funeral.
Kamala Harris accidentally calls herself ‘the president’ during late Dem Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s eulogy — causing crowd to go wild https://t.co/eoD5XTAQVu pic.twitter.com/vAmOOuPl09
— New York Post (@nypost) August 1, 2024
HARRIS: It was Sheila Jackson Lee whose bill made Juneteenth a federal holiday (applause), which as a United States senator I was proud to co-sponsor, and then as president, as vice president, it was my honor (long applause)…with the president, with the president, it was my honor, it was my honor with our president Joe Biden to stand beside Shelia Jackson Lee as our president signed her bill into law.
To make things even more uncomfortable, as all the rapturous applause is happening, the camera shot changes to a wide shot of Jackson Lee’s coffin. Harris then begins laughing as she stumbles through the rest of her statement.
In response, many cited the Paul Wellstone memorial back in 2002 which turned into an anti-Republican event, complete with cheers and jeers. Those were simpler times when the press tried to maintain some facade of fairness, and the Democrat choice to turn a funeral into a campaign rally turned into a bonafide scandal. The blowback was so severe that it may have tipped the scales toward Republicans in an election they were predicted to lose.
While I sincerely doubt that the press will have anything to say about Harris’ use of a funeral to play politics or the very disrespectful actions of the audience, it’s still disturbing. Is nothing sacred anymore? Who brags about their own political record at someone else’s funeral? And who cheers for that person as they are doing so? It’s just such a foreign concept to me (and likely most of you).
The Democrat thirst for power knows no limits, though. They will use any opportunity to boost their prospects, no matter how inappropriate. In other words, they play for keeps, and in an environment where there are no consequences for anything they do, can you blame them?
