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The Meme-ification of Kamala Harris
Harpers Bazaar ^ | 7/23/24 | Lois Staples

Posted on 07/23/2024 5:05:48 PM PDT by DallasBiff

You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?!” Vice President Kamala Harris famously asked with her signature zany laugh in a May 2023 speech. “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you!” The coconut tree aphorism—which can actually be attributed to Harris’s mother, Shyamala—is why your social media feed has probably been full of coconut emojis and memes since Sunday afternoon, when President Joe Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection in November, and endorsed Harris to replace him on the Democratic ticket.

Since Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate performance, there have been a lot of memes: about Biden and his forgetfulness, about Nancy Pelosi’s purported role as puppet-master in his stepping aside, and also, significantly, about Harris. Moments that might have once been perceived as awkward—Harris giggling like a mischievous aunt on her second glass of wine at a wedding, her mom-dancing, her less-than-enthusiastic reaction when Drew Barrymore earnestly asked her to be “Momala for the country” in April—have become a strange source of comfort these past few weeks. Many have commented on the resemblance between the current situation and the plot of the HBO comedy series Veep, in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus played a gaffe-prone vice president. Now that Harris is the front-runner to replace Biden, it’s becoming clear that her memeability is one of her political strengths. In a media environment where attention trumps all, could Harris be about to have the last laugh?

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Gawd, talk about wishful thinking. Kamala has a ton of memes along with her word salads.
1 posted on 07/23/2024 5:05:48 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
Last laugh?


2 posted on 07/23/2024 5:07:36 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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Harris was forced out of her first presidential primary for zero lack of Democrat support....
Tulsi Gabbard outed her for incarcerating scores of young black men for smoking weed.


3 posted on 07/23/2024 5:07:39 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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Cong Andy Ogles wants to impeach Harris; he should
focus on the $2 million govt payroll scam she pulled.

An Open The Books’s investigation revealed $2 million plus discrepancy in Harris’ allocation of taxpayer dollars. OTB calculated that for VP Harris’s 28 staff listed in the Senate report, the 2021 salaries added up to $2,334,223. But the vice president’s office “got $5 million for 23 full time staff in 2021 and requested over $6 million for 27 full time staff in 2022.

Harris’ office reportedly refused to answer any questions from OTB regarding this inconsistency. OTB said Harris’ office is a “revolving door” where there’s a perpetual staff exodus of key aides heading for the exits.......that might correspond to the $2 million discrepancy in her tax-paid payroll.

Payroll fraud entails serious crimes.......falsifying govt documents, misappropriation of tax dollars, skimming, larceny, check tampering, check kiting, billing fraud, payroll fraud, reimbursement fraud, pension fraud, misuse of tax dollars, theft of tax dollars, ID fraud, Social Security swindles, IRS fraud.

Contact Cong Andy Ogles
Washington DC Office
151 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4311

Columbia, Tn District Office
22 Public Square Suite 5
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: (931) 777-2140


4 posted on 07/23/2024 5:08:57 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray : Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: DallasBiff

The criminal liberal media have their marching orders....

NY Slimes: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4253686/posts

Van Jones: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4787647-van-jones-kamala-harris-tiktok-2024/


5 posted on 07/23/2024 5:10:51 PM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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She’s going to try to rebrand and talk moderate policy.

Stay to her right of her on crime. Calling her out for tough sentencing doesn’t help. Voters are ready for tough on crime. Trump can talk Prison Reform.


6 posted on 07/23/2024 5:11:35 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: God luvs America

It’s a new Gaslight for the Gaslight Media.


7 posted on 07/23/2024 5:13:13 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: DallasBiff

Replacing Biden is about saving the down ballot. Nothing more.

They are trying to gin up this clown just like they did the Potato and it won’t work.

They can’t admit she’ll lose so we’ll get this nonsensical dog and pony show that she’s the second coming but Trump will win handily


8 posted on 07/23/2024 5:17:34 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: God luvs America

The criminal liberal media have their marching orders....

NY Slimes: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4253686/posts

Van Jones: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4787647-van-jones-kamala-harris-tiktok-2024/


The entire MSM is already behind Kamala. I knew it was gonna happen yet its still surprising how quick the entire machine has been put into motion for KH. They are united behind her. This is not gonna be easy to defeat.


9 posted on 07/23/2024 5:45:26 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: DallasBiff

We’ve got a helluva Fellatio Alger story shaping up, folks.


10 posted on 07/23/2024 5:57:53 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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I can't tell if this is satire or serious.

Didn't stop me from LMAO.


11 posted on 07/23/2024 6:00:26 PM PDT by Gena Bukin (Trump/Vance 2024!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!)
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BwhHahaha. I hope they run that in my local obit rag


12 posted on 07/23/2024 6:07:48 PM PDT by Kudsman (Baby Lives Matter)
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To: Gena Bukin

Is that Willie in the middle there?

If not - why not? Willie Brown is THE reason why Kamala is where she is today.


13 posted on 07/23/2024 6:08:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: DallasBiff
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?!

 

Kamala IS brat': How Kamala Harris' campaign is embracing the memes - ABC  News

14 posted on 07/23/2024 6:10:33 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: Liz

And she herself smoked weed.


15 posted on 07/23/2024 6:18:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I think its George Floyd, their hero.


16 posted on 07/23/2024 6:19:33 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Gena Bukin

“Run, Shawty, run....”


17 posted on 07/23/2024 6:24:26 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: SkyDancer

That makes sense. But whether she likes it or not - she will face the Willie Brown sex scandal more than a few times.

Maybe not from the MSM, but the question of her sleeping her way to the top will be there.


18 posted on 07/23/2024 6:27:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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Willie Brown is THE reason why Kamala is where she is today.

Kamala sees what can be, unburdened by what has been.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K3rbIEsZC0&ab_channel=DailyBanter

Kamala Harris - "Unburdened" SUPERCUT

19 posted on 07/23/2024 6:28:44 PM PDT by woodpusher
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To: SkyDancer

past tense?


20 posted on 07/23/2024 6:32:05 PM PDT by joshua c
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