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Vice President Kamala Harris has made a habit of stumbling and bumbling incoherently in her interviews and she did it again.
This time it came during a CBS News interview when Robert Costa asked her about the Democrat Party’s inaction on codifying Roe V Wade into law in the past and her answer drew mockery even from a former advisor to Hillary Clinton.
“When you look back, did Democrats fail – past Democratic presidents, congressional leaders – to not codify Roe v. Wade over the past five decades?”
The vice president quickly stopped looking directly at Costa and gave her rambling reply.
“I think that, to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled. Certain issues are just settled,” she said.
“Clearly were not,” the journalist hit back.
“No, that’s right. And that’s why I do believe that we are living, sadly, in real unsettled times,” she said.
EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Harris sits down with CBS News' @costareports to discuss the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade, the economy and gun violence ahead of the midterm elections.
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— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 8, 2022
But there were many people who were befuddled by her commentary, The Blaze reported.
Progressive YouTuber Emma Vigeland: “This is incoherent. Is everything ok…?”
Former digital media adviser to Hillary Clinton Peter Daou: “WHAT IS SHE SAYING?”
Radio host Clay Travis: “How is it possible that Kamala Harris is this bad at public speaking?”
Writer Ryan Songalia: “Captions need a bouncing ball to follow along with the words.”
“The Simpsons” writer Broti Gupta: “Kamala Harris talks like she has a translator earpiece on and it has water damage.”
Republican consultant Erin Perrine: “Biden-Harris: The Ron Burgundy—Word Salad Chef Administration.”
Radio host Erick Erickson: “Holy cow what a bad answer. This is going to cause a Dem revolt. The GOP has been after this for decades. But the Dems thought it settled so did nothing?!”
Editor Curtis Houck: “What is with this administration and an aversion to basic speaking skills and grasp of the English language?”
Harris was criticized again this week after another speech in which it appeared she strung words together and did not make a ton of sense.
She was in Highland Park, Illinois, after the mass shooting that happened there on Independence Day.
“We got to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are because you have been forced to have taken this seriously,” the vice president said.
“The whole nation should understand and have a level of empathy to understand that this could happen anywhere [to] any people in any community,” she said. “And we should stand together and speak out about why it’s got to stop.”
Vice President Kamala Harris just spoke at the scene of the Highland Park mass shooting.
“We have to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are because you have been forced to take this seriously,” she said. pic.twitter.com/vpLSydpJM0
— Jake Sheridan (@JakeSheridan_) July 6, 2022
The Daily Wire reported on some of the responses on Twitter to that speech.
- James Woods, actor: “Word Salad Annie.”
- Nan Hayworth, M.D., former congresswoman: “Ms. Harris isn’t a voice for the voiceless, but she does speak for those who have absolutely nothing to say.”
- John Cardillo, political commentator: “She has to have brain damage, right?”
- Greg Price, political commentator: “Our first female VP! Chosen specifically because of her race/gender and literally sucks at this.”
- Edward Ongweso Jr., reporter: “Don’t they have Obama’s speech writers on retainer or something, what’s up?”
- Josh Olson, writer: “Ok, I give up. There ARE some jobs where you shouldn’t be allowed to drink on the clock.”
- Adam Rosen, writer: “Aside from how insane this quote is, no politicians seem to take this seriously, they never do, or else it wouldn’t keep happening, just my thoughts.”
- Jason Mattera, author: “She’s a walking billboard against diversity hires.”
- Whitney McIntosh, editor: “Every new quote of hers makes less and less sense as a complete sentence.”
- Arash Karami, writer: “My expectations for this administration was literally on the floor and they’re not even willing to meet me there.”
- Shay Stewart Bouley, writer: “I’m sorry, but no. Just no.”
- William Goodman, writer: “What the actual f***, man.”
