On the day of President Donald Trump’s official address at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Thursday night, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) jabbed at the convention’s focus on praising Trump over addressing the issues.
As she was delivering counter-remarks to Trump’s upcoming acceptance speech, Harris laid out how systemic racism, COVID-19 and widespread economic hardships caused by the pandemic are devastating the country.
“That is the reality of America right now,” the vice presidential candidate declared. “A reality completely absent from this week’s Republican National Convention.”
“Because unlike the Democratic convention, which was very clear-eyed about the challenges we are facing and how we will tackle them, the Republican convention is designed for one purpose: to soothe Donald Trump’s ego,” she said. “To make him feel good.”
Harris argued that “its most basic level,” Trump “doesn’t understand the presidency.”
“He thinks it’s all about him,” she said. “Well, it’s not. It’s about you. It’s all about of us, the people.”
Watch Harris below:
Kamala Harris: "The Republican convention is designed for one purpose: to soothe Donald Trump's ego." pic.twitter.com/JMI6tFZ5vH
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) August 27, 2020
She’s a nasty woman.
Love this. And so it begins. More, please, and tell us what you REALLY think…!!!
This is stating the obvious for people on this site, but I hope she keeps saying it, loudly and forcefully, for the uninitiated!
Professors make this mistake. They sometimes think that a student has the same passion and interest in his/her subject that he/she does.
And wonks like us can get to thinking that non-wonks have our passion.
Doesn’t mean that they cannot become interested…
So…Say it Loud, Madame Vice President.