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Vice President Kamala Harris was roasted on social media after she tweeted the country was “moving again” as thousands of commuters were stuck on a snowy, ice-covered Virginia highway.
The conditions were bad on Interstate 95 in eastern Virginia after a severe winter storm left some motorists stranded on the highway for more than 24 hours.
An aerial view of the drivers who have been stuck on I-95 in Virginia since Monday afternoon, with complaints of little food and water pic.twitter.com/ROHh3oY73o
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 4, 2022
Harris came under fire after she tweeted about how the Biden administration’s recently passed infrastructure package has America “moving again.”
“Because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, America is moving again,” the vice president tweeted. “That’s what infrastructure is all about: getting people moving.”
Because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, America is moving again. That's what infrastructure is all about: getting people moving.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) January 4, 2022
The tweet resulted in many users reminding her that thousands of Americans were quite literally stuck and not “moving along.”
The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro tweeted, “Could you possibly be any more incompetent? It’s truly astonishing.”
Could you possibly be any more incompetent? It's truly astonishing. https://t.co/JILXYWzZvG pic.twitter.com/KmGNOfl9tv
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 5, 2022
Kassy Dillon, a conservative activist, commented, “What a poorly timed tweet.”
What a poorly timed tweet https://t.co/DWxwVNAvku pic.twitter.com/R2NcUgUQsL
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) January 5, 2022
Harris was roasted by many other conservative voices and Republican lawmakers for her politically inept response.
I95 in Virginia, for example. https://t.co/Xk67Lc1YEE
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) January 4, 2022
Might’ve saved this one for another day https://t.co/F5l17LmdM4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 4, 2022
I-95 said what?
— Kambree (@KamVTV) January 4, 2022
Ummmmm, have you seen I-95 just outside DC?? https://t.co/fegaIh5PKi
— Ned Ryun (@nedryun) January 4, 2022
Kamala Harris really can’t get anything right. https://t.co/P1CJiqAXCv
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) January 4, 2022
There's that impeccable political acumen and timing, from the candidate who dropped out before Iowa, we've all come to love and know. https://t.co/8QxQmCI8np
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 4, 2022
Not a yard of new track has been laid, not an inch of new road paved, and drivers were stuck on the highway in Virginia overnight. But… “America is moving!” Thanks to Infrastructure™! https://t.co/qXvjjOBvc9
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) January 4, 2022
Meanwhile, in Virginia… https://t.co/6sTt1HJs1x pic.twitter.com/OVApzjn11c
— Kat Cammack (@Kat_Cammack) January 4, 2022
I take it you’re not anywhere near I-95?https://t.co/1AoOSOX8ts
— Rep. Darrell Issa (@repdarrellissa) January 4, 2022
Leftists tend to live detached from reality as they so often indicate, and they’ve done so again in recent days as they rushed to blame Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin for not reacting quickly enough to a snowstorm that stranded thousands of motorists on I-95 earlier this week.
There’s just one problem, though: Youngkin is not officially governor of the Old Dominion yet; Democrat Ralph Northam still is until this coming weekend.
PJ Media’s Cameron Arcand:
As Interstate 95 in Northern Virginia dealt with the traffic jam of the century, which left some drivers stuck on the road for over a day because of heavy snow, liberals on Twitter decided to blame Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin as opposed to the person who is really in charge– Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam.
“Does Virginia’s new Governor Youngkin know people have been stranded on I-95 for 15 hours? With no help in sight?” one user, who later deleted her tweet, asked.
Youngkin is going to be sworn in next Saturday, so this has nothing to do with him. But the tweets somehow go downhill from here.
Meanwhile, South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Fred Grimm responded to investigative journalist Jim DeFede’s tweet about the situation on Tuesday morning, with another incorrect take.
“Collateral damage between Glenn Youngkin and the wrath of God,” he tweeted.
Collateral damage between Glenn Youngkin and the wrath of God.
— Fred Grimm (@grimm_fred) January 4, 2022
Others also chimed in to blame Youngkin, falsely, for ‘failing as governor’ — though again, none of them bothered to explain how any governor, right or left, is supposed to interdict a snowstorm or wave a wand to magically make snow and ice disappear.
@GlennYoungkin Virginia governor are you safe and warm?
I95 has been a parking lot since 3 yesterday afternoon
This is a glimpse of the Governor Virginia elected
UNACCEPTABLE— Lisa (@rexrode1967) January 4, 2022
So, where’s Republican Gov Youngkin in this I-95 mega-disaster???? 48 mile shutdown for hours & hours in VA & he’s nowhere to be found. This never happened under Dem Gov Northam—or any other Gov for that matter!!!!! Shame!
— Scott D. Rhodes (@ScottdrhodesD) January 4, 2022
Others, including The Hill columnist and Fox News contributor Joe Concha, reminded Twitter users who really is still governor.
In a related story, Ralph Northam (D) is still Governor of Virginia. https://t.co/ZtC4vDjLuH
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) January 4, 2022
Youngkin hasn’t even been sworn in, yet.
Democrat Ralph Northam is the current governor.
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) January 4, 2022
Ralph’s hood must be covering his eyes
— 🇺🇸Rob VanWormer🏴 (@Rob_VanWormer35) January 4, 2022
Northam is governor until January 15th. So yes this is literally happening under Dem Gov Northam.
— The triggered left (@hafools) January 4, 2022
Younkin will stop the snow
— Kevin Jones (@sts124) January 4, 2022
Remind me again who the governor is?
— Joe Pilot, MD (@JoeSilverman7) January 4, 2022
He’s not governor yet. He does not take office until Jan 15.
The CURRENT governor is Democrat Ralph Northam.
So, yes, this happened under Dem. Ralph Northam.
— Shay Patrick Cormac (@ShayCormac_1) January 4, 2022
LOL ! “On Saturday, January 15, 2022, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin will be sworn in along with Lieutenant Governor-elect Winsome Sears…… “
— Justplainbob (@Justplainbob1) January 4, 2022
Typical… right down to the “Republicans” like Jonah Goldberg blaming Youngkin rather than the DemoKKKrat governor who’s in until Jan. 15.
Glenn Youngkin Gets Blamed for I-95 Traffic Snarls As Actual Governor Ralph Northam Appears MIA https://t.co/UOTo52F1l4
— Howie Carr (@HowieCarrShow) January 4, 2022
Eventually, Northam spoke about the mess on I-95, nothing that it was essentially an act of nature and that no one is ‘responsible’ but that things were getting done as fast as humanly possible with, oddly enough, an assist from “the weather.”
