{"id":545940,"date":"2021-05-30T12:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=545940"},"modified":"2021-05-30T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:20:44","slug":"kamala-harris-pays-tribute-to-vets-after-tone-deaf-memorial-day-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-pays-tribute-to-vets-after-tone-deaf-memorial-day-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Pays Tribute To Vets After \u2018Tone Deaf\u2019 Memorial Day Tweet"},"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\">24<\/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-pays-tribute-to-vets-after-tone-deaf-memorial-day-tweet%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=545940&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harris-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to do a little damage control on Sunday, posting a tweet on Twitter that paid tribute to members of the military just a day after what many considered a tone deaf post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout our history our service men and women have risked everything to defend our freedoms and our country. As we prepare to honor them on Memorial Day, we remember their service and their sacrifice,\u201d Harris wrote in the Sunday post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.48031496063\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Throughout our history our service men and women have risked everything to defend our freedoms and our country. As we prepare to honor them on Memorial Day, we remember their service and their sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP\/status\/1398957365035159552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Saturday, the vice president posted a photo of herself smiling, writing simply: \u201cEnjoy the long weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.990099009901\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enjoy the long weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilGOrod4AW\">pic.twitter.com\/ilGOrod4AW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP\/status\/1398717990376546304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Social media exploded with outrage after Harris\u2019 Saturday tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal misfire here. It is a long weekend. It\u2019s also Memorial Day weekend, which means far more that our government officials should acknowledge: a time to remember and honor the millions of Americans who lost their lives in our nation\u2019s defense,\u201d Paul Szoldra, editor of military news site Task &amp; Purpose, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulSzoldra\/status\/1398776877951590402\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) finished Harris\u2019s short sentence by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLeeZeldin\/status\/1398753194424012803\">writing<\/a>: \u201c\u2026 and pay tribute to the courageous men and women of our nation\u2019s military who sacrificed their lives in defense of our freedoms and liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCare to mention WHY we\u2019re having a long weekend, Kamala?\u201d Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1398955388167462912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Others were more harsh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo pictures of our Fallen hero\u2019s, just which angle do I look best in? Narcissistic @VP. PS when do you think you could get to our border crisis? Maybe over the \u2018Long Weekend\u2019 would be a good time?\u201d one Twitterer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my Uncle Walter, Madame Vice President,\u201d wrote another person. \u201cHe won\u2019t be enjoying the \u2018long weekend\u2019 because he was KIA at Peleliu in September 1944, advancing with his fellow Marines to take the island\u2019s airfield. Obliterated by an enemy artillery shell. He had just turned 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.173553719008\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrayConnolly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GrayConnolly<\/a> This is my Uncle Walter, Madame Vice President. He won&#8217;t be enjoying the &#8220;long weekend&#8221; because he was KIA at Peleliu in September 1944, advancing with his fellow Marines to take the island&#8217;s airfield. Obliterated by an enemy artillery shell. He had just turned 18. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8SsqsJoRXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/8SsqsJoRXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 natehale (on Gab @Nate_Hale) (@natehale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natehale\/status\/1398829272844967937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another posted a tribute to his father. \u201cI pulled this from my dad\u2019s WWII memoir. He was a Marine. Maybe instead of a glamor shot of herself, she can tweet just one photo of soldier, sailor, airman or marine who died in combat? Maybe honor the fallen instead of herself? Maybe too much to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.484662576687\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I pulled this from my dad&#8217;s WWII memoir. He was a Marine. <br \/>Maybe instead of a glamor shot of herself, she can tweet  just one photo of soldier, sailor, airman or marine who died in combat? <br \/>Maybe honor the fallen instead of herself? Maybe too much to ask. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SEmxLxqqXt\">pic.twitter.com\/SEmxLxqqXt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JimThompson (@JimmySportToons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmySportToons\/status\/1398798130259193857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Air National Guard Lt. Colonel Adam Kinzinger blasted her tweet as \u201ctone deaf.\u201d \u201cEnjoy your freedom purchased by many who died for it. Tone deaf,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Huckabee Sanders, press secretary for former President Donald Trump, said that even her seven-year-old son \u201cunderstands what this weekend is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow some respect for the heroes who paid the ultimate price for our freedom,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was assuaged by Harris\u2019 Sunday tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a \u2018long weekend\u2019 to you?????? Don\u2019t pretend you care about our military or those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our country,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dagreataarchino\/status\/1398960756360728576\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl covered the White House for a dozen years and ran the Drudge Report for four years. He can be reached at josephcurl@dailywire.com and on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephcurl\">@JosephCurl<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to do a little damage control on Sunday, posting a tweet on Twitter that paid tribute to members of the military just a day after &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harris-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris Pays Tribute To Vets After \u2018Tone Deaf\u2019 Memorial Day Tweet","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/harris-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris Pays Tribute To Vets After \u2018Tone Deaf\u2019 Memorial Day Tweet","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545940","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=545940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}