From out of nowhere, Kamala Harris, on the Edmund Pettus bridge, condemns Israel
Posted by RaskolnikovX on March 4, 2024, 7:33 am
Hmmmmm. Might be standard election warm-up tactics but with the news of Biden's approval ratings circling the drain I wonder if they are looking at how tenable she would be as a late switch in for their candidate especially if she "breaks" from the policy on Israel (at least superficially in speeches) to get all the lost American Muslim/nopn-zionist votes back.
She's less popular than Biden so they would have their work cut out. I always thought they were keeping her hidden just for this kind of event but they could never combat her absolute and total unlikeability.
Kamala Harris issues sharp rebuke of Israel over ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza
The vice-president called for a ceasefire and the immediate release of hostages, in comments that appeared to be the strongest yet by a US leader on Gaza
US vice-president Kamala Harris has bluntly called out Israel for not doing enough to ease a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to rein in its close ally while it wages war with Hamas militants.
Harris, speaking on Sunday in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where state troopers beat US civil rights marchers nearly six decades ago, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept a deal to release hostages in return for a 6-week cessation of hostilities.
But she directed the bulk of her comments at Israel in what appeared to be the sharpest rebuke yet by a senior leader in the US government over the conditions in the coastal enclave.
“People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane and our common humanity compels us to act,” Harris said at an event to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Alabama.
“The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses,” Harris said.
Her comments reflected intense frustration within the US government about the war, which has hurt president Joe Biden’s standing with left-leaning voters as he seeks re-election this year....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
Re: From out of nowhere, Kamala Harris, on the Edmund Pettus bridge, condemns Israel
She certainly looks nervous in that video: Clearly everybody sees her as the expendable item, from Biden to the permanently angry Israelis, and she has been around long enough to know this is a setup.
But with key primarys next week, what else can they do but blather? They can neither point to anything good they have done, nor actually effect anything concrete. Putting a political cigarette lighter to Kamala seems a bit like the least-worst option :-)