{"id":1017282,"date":"2021-11-15T22:58:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T03:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017282"},"modified":"2021-11-15T22:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T03:58:41","slug":"meet-heather-kurtenbach-the-woman-the-white-house-mistook-for-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-heather-kurtenbach-the-woman-the-white-house-mistook-for-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Heather Kurtenbach: The Woman the White House Mistook for Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeet-heather-kurtenbach-the-woman-the-white-house-mistook-for-kamala-harris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">America witnessed the awkward relationship between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris firsthand on Monday when the White House mistakenly introduced ironworker union organizer Heather Kurtenbach as Kamala Harris stepped up to the podium.<\/p>\n<p>The comical moment occurred outside the White House during the infrastructure signing ceremony where Heather Kurtenbach was invited to introduce President Joe Biden after a string of various lawmakers touted the infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPlease welcome Heather Kurtenbach,\u201d the announcer said as Harris stepped to the podium, prompting an awkward laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a moment,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>Kurtenbach (Harris) introduced President Biden, an atypical move that came one day after CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/14\/trouble-paradise-joe-biden-kamala-harris-sour-each-other\/\">issued<\/a> a lengthy report about tensions emerging between the Harris and Biden teams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Now that all of America knows her name thanks to an unexpected gaffe, it is fair to ask: Who exactly is Heather Kurtenbach?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18762106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/Joe-and-Heather.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18762106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joe-and-Heather-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"689\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as Heather Kurtenbach, Organiser and Political Director of Iron Worker local 86, speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN \/ AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Construction Business Owner, Kurtenbach has been part of Iron Workers Local 86 for over 15 years, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionbusinessowner.com\/popular-now\/heather-kurtenbach-business-agent-organizer-political-director-iron-workers-local-86\">joined<\/a> in 2005 after being released from prison when her brother-in-law encouraged her to put in an application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to the Iron Workers Local 86 in 2005. I had recently been released from incarceration. I couldn\u2019t find a job anywhere. No one would hire me,\u201d she told the publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave it everything I had on evaluation day. And since then, every day I go out; I work hard; I show up on time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout her tenure, Kurtenbach has slowly climbed the ladder from foreman to general foreman, eventually becoming an apprenticeship instructor. In 2019, she became the first female business agent for the Iron Workers union. Her experience of moving up through the ranks from nothing has only motivated her to help other women coming out of incarceration. Through her program&nbsp;Trades Related Apprentice Coaching (TRAC), Kurtenbach has formed a \u201cpartnership between the prison system in Washington and unions representing the construction trades (the Carpenters, Iron Workers, Laborers and Cement Masons unions).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iron Workers union has language written into its standards that allows Kurtenbach and her colleagues the opportunity to help the TRAC candidates by providing them with boots, helping with union initiation fees, etc., through several 501(c)(3) charities,\u201d noted the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>On top of her work with legislators to pass labor-friendly laws, Kurtenbach hopes to make the construction industry more inclusive for women, believing that it should adjust to provide them with better PPE.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden signs landmark $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law \u2014 11\/15\/21\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDzUZzYrjUA?start=1889&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen need better PPE. A lot of times when we go to buy a pair of work boots, they don\u2019t even have our size. Contractors are just now starting to come around with smaller, better-fitting PPE for female workers,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would do wonders for retaining talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to see women standing together more and sticking up for each other. Because we are so few, tradeswomen tend to be standoffish. We need to support each other more,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>During her speech at the White House on Monday, Kurtenbach praised President Joe Biden for believing in women like her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s great about America,\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cAnd having a president who believes someone like me should be standing here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of Local 86 in Seattle and union workers everywhere, I am honored to introduce the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America witnessed the awkward relationship between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris firsthand on Monday when the White House mistakenly introduced ironworker union organizer Heather Kurtenbach as Kamala &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1017282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}