{"id":2272381,"date":"2024-06-20T10:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-drops-the-hammer-on-kamala-harris-strikes-her-with-brutal-reminder-of-why-shes-loathed-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:14:57","slug":"watch-trump-drops-the-hammer-on-kamala-harris-strikes-her-with-brutal-reminder-of-why-shes-loathed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-drops-the-hammer-on-kamala-harris-strikes-her-with-brutal-reminder-of-why-shes-loathed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump Harshly Criticizes Kamala Harris, Highlights Reasons for Her Unpopularity"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwatch-trump-drops-the-hammer-on-kamala-harris-strikes-her-with-brutal-reminder-of-why-shes-loathed-2%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=2272381&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>The passage discusses the political controversies surrounding Vice President Kamache Harris. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joe-rogan-tears-fauci-to-pieces-over-vaccine-failures-you-made-it\/\" title=\"Watch: Joe Rogan Blasts Fauci for Vaccine Shortcomings - 'You Made It!\">highlights criticisms<\/a> of Harris&#8217;s rhetorical effectiveness and coherence, especially \u200ccompared to historical figures like Franklin D. \u2063Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and even\u2064 fictional\u200c portrayals \u2062on children&#8217;s programming like &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221;. Critics, \u2062including Trump&#8217;s campaign,\u2063 use these comparisons to argue her incompetency, \u2064particularly\u2064 as a successor to \u2062an aging Joe Biden in the presidency. The section goes on to critique her \u2062various public\u200b statements and speeches, using her quotes to underscore perceived\u2063 lapses\u200d in clear communication and leadership suitability.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u2062 the\u200d narrative conflates\u2063 her public \u200cspeaking gaffes\u2064 with broad inadequacies, leveraging these as indicative of larger\u200d conceptual failures. Trump&#8217;s campaign is portrayed as wielding these instances \u2064effectively against\u200b her, even suggesting Harris&#8217;s weaknesses are a central point\u200d in their electoral strategy. There is an implied urgency from the political \u200dright \u200dto expose these deficits to\u2063 the electorate, implying that her rise to the \u2062presidency would be detrimental. <\/p>\n<p>the text communicates a political critique\u200b loaded with \u200cpartisan perspectives aimed at \u2062discrediting\u2062 Kamala Harris by \u200cfocusing heavily on her public speaking skills and the implications of her leadership in a possible future presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsk not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.\u201d \u2014 John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself \u2014 nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.\u201d \u2014 Franklin Delano Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking about the significance of the passage of time. Right? The significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time \u2026 and there is such great significance to the passage of time.\u201d \u2014 Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC1-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC1\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC1\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC1-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC1' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC1 && FFADS.units.IC1.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC1' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! FFADS.units.IC1.lazy_load ) eval( FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads[0].rendering_script ); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of these things is not like the others, as they might say on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-harris-campaigns-attempt-use-elmo-backfires-sesame-street-releases-official-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sesame Street<\/a>.\u201d Or, if Kamala Harris were visiting \u201cSesame Street,\u201d it may be a little bit more like, \u201cThese things, right? They are \u2014 they can be similar. We have seen them be similar. But some of them are not. One of them, in particular, is \u2014 it needs to be more similar. It is different, as they might say in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If these were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-malfunctions-amnesty-speech-decline-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the malapropisms<\/a> of President Joseph Robinette Biden, we wouldn\u2019t be surprised. But 59-year-old Harris was selected as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> in part because of her age, since America could be reassured that if it elected a cadaver-in-waiting, there was a youthful, energetic, cogent young(ish) woman behind him to continue the work he was elected to do.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Trending:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meghan-duchess-sussex-labeled-delusional-irritated-not-wealthier-uk-celebs-book\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Labeled &#8216;Delusional&#8217;; &#8216;Irritated&#8217; About Not Being Wealthier than Other UK Celebs: Book<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, Harris has been just as coherent as her boss, which isn\u2019t saying much. And if you think that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-campaign-releases-statement-hunter-biden-verdict-calls-biden-crime-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s campaign<\/a> isn\u2019t going to point this out \u2014 particularly since a vote for Biden is, actuarily speaking, a vote for Harris \u2014 you\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n<p>In an 82-second ad highlighting some of the veep\u2019s greatest hits \u2014 all capped off with her trademark cackle \u2014 Team Trump shared some \u201cinspiring thoughts\u201d from the woman who would be president if anything were to happen to the frail, 81-year-old Biden should he be elected to another term.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC2-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC2\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC2\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC2-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC2' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC2 && FFADS.units.IC2.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC2' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! FFADS.units.IC2.lazy_load ) eval( FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads[0].rendering_script ); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ad began with that \u201cpassage of time\u201d quote \u2014 taken from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-vp-harris-goes-viral-word-salad-moment-just-cant-stop-saying-passage-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2022 Harris speech<\/a> in Louisiana touting the benefits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-revives-obama-broadband-boondoggle\/\" title=\"Biden Revives Obama Broadband Boondoggle\">high-speed internet access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just in case you think this was a selectively edited bit \u2014 or a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/panic-mode-kjp-scrambles-cover-biden-freezes-obama-says-videos-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap fake<\/a>,\u201d as the White House is fond of calling it these days \u2014 let me assure you that the quote doesn\u2019t make much more sense in context.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Are you voting for Trump?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<form id=\"firefly-poll\" class=\"firefly-poll\" onsubmit=\"ff_poll_submit( event );\"> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"firefly_polls_record_vote\"> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"3700710\"> <label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\" required=\"required\">Yes<\/label> <label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\" required=\"required\">No<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Enter your email\" required=\"required\"> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">  Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge via email. 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\t\t}  \t\t@media ( max-width: 768px ) { \t\t\t#firefly-poll-container { \t\t\t\twidth: 90%; \t\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px; \t\t\t} \t\t} \t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children and what that means to the future of our nation, depending on whether or not they have the resources they need to achieve their God-given talent,\u201d Harris told the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Then came Harris, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/06\/12\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-in-a-moderated-conversation-with-michael-ealy-and-bakari-sellers-on-the-nationwide-economic-opportunity-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just a few days ago<\/a>, speaking on the importance of local financial institutions: \u201cSo the importance of community banks is they are, as they are called, they\u2019re in the community, led by members of the community. People who understand the capacity of the community, the needs of the community, the culture of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kamala Harris: \u201cThe importance of community banks is they are, as they are called, they\u2019re in the community.\u201d<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eQWHaJEHx1\">pic.twitter.com\/eQWHaJEHx1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valuetainment Media (@ValuetainmentTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValuetainmentTV\/status\/1801694934933901428?\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"IC3-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC3\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement - story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC3\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC3-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC3' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC3 && FFADS.units.IC3.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC3.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC3' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC3.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! FFADS.units.IC3.lazy_load ) eval( FFADS.units.IC3.custom_ads[0].rendering_script ); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also, a short but sweet morsel of brilliance from the woman one weak heartbeat away from the presidency: \u201cSpace is exciting!\u201d (That one\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/04\/18\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-ongoing-work-to-establish-norms-in-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> from 2022<\/a>, if you\u2019re keeping track.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Related:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-roasted-bragging-welcoming-bearded-man-dress-white-house-embarrassing\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-related\">Kamala Harris Roasted After Bragging About Welcoming Bearded Man in a Dress to the White House: 'So Embarrassing'<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The full ad, which dropped Tuesday on the official X account of the Trump campaign, is some pretty brutal stuff \u2014 and a reminder why Harris is just as loathed as her boss is:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2728 Inspiring Thoughts from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> \u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tn1vqZdlDd\">pic.twitter.com\/Tn1vqZdlDd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/1803100502902649135?\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"IC4-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC4\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement - story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC4\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC4-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC4' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC4 && FFADS.units.IC4.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC4' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! FFADS.units.IC4.lazy_load ) eval( FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads[0].rendering_script ); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, some of this is practically zen-like, what with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/06\/magazine\/vice-president-gaffes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">response<\/a> to NBC News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-zac-efron-wears-sunglasses-indoors-today-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Melvin<\/a> in 2022 about whether it was time to shift course on COVID policy: \u201cIt is time for us to do what we have been doing, and that time is every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe another quote of hers: \u201cI can imagine what can be and be unburdened by what has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Use that as your pre-meditation mantra and your mind will be as clear and empty as \u2026 well, just look at the woman in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Look, absent any other red flags, this would feel a little bit harsh. After all, verbal infelicity in a political candidate shouldn\u2019t necessarily be disqualifying; while C-SPAN didn\u2019t exist back in the day, Thomas Jefferson was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carminegallo\/2017\/06\/30\/thomas-jefferson-and-three-keys-to-persuasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">such a poor public speaker<\/a> that it remains part of his legacy two centuries later. It doesn\u2019t besmirch any of his accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>However \u2014 to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QYAZkczhdMs?si=VuNx5I0WpEJ8BeOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paraphrase<\/a> the late Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, Democrat Michael Dukakis\u2019 1988 running mate \u2014 Vice President Harris, I knew Thomas Jefferson from my textbooks. Thomas Jefferson was a term paper subject of mine. 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