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We have heard from President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and many Democrats that we have to respect our institutions.
But for the vice president that courtesy does not appear to extend to the Supreme Court, as she tore into them in a new interview that will be shown on Sunday on the NBC show “Meet the Press.”
“How much confidence do you have in the Supreme Court?” host Chuck Todd said to the vice president.
“I think this is an activist court,” she said.
“What does that mean?” the host said.
“It means that we had an established right for almost half a century, which is the right of women to make decisions about their own body as an extension of what we have decided to be, the privacy rights to which all people are entitled. And this court took that constitutional right away, and we are suffering as a nation because of it,” she said.
“That causes me great concern about the integrity of the court overall. Especially as someone who my life was inspired by people like Thurgood Marshall, and by the work on that court of Earl Warren to bring an unanimous court to pass Brown v. Board of Education,” the vice president said.
“This is the court that on once sat Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall and Sandra Day O’Connor. It’s a very different court,” she said.
EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court is “an activist court” for overturning Roe v. Wade.@VP: “We had an established right for almost half a century. … This court took that constitutional right away. And we are suffering as a nation because of it.” pic.twitter.com/Tmv955n4Bx
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 9, 2022
It comes weeks after comedian Nikki Glaser shredded Vice President Kamala Harris, saying that she was a missing person, in a hilarious comedy bit that also took aim at President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and others.
“Listen, I know we’re having fun right now, but on a serious note, I do want to say, Kamala Harris is still missing,” she said as she hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Thursday.
“And if you have any information on her whereabouts, please contact her parents, they miss her, we don’t, but they do,” she said of the vice president.
“I have a theory though that we haven’t seen much of the vice president lately because she’s sentenced herself to jail.
“I think she just missed the rush of putting an innocent person behind bars,” she said. “Have you done it? It feels great.”
.@NikkiGlaser masterfully speed roasts politicians! pic.twitter.com/qvI22K6aFo
— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) August 26, 2022
One of the most recent times we heard from Vice President Harris was after former President Donald Trump’s house was raided by the FBI.
She was aboard Air Force Two when reporters asked her about the raid and on the suspect who attempted to breach the FBI Cincinnati field office.
“I know that you’ve been very busy today, but as a former prosecutor, do you have any reaction to the unsealed search warrant that was served on President Donald Trump?” a reporter said.
“Well, as a former prosecutor, I will tell you, I don’t speak about anybody else’s case. But I have full confidence that the Department of Justice will do what the facts and the law requires,” the vice president said.
“How about some of the rhetoric that’s coming out from Trump’s allies? Do you have any reaction to the attempted attack on a FBI field office yesterday?” the reporter said.
“I will say, as a former prosecutor, but as a citizen of our nation, any attacks on law enforcement are completely unacceptable. And any so-called leader who engages in rhetoric that in any way suggests that that law enforcement should be exposed to that kind of danger is irresponsible and can result in dangerous activities,” the vice president said.
“You know, our law enforcement professionals — and, in this case, we’re talking about our federal law enforcement agencies — they do very important work. And from the moment they walk out the door of their home until they go back in, their families pray for their safety and well-being.
“And I think it’s just highly irresponsible of anyone who calls themselves a leader and certainly anyone who represents the United States of America to engage in rhetoric for the sake of some political objective that can result in harm to law enforcement officers and agents,” she said.
