{"id":2339264,"date":"2024-09-10T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-veterans-platform-is-gaslighting-at-its-dimmest\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:33:17","slug":"kamala-harris-veterans-platform-is-gaslighting-at-its-dimmest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-veterans-platform-is-gaslighting-at-its-dimmest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217; &#8216;Veterans&#8217; Platform Is Gaslighting At Its Dimmest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-veterans-platform-is-gaslighting-at-its-dimmest%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=2339264&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>Vice President Kamala Harris recently unveiled \u200cher online policy platform concerning \u2064U.S. veterans, which critics describe as \u2063vague and insincere. The platform\u2062 promises to address issues like veteran homelessness and mental health\u200c but lacks concrete\u2063 details on how these goals will be achieved. Critics argue that Harris and her \u200drunning mate, Governor Tim Walz, are attempting to present a favorable \u200cimage of their track record on\u200d military issues despite a history of \u200bavoiding scrutiny on their left-leaning\u2064 agenda. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064campaign asserts a commitment to \u200dsupport \u2062service members, yet Harris&#8217;s absence at a recent memorial ceremony for the 13 service members who died during the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the failure to\u200d reach out to their families, has raised questions about\u200c their genuine concern. Furthermore, Harris has \u200dbeen accused of politicizing Trump&#8217;s actions \u2062during memorial events despite Trump previously showing compassion towards the families of fallen soldiers. Critics also highlight Harris&#8217;s\u200c misleading statements about Trump, including accusations that he disparaged deceased service members\u2014claims that have been disputed by former officials \u2064and fact-checkers. the situation illustrates a contentious political landscape, where veterans&#8217; issues are increasingly \u200cintertwined \u2064with electoral strategies.  <\/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<div>\n<p>After months of dragging her feet, Vice President Kamala Harris finally released her <a href=\"https:\/\/kamalaharris.com\/issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online policy platform<\/a> regarding America&rsquo;s veterans &mdash; and it&rsquo;s as vague, disingenuous, and dishonest as you&rsquo;d expect.<\/p>\n<p>Included at the bottom of the new &ldquo;Issues&rdquo; tab on the Harris campaign&rsquo;s website, the section offers very little substance on what policies a Harris-Walz administration would advance to better the lives of retired U.S. service members. Without explaining how, the Democrat presidential ticket pledges to &ldquo;fight to end veteran homelessness, invest[] in mental health and suicide prevention efforts, and eliminat[e] barriers to employment and expand[] economic opportunity for military and veteran families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A Harris-Walz administration will continue to ensure that service members, veterans and their families receive the benefits they have earned,&rdquo; the section reads.<\/p>\n<p>While the lack of policy specifics isn&rsquo;t surprising given Harris and Walz&rsquo;s efforts to avoid questioning about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-bill-to-mandate-electronic-voting-records-supported-by-soros-backed-secretary-of-state\/\" title=\"Colorado Bill To Mandate Electronic Voting Records Supported By Soros-Backed Secretary of State\">extreme left-wing agenda<\/a>, the campaign&rsquo;s dishonest attempt to paint a rosy picture of the two Democrats&rsquo; track record on military issues is the most damning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris and Governor Walz believe we have a sacred obligation to care for our nation&rsquo;s service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors,&rdquo; the campaign boasts.<\/p>\n<p>If that&rsquo;s true, then why wasn&rsquo;t Harris present at the recent ceremony honoring the 13 service members killed in Afghanistan during her and Joe Biden&rsquo;s botched 2021 withdrawal? Better yet, why hasn&rsquo;t she or Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/biden-harris-never-once-reached-221445943.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bothered to contact<\/a> these Gold Star families to offer condolences or apologize for the administration&rsquo;s incompetence that got their loved ones killed? After all, Harris herself <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/26\/three-years-later-democrats-cant-obfuscate-kamala-harris-role-in-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a>, as Politico described, that she was the &ldquo;last person in the room&rdquo; when Biden made the decision to pull out of Afghanistan. <\/p>\n<p>Rather than make efforts to aid and comfort these families, Harris and her campaign have done nothing but spread gross lies about Trump, who in contrast to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">sitting vice president<\/a>, has regularly met with and consoled these families.<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident came weeks ago when Trump attended the aforementioned wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate the 13 heroes who died in Kabul. With help from regime-approved media, Democrats attempted to manufacture a controversy that Trump &mdash; who was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/29\/joe-biden-got-13-americans-killed-in-afghanistan-but-garbage-media-are-mad-at-trump-for-mourning-with-their-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invited<\/a> by the Gold Star families and had permission to photograph the occasion &mdash; disrespected the buried fallen by having his team record video at the cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Harris quickly amplified the baseless narrative and issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1829915590468731167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lie-filled post<\/a> on X, in which she claimed Trump &ldquo;disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.&rdquo; Several of the Gold Star families who attended the ceremony with Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/03\/you-got-our-kids-murdered-gold-star-families-lambast-harris-for-politicizing-trumps-appearance-at-arlington-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted videos<\/a> in response, blasting the vice president for politicizing the commemoration and the Biden-Harris administration for its disastrous withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why won&rsquo;t you return a call and explain to us how you call my daughter-in-law&rsquo;s death a success? Vice President Harris, why will you not express your condolences yourself? Why have we never heard from you? And finally, why would you take a day where we celebrated the death of our loved one and use it to disparage not only them but us?&rdquo; asked Christy Shamblin, mother-in-law to Sergeant Nicole Gee.<\/p>\n<p>Deceiving voters into thinking Trump loathes America&rsquo;s military personnel is also a feature of Harris&rsquo; &ldquo;veterans&rdquo; platform. Also included in her aforementioned tweet, the campaign site <a href=\"https:\/\/kamalaharris.com\/issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeats<\/a> the debunked lie that Trump referred to deceased U.S. service members as &ldquo;suckers&rdquo; and &ldquo;losers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Numerous former Trump administration officials have publicly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/biden-spreads-hoax-that-trump-called-fallen-soldiers-suckers-and-losers-in-new-sc-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refuted<\/a>&nbsp;the anonymous allegations published by The Atlantic. Even left-wing &ldquo;fact-checkers&rdquo; like Snopes have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-accused-calling-fallen-us-163600242.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE2hw8D8u7WtueCiW7pMEA0wyxv8rYvq02R5o5wEDAIdZwGC_UBedio--7ny4vGy85GczeS-ohTFk1vPizdgruq1sz1zT2hWrlglvvhaCA69xzrKi-19-jwypqKa16udR-s36ZDacU1lGqByw1c-Fc9tRmXOy-VV7Cz9IfdB5JJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> &ldquo;there appeared to be no evidence of an audio or video recording of the remarks in question, nor was there any documentation, such as transcripts or presidential notes, to independently confirm or deny the alleged quotes&rsquo; authenticity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign&rsquo;s &ldquo;veterans&rdquo; section puts the cherry on top by playing word games with Walz&rsquo;s military service, claiming he &ldquo;served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-misrepresented-his-military-service\/\" title=\"Tim Walz Misrepresented His Military Service\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ignored-warnings-about-withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-military-leaders-say\/\" title=\"Military leaders say the Biden administration disregarded Afghanistan troop withdrawal warnings.\">command sergeant major<\/a>&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the Army National Guard. While it&rsquo;s true Walz was promoted to command sergeant major toward the end of his service, he <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/08\/tim-walzs-lies-about-his-military-record-include-inflating-his-rank-and-ducking-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">did not<\/a> complete the minimum number of years required to retain the rank when he left his unit before it deployed to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota governor has regularly lied about his military record, which he <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/walz-says-he-lied-about-going-to-war-because-he-struggles-with-grammar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed<\/a> on bad grammar during he and Harris&rsquo; recent interview with CNN.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a prolonged delay, Vice President Kamala Harris has finally unveiled her online policy platform for American veterans, and it is as unclear, insincere, and misleading as anticipated. Found at the bottom of the new &#8220;Issues&#8221; section on her campaign website, this part provides scant details about the policies a Harris-Walz administration would implement to improve the lives of retired U.S. service members. The Democratic presidential ticket promises to &#8220;fight to end veteran homelessness, invest in mental health and suicide prevention efforts, eliminate barriers to employment, and expand economic opportunities for military and veteran families,&#8221; but does not clarify how these goals will be achieved. <\/p>\n<p>The section states that \u201ca Harris-Walz administration will continue to ensure that service members, veterans and their families receive the benefits they have earned.\u201d While it&#8217;s not surprising that there are few specifics given Harris and Walz&#8217;s tendency to evade scrutiny regarding their far-left agenda, their campaign&#8217;s disingenuous portrayal of their record on military issues is particularly troubling.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign asserts that \u201cVice President Harris and Governor Walz believe we have a sacred obligation to care for our nation\u2019s service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors.\u201d If this is indeed true, one must question why Harris was absent from a recent ceremony honoring 13 service members who lost their lives in Afghanistan during her and Joe Biden\u2019s flawed withdrawal in 2021. Furthermore, why haven\u2019t either she or Biden reached out to these Gold Star families with condolences or apologies for the administration&#8217;s failures that led to such tragedies? Notably, Harris claimed she was \u201cthe last person in the room\u201d when Biden decided on the Afghanistan pullout.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of providing support or comfort to these grieving families\u2014unlike Trump who has consistently met with them\u2014Harris\u2019s campaign has resorted to spreading falsehoods about Trump. Recently at Arlington National Cemetery for a wreath-laying ceremony honoring those fallen heroes from Kabul weeks ago; Democrats attempted to create controversy around Trump&#8217;s attendance despite him being invited by Gold Star families who allowed his team permission for photography.<\/p>\n<p>Harris quickly propagated this unfounded narrative through social media by accusing Trump of \u201cdisrespecting sacred ground\u201d merely as part of a political stunt. In response videos posted by several Gold Star family members present at the ceremony criticized her for politicizing what should have been an act of remembrance while also condemning the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s handling of its withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>One poignant question posed by Christy Shamblin\u2014the mother-in-law of Sergeant Nicole Gee\u2014was: \u201cWhy won\u2019t you return a call&#8230;and use this day meant for celebrating our loved ones\u2019 sacrifice only as an opportunity disparage us?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Additionally misleading voters into believing Trump harbors disdain towards America\u2019s military personnel is another aspect featured within Harris\u2019 so-called &#8220;veterans&#8221; platform; it reiterates debunked claims alleging he referred derogatorily towards deceased U.S. servicemen as &#8220;suckers&#8221; or &#8220;losers.&#8221; Numerous former officials from Trump&#8217;s administration have publicly denied such anonymous allegations reported by The Atlantic; even left-leaning fact-checkers like Snopes acknowledged there was no evidence supporting those claims.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly\u2014and perhaps most notably\u2014the campaign attempts wordplay regarding Governor Walz\u2019s military background by stating he served as command sergeant major in Army National Guard; while he did achieve this rank toward his career&#8217;s end before leaving his unit prior deployment Iraq without fulfilling necessary tenure requirements needed retain said rank\u2014a point he often misrepresents due grammar errors during interviews including one with CNN recently conducted alongside Kamala Harris herself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2339265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamala-Military.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[27281,14806,32438,5894,4873],"class_list":["post-2339264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-critique","tag-gaslighting","tag-kamala-harris","tag-politics","tag-veterans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamala-Military.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339264","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}