{"id":1639858,"date":"2022-09-13T07:48:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T11:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1639858"},"modified":"2022-09-13T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:09:06","slug":"kamala-harris-on-nbc-were-only-a-legitimate-democracy-if-democrats-are-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-on-nbc-were-only-a-legitimate-democracy-if-democrats-are-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris On NBC: We\u2019re Only A Legitimate Democracy If Democrats Are In Power"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-on-nbc-were-only-a-legitimate-democracy-if-democrats-are-in-power%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=1639858&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>Democrats and their fangirls in the national media pretend they have this thoughtful, nuanced view about where the country is right now, but it really boils down to: None of America\u2019s institutions or political processes are lawful nor legitimate unless we\u2019re the ones controlling them.<\/p>\n<p>Elections, Supreme Court decisions, legislation signed into law, \u201cnorms,\u201d etc. All of it holds meaning so dear to their hearts.*<\/p>\n<p>*Except when Republicans are in power, in which case it\u2019s all fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>That dynamic was reinforced in virtually everything Vice President Kamala Harris said during an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/meet-press-september-11-2022-n1298826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that aired Sunday<\/a> with NBC\u2019s Chuck Todd. She said the Senate filibuster rule should be discarded for Democrat priorities, but believed it should be maintained for everything else. Roll the tape\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Todd: \u201cAre you comfortable that this could end the legislative filibuster for good, probably, even if you only try to do it for two issues?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris: \u201cNo, I\u2019m not. No I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the country needs a president who will \u201cspeak up and raise the alarm\u201d about those \u201cwho right now are vividly not defending our democracy.\u201d Then she excused Democrats who actively supported and elevated Republican primary congressional candidates who voiced skepticism about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the tape\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Todd: \u201cWhen you see the Democratic Party and some parts of the party funding ads to promote some of these election deniers in primaries\u2026 Is this something you\u2019d be comfortable with?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris: \u201cI\u2019m not going to tell people how to run their campaigns, Chuck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She professed to be deeply dedicated to ensuring the world witnesses America\u2019s dedication to \u201cthe importance of democratic principles, rule of law, human rights.\u201d Then she undermined our highest court, accusing the justices of being politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>To the tape\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Todd: \u201cHow much confidence do you have in the Supreme Court?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris: \u201cI think this is an activist court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no logical end to Harris and every other Democrat leader\u2019s thought process other than: When we run things, it\u2019s right, just, and everyone must accept. When it\u2019s not us, everything is improper, invalid, and unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>To be a Democrat is not to be pro-democracy. It\u2019s to pursue a one-party state.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-comments mt-30 mt-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-comments-container d-flex flex-column align-items-center py-30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mb-20\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fdrlst-mark.svg\" alt=\"The Federalist logo eagle mark\" width=\"110\" height=\"106\" \/>Unlock commenting by joining the Federalist Community.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-on-white\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/plans\/pricing\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats and their fangirls in the national media pretend they have this thoughtful, nuanced view about where the country is right now, but it really boils down to: None of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":1639860,"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-1639858","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\/1639858","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\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}