Speaking before a packed crowd at Washington’s Warner Theatre on Thursday, Kamala Harris said that efforts to restrain President Trump’s actions have largely collapsed, declaring that “any checks and balances to hold back President Trump have not worked.”
The event was part of a national tour promoting her new book, 107 Days, chronicling her presidential campaign. Harris sat down with journalist and podcaster Kara Swisher for an hour-long conversation before a sold-out audience.
“The point is that the guardrails have failed, for the most part,” Harris said. “Except one, which is the people and the power of God.”
“So right now, in this moment, if the Supreme Court isn’t a guardrail … what is, from a legal point of view, the guardrail that you see?” Harris continued. “Just the people.”
Harris accused congressional Republicans of being “complicit,” saying they “know what is wrong and [are] not stepping up.” Instead of “speaking up,” she said, they are “living in fear of retribution and are more invested in their own political survival than speaking up and taking the hits that may come.”
The former vice president praised congressional Democrats for standing firm in defense of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year — a standoff that has fueled the government shutdown now approaching its tenth day.
“I know there are plenty of Republicans who know this is wrong, but they’re not stepping up,” she said.
Harris then spoke bluntly about the political climate, admitting, “I was very candid with all the friends here — I don’t know that it won’t get worse before it gets better … . Everyday, something happens.”
Turning her attention to recent controversies, Harris denounced New York Attorney General Letitia James’s indictment and took sharp aim at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for claiming during a cabinet meeting that circumcision increases autism risk.
“My mother was an adviser at [the National Institutes of Health (NIH)], and she would leave us in the Bay Area to go to NIH, to work with scientists, who have as their goal to alleviate pain and to uplift the human condition,” Harris said.
Referring to current administration actions against the scientific community, she added that when looking at “what these people are doing right now, to end the war on cancer, to deny science and fire scientists,” it became “personal for me.”
On Kennedy’s remark about circumcision, Harris didn’t hold back: “It’s weird. It’s [profanity] up.”
“I don’t have the solution right now to how it stops before the end of his term,” Harris said. “But I know that we have to fight.”
“We have to fight,” she repeated. “We have to stay strong. We cannot get used to this. We cannot be overwhelmed, we cannot be silenced.”
At the end of her talk, Harris referred to a viral moment from earlier in the week when she visited The Getty Center in Los Angeles. “There is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when in fact, these [profanity] are crazy!” she said, breaking into laughter as the audience erupted in cheers and applause.
{Matzav.com}
Speaking of winning, how about the NY Giants last night? Beat the arrogant Eagles. Beat them badly. Ha ha ha.
This hunk of protoplasm hasn’t realized that the obsession against Trump won’t work, so she still spews this meaningless garbage. She spent 4 years, accomplishing absolutely nothing. Not even advancing the agendas of the Dems. The best thing she can do is to crawl under a rock and stay silent.