{"id":2352906,"date":"2024-10-09T21:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T01:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-slammed-for-poor-hurricane-milton-explanations-in-tv-appearances-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T21:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T01:48:30","slug":"harris-slammed-for-poor-hurricane-milton-explanations-in-tv-appearances-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-slammed-for-poor-hurricane-milton-explanations-in-tv-appearances-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris slammed for poor Hurricane Milton explanations in TV appearances &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fharris-slammed-for-poor-hurricane-milton-explanations-in-tv-appearances-washington-examiner%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=2352906&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 faced\u200b criticism \u200cfor\u200c her\u200b awkward explanations during\u2064 recent television \u2062appearances related to Hurricane Milton, amidst ongoing weather \u2063challenges on\u2064 the East Coast. Speaking on The Weather Channel, she attempted\u200d to clarify misinformation regarding FEMA&#8217;s efforts and discussed the categorization of hurricanes. However, her explanations were \u2063perceived as overly simplistic, with social media users \u200bmocking her delivery and comparing it to elementary\u200d school teaching. Critics\u2063 highlighted\u200b her lack of depth in\u200c understanding the situation, with many \u2064finding \u2062her approach comical. On the same day, \u200bshe participated\u2064 virtually in a briefing with President Biden regarding \u200cthe\u2064 response to Hurricane Helene and anticipated\u2063 impacts from Hurricane Milton.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;So embarrassing&rsquo;: Harris slammed for poor Hurricane Milton explanations in TV appearances<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1792099\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> was mocked Wednesday for her awkward TV appearances as another hurricane hits the East Coast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=92RxIISRxtQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called into\">called into<\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Weather Channel<\/a> to address &ldquo;misinformation&rdquo; about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> recovery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuador-suffers-nationwide-blackout\/\" title=\"Ecuador experiences nationwide power outage\">emergency preparedness efforts<\/a> after Hurricane Helene. She then started explaining the impacts of the different hurricane categories for Hurricane Milton.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really important that we think about the language that we&rsquo;re using to talk about what we&rsquo;re predicting. For example, it has moved &mdash; from time to time from a Category 5 to a Category 4. It&rsquo;s important that we emphasize that downgrading has happened. In fact, the difference between Category 5 and Category 4 in terms of the danger and the damage is pretty much the same,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1844082976428261650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"explained\">explained<\/a> on The Weather Channel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala explains hurricanes on The Weather Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tcYeGTHkxM\">pic.twitter.com\/tcYeGTHkxM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1844082976428261650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Social media users laughed off her elementary teacher-style explanations about the weather.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sounds like me trying to explain my homework in 3rd grade,&rdquo; one user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nickth3kid\/status\/1844083224764612626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She likes to talk down to people a lot for someone one who has to be told what to say and when to say it,&rdquo; another user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bella91320\/status\/1844084063747047933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She still has zero comprehension about what is actually happening with the hurricane,&rdquo; one person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1844092559045558407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is getting comical,&rdquo; another person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarnelSugarfoo\/status\/1844108024476205413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"quipped\">quipped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and the vice president received updates about response efforts for Hurricane Helene and the expected impacts of Hurricane Milton. Harris participated virtually in the briefing with Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Kamala Harris struggles through a live broadcast on Hurricane Milton, covers her mouth to tell her staff she is on a live broadcast before stumbling while reading prepared notes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a live broadcast,&#8221; Harris told her team before reading their notes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the people of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BGeSLtQPDe\">pic.twitter.com\/BGeSLtQPDe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1844070610353418493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>At one point, Harris was seen covering her mouth and talking to her staff, asking if she was in a &ldquo;live broadcast.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She then awkwardly addressed Floridians. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To the people of Florida, and in particular &hellip; the people of the uh Tampa resid &hellip; um, region, we urge you to take this storm seriously,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>She and Biden also denounced &ldquo;misinformation&rdquo; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-short-term-funding-bill-as-lawmakers-try-to-avoid-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Senate Passes Short-Term Funding Bill As Lawmakers Try To Avoid A Government Shutdown\">hurricane relief efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This stuff is so embarrassing,&rdquo; one social media user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPASarah\/status\/1844089615520759901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"scoffed\">scoffed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-the-first-millennial-confirmed-to-a-cabinet-position\/\" title=\"Buttigieg Becomes The First Millennial Confirmed To A Cabinet Position\">media blitz<\/a> by Harris is not going well. The more she is put in front of the camera. The more people dislike her,&rdquo; another person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWave_Press\/status\/1844070850431156700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"remarked\">remarked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-creepy-advances-on-covid-nurse-lies-about-vaccines\/\" title=\"Biden makes creepy advances on COVID nurse, lies about vaccines\">awkward moment<\/a> of incompetence brought to you by: Mega-Donors,&rdquo; one person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CraigChamberlin\/status\/1844070945969033623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1792099\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1792099\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris criticized for awkward Hurricane Milton TV explanations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2352907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Harris-3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[40557,42483,33017,42677,32076],"class_list":["post-2352906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris-criticism","tag-hurricane-milton","tag-political-analysis","tag-tv-appearances","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Harris-3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352906","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}