It’s another day, and so it was another pro-Hamas protest at a Kamala Harris campaign rally. On Wednesday, as we reported, Harris became visibly angry when she was interrupted and haughtily said, “You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that—otherwise, I’m speaking.“
On Friday, meanwhile, she got interrupted again at a rally in Glendale, AZ. This time, she seemed better prepared for it—in fact, almost seemed to be waiting for it—and answered back. As is her custom, however, her reply consisted of a simplistic word salad that implied a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war could be easily achieved and that she would make that happen as president.
Question: if it was so easy, how come the Biden/Harris regime has not come close to brokering such a deal in all these months? (Hint: it could have something to do with the fact that the negotiators on one side of the table are terrorists who slaughtered at least 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7 and still hold hostages.)
Watch:
It started when the VP was speaking to the crowd at the Desert Diamond Arena and was interrupted by demonstrators reportedly chanting, “Free, free Palestine.” She held up her hand superciliously and turned her gaze upon them:
You know what, hold on a second…Hold on, hold on, ever’body, hold on, hold on. Hold on.
She repeated “hold on” seven times. I think maybe she wanted the demonstrators to hold on? Perhaps if she’d said it a few more times, they’d have understood. She also kept dipping into and out of her dubious Southern accent:
Here’s the thing. We are all in here together, I’m told an extraordinary number of folks who are here, together, because we love our country. We’re here to fight for our democracy. [Big roar from the crowd.]
The trained seals in the audience cheered, but for what? What does that even mean, fight for our democracy? It’s such an empty phrase—we are not fighting the British Empire for our right to exist in this era, as far as I’m aware. It’s a sound-good, mean-nothing phrase that they’ve been spewing out for the last several years, but how does that help lower the inflation rate, fix the porous border, or solve the complex conflicts around the globe?
She continued, but not until she’d taken a long look down at her notes. Interesting. In fact, by my count, she looked down at what I assume is her script—which just happened to be at the ready for this impromptu exchange—seven times:
…which includes respecting the voices that I think that we are hearing from, and let me just say this on topic of what I think I’m hearing over there. Let me just speak to that for a moment and then I’m gonna get back to the business at hand.
So let me say I have been clear. Now is the time to get a ceasefire deal and get the hostage deal done. Now is the time.
Well, I didn’t realize it was the time. Should be a simple thing, then; just make a few calls, write a strongly-worded memo, and take care of it. Would that it were so easy. Her last line, however, was her silliest:
And the president and I are working around the clock every day to get that ceasefire deal done and bring the hostages home. So I respect your voices, but we are here to now talk about this race in 2024.
The president has been virtually invisible since his decision to step down as the nominee, and he’s on yet another vacation in Rehoboth Beach. When he does make a rare appearance, the incredibly shrinking commander-in-chief smirks, mumbles, and appears to be doing anything other than “working around the clock.”
I think the Trump War Room tweet pretty much nailed it: “Kamala stops her remarks to appease the pro-Hamas contingent of her base—and ends up saying absolutely nothing.” Yup.
