{"id":2438659,"date":"2025-05-24T10:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamalas-post-debate-meltdown-detailed-in-new-book-doesnt-treat-me-like-the-d-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:00:47","slug":"kamalas-post-debate-meltdown-detailed-in-new-book-doesnt-treat-me-like-the-d-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamalas-post-debate-meltdown-detailed-in-new-book-doesnt-treat-me-like-the-d-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala\u2019s Post-Debate Meltdown Detailed in New Book: &#8216;Doesn&#8217;t Treat Me Like the D*** Vice President&#8217;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fkamalas-post-debate-meltdown-detailed-in-new-book-doesnt-treat-me-like-the-d-vice-president%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=2438659&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >text summarizes key points<\/a> from the book &#8220;Original Sin: president Biden&#8217;s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&#8221; written by Jake Tapper and Alex thompson. The book critiques President Joe Biden&#8217;s fitness for office, highlighting his mental decline and the media&#8217;s role in downplaying his issues. For instance, it reveals moments of confusion during meetings and attempts by his staff to suppress negative coverage.<\/p>\n<p>One notable anecdote involves Vice President Kamala Harris, who reacted poorly when CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper asked serious questions about Biden&#8217;s debate performance. She expressed frustration at being treated as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> and was dismissive of the severity of Biden&#8217;s situation. Additionally,the narrative demonstrates Harris&#8217;s struggle to navigate her role without appearing disloyal to biden,especially in the context of her ambitions for the future.<\/p>\n<p>the book portrays a concerning picture of Biden&#8217;s presidency and Harris&#8217;s reactions to it,suggesting that her responses and the surroundings around Biden could affect her potential candidacy in 2028. The text hints at wider implications for the Democratic party, as it critiques both Biden&#8217;s leadership and Harris&#8217;s responses during a critical time.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><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>It&rsquo;s the gift that keeps on giving, and will keep on giving right up until 2028 &mdash; unfortunately for Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you haven&rsquo;t had the time to buy or digest all of &ldquo;Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&rdquo; the book by CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper and Axios&rsquo; Alex Thompson released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>While the premise is kind of in the title and it doesn&rsquo;t tell you anything you probably wouldn&rsquo;t suspect (Joe Biden was unfit for office and had been for quite some time, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosis-daughter-escalates-war-words-jill-biden-dubbing-lady-mcbiden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady McBiden<\/a>&rdquo; was an apt descriptor for Jill Biden, the &ldquo;politburo&rdquo; of people that surrounded Joe also did him no favors, and those outside that inner circle &mdash; either in the White House or the wider Democratic Party &mdash; were completely impotent or unwilling to force reality upon the former president until it was forced upon him on a debate stage) there are still curious and interesting takeaways from the book, should you be on the lookout for them.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, there&rsquo;s the meta-textual spectacle of co-author Tapper humiliating himself by trying to apologize for not asking more probing questions when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/panicking-tapper-hires-crisis-pr-firm-everyone-sees-didnt-know-biden-debilitated-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was part of the general media cover-up of Biden&rsquo;s unfitness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are the other stories in the text of media gutlessness; former White House deputy chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-staffers-scared-biden-admit-isnt-pleasant-briefed-perfect-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Ricchetti<\/a> reportedly threatened another reporter into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-aide-intimidated-reporter-investigating-former-presidents-mental-decline-tacit-threat-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropping<\/a> a report &ldquo;that behind the scenes the president was having serious and disturbing moments, forgetting names and facts, sometimes seeming seriously confused at meetings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; 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dropped four days after the audio from Biden&rsquo;s interview with Robert Hur &mdash; which, through slurs and numerous pauses, showed him to be more mentally checked out than even the already-bad transcripts did &mdash; and two days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lie-doctors-weigh-aggressive-biden-cancer-diagnosis-story-doesnt-add\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden announced he had Stage 4B metastatic prostate cancer<\/a>, something which competent White House physicians should have detected and which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-doctor-nukes-cancer-cover-orbit-reveals-far-back-cancer-likely-goes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he likely had in some form through most of his<\/a> presidency.<\/p>\n<p>However, let&rsquo;s take a breather from all that and go back to debate night, 2024 &mdash; June 27, to be precise, when Kamala Harris went on TV to defend her doddering, barely alive president, and was livid that CNN&rsquo;s Anderson Cooper deigned to ask her serious questions.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, she was upset &ldquo;this m**********r doesn&rsquo;t treat me like the d*** vice president of the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris, the book notes, was watching the debate from Los Angeles, preparing for a post-debate media blitz from the Fairmont Century Plaza. &ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t say much as she watched but occasionally asked those with open laptops what people were saying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/20-questions-unanswered-after-director-cheatle-resigns\/\" title=\"20 ... Unanswered After Director Cheatle Resigns\">apparently didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t notice it was a car crash &mdash; and was somewhat stunned to learn &ldquo;that serious people were calling on Biden to step aside,&rdquo; Tapper and Thompson note.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Harris appeared surprised that the panic had reached this level so quickly. Some people on the Biden campaign suggested that she cancel her interviews. They argued that she didn&rsquo;t want to make it look like she was trying to upstage him,&rdquo; Tapper and Thompson write.<\/p>\n<p>Harris being Harris and having a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bret-baier-4-kamala-harris-staffers-frantically-waving-hands-forced-dismount-end-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wading into things that are very bad ideas<\/a>, she decided against this: &ldquo;She and her team began brainstorming how they could at once address the poor performance and defend the president. They debated so long that they missed Harris&rsquo;s interview with CBS and were late for the next one.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Five minutes before going on CNN, Harris herself landed on the line she would use: Acknowledge the slow start but then point to the strong finish,&rdquo; Tapper and Thompson note.<\/p>\n<p>After what we saw that night, &ldquo;slow start&rdquo; but &ldquo;strong finish&rdquo; is a bit like saying that in the 2001 soccer match between Australia and American Samoa &mdash; where Australia won a 31-0 victory which remains the largest margin of victory at the international level in the history of the sport &mdash; that Australia scored 16 of those goals in the first half and American Samoa only let in 15 during the second.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-anderson-cooper-fact-checks-kamala-harris-live-cnn-drops-bomb-bidens-debate-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The results were predictable<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN Fact-Checks Kamala Harris to Her Face Live on Air<\/p>\n<p>KAMALA HARRIS: &ldquo;On substance, on policy, on performance, Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>ANDERSON COOPER: &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m sorry, on substance and policy and performance tonight, I mean, the president&rsquo;s performance tonight&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51Lp1o7nSn\">pic.twitter.com\/51Lp1o7nSn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Vigilant Fox &#129418; (@VigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1806563956648997226?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sure, it was Anderson Cooper 31, Kamala Harris 0 &mdash; but at least he only owned her 15 times in the second half of the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievably, Harris thought Cooper had it out for her:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After the interview, Harris was visibly angry with Cooper. He had been asking the questions the nation had been wondering, but she took it personally,&rdquo; the book states.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This m**********r doesn&rsquo;t treat me like the d*** vice president of the United States. I thought we were better than that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&rsquo;s put this into context: This debate performance was so bad that Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign put together their most devastating ad featuring 90 seconds of the debate that&nbsp;<em>featured zero seconds of their own candidate talking<\/em>. It was <em>all Biden<\/em>. That&rsquo;s all they had to do:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Needless to say, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-receive-a-raise-after-leaving-the-white-house-and-earn-more-post-presidency-than-during\/\" title=\"Biden will receive a raise after leaving the ... and earn more post-presidency than during\">drugs didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lYHnU476w\">pic.twitter.com\/3lYHnU476w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1806555571937591578?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She watched what we all watched, didn&rsquo;t get &ldquo;that the panic had reached this level so quickly,&rdquo; thought this could get waived away by saying something to the effect of &ldquo;sure that start was bad, but did you see how he landed the dismount from the trainwreck? <em>Epic<\/em>!&rdquo;, and then flipped out in private on &ldquo;this m**********r&rdquo; &mdash; usually in the tank for team Biden &mdash; for not treating that line of thinking seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the book is just as crushing for Harris, particularly in laying out how she struggled &mdash; well,&nbsp;<em>refused<\/em> is probably the right word &mdash; to take positions contrary to Biden so as not to be perceived as &ldquo;disloyal,&rdquo; and how the rest of the party heads outside of the Biden &ldquo;politburo&rdquo; infrastructure expressed some skepticism that she should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-fast-despite-bidens-support-obama-pelosi-hold-back-harris-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automatically inherit the top of the ticket<\/a> once Biden recused himself in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you need one anecdote from &ldquo;Original Sin&rdquo; on why everything Kamala Harris did in 2024 should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-2028-pollsters-give-brutal-news-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disqualify her from serious consideration in 2028<\/a>, one need only read that she flipped out on someone for pointing out the obvious &mdash; which even&nbsp;<em>she<\/em> couldn&rsquo;t see, apparently.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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If you haven&#8217;t had the chance to read or absorb &#8220;Original Sin: President Biden&#8217;s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&#8221; authored by CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper and Axios&#8217;s Alex Thompson, which was released on Tuesday, you&#8217;re missing out. The title itself hints at its content and confirms suspicions many already held-that Joe Biden has been unfit for office for quite some time. The book also describes Jill Biden as &#8220;Lady McBiden&#8221; and highlights how the inner circle surrounding Joe did him no favors while those outside it were either powerless or unwilling to confront the reality of his condition until it became evident during a debate.<\/p>\n<p>One notable moment involves co-author Tapper expressing regret for not asking more challenging questions during his part in the media&#8217;s cover-up regarding Biden&#8217;s fitness. There are accounts of media cowardice as well; for instance, former White House deputy chief of staff Steve Ricchetti allegedly pressured another reporter into dropping a story about serious concerns regarding the president&#8217;s mental state.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s Kamala Harris herself, who reacted in her typical fashion during one of the book&#8217;s more humorous anecdotes. This incident largely went unnoticed since &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; was published just days after audio from Biden&#8217;s interview with Robert Hur revealed his cognitive decline even more starkly than previously thought-this came just two days after he disclosed having Stage 4B metastatic prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s rewind to June 27, 2024-debate night-when Harris appeared on TV defending her struggling president and expressed frustration that CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper dared to ask her serious questions. She felt disrespected by Cooper not treating her like &#8220;the d*** vice president.&#8221; While watching from Los Angeles before a media blitz at Fairmont Century Plaza, she seemed oblivious to how poorly Biden performed in the debate and was shocked that calls for him to step down had escalated so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Despite suggestions from campaign members that she should cancel interviews so as not to overshadow him, Harris chose instead to strategize on how best to address his lackluster performance while defending him-a decision that led them to miss an interview with CBS due to their lengthy discussions. Just minutes before going live on CNN, she settled on framing his poor start positively by highlighting a supposed strong finish.<\/p>\n<p>However, this comparison is akin to saying Australia only let American Samoa score 15 goals in their infamous soccer match where they lost 31-0-the outcome was predictable: <\/p>\n<p>CNN Fact-Checks Kamala Harris Live<\/p>\n<p>Harris claimed &#8220;Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong&#8221; but faced tough questioning from Cooper about his actual performance that night. Afterward, she was visibly upset with Cooper for asking what many were thinking; she took it personally rather than recognizing it as legitimate inquiry into her boss&#8217;s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The debate performance was so disastrous that Trump&#8217;s campaign created an ad featuring only clips of Biden without any mention of their own candidate-a clear indication they didn&#8217;t need anything else:<\/p>\n<p>She witnessed what everyone else saw but failed initially grasping how severe public concern had become; instead of acknowledging reality when confronted with criticism-even if indirectly-she lashed out at someone merely pointing out facts she couldn&#8217;t accept herself.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; continues this trend by illustrating how Harris struggled-or perhaps refused-to take positions contrary enough from Biden lest she be seen as disloyal while others within party leadership questioned whether she&#8217;d automatically ascend should he step aside mid-term.<br \/>\nIf there is one anecdote underscoring why everything Kamala did throughout 2024 should exclude her candidacy consideration moving forward into future elections-it would be this: Her inability (or unwillingness) recognize obvious truths reflected poorly upon both herself &amp; administration alike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2438660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2025-05-24T034920.592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32438,5888,33566],"class_list":["post-2438659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-kamala-harris","tag-meltdown","tag-post-debate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2025-05-24T034920.592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438659","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438663,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438659\/revisions\/2438663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}