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Kamala Harris boasts that she’s a ‘historic figure’ who will have a ‘marble bust’ in not-entirely-flattering NYT profile
Mediaite ^ | 12/9/2025 | Isaac Shorr

Posted on 12/09/2025 12:21:18 PM PST by simpson96

Former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris boasted that she’s a “historic figure” who will have “a marble bust” of herself sitting in the Capitol during an interview for a not-entirely-flattering New York Times profile.

According to Shane Goldmacher, “Ms. Harris is busy selling books — a lot of them. She is not yet selling herself. Old advisers, both allied and estranged, have squinted from afar at her book tour, wondering what exactly her strategy is, or if there is any at all.”

“She has done little to distance herself from former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. besides admitting aloud that it was ‘recklessness’ on her part not to have discouraged him from running again. There has been virtually none of the strategic repackaging that a future candidate typically does, the buffing out of flaws and shining up of strengths,” wrote Goldmacher, who continued:

Ms. Harris has made clear she doesn’t “feel burdened” — yes, she still uses that phrase — by where she fits in the punditry pecking order or the polls or the cable chyrons. She is enjoying the freedom from what she calls the “transactional” constrictions of campaigning, of asking people for a vote.

Her place in history is already secure, and she knows it.

“I understand the focus on ’28 and all that,” she said in the interview. “But there will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any vice president of the United States ever was.”

In other parts of the profile, Goldmacher observed that “in the year since [her loss], she has not capitalized on” the good will that last year’s campaign bought her, and suggested that “she has mostly been a bystander in the Democratic Party’s raging debate over its direction.”

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To: simpson96

Yep, a marble bust of her and Willie.


21 posted on 12/09/2025 12:50:13 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Disambiguator

That’s what Willie Brown said.


22 posted on 12/09/2025 12:51:20 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: simpson96

Kamila HAS made her mark in the world, unfortunately it was a dent.


23 posted on 12/09/2025 12:53:31 PM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: simpson96
The list of Vice Presidents is not exactly illustrious- although it is colorful (no pun intended regarding Ms. Harris.)

Harris' primary historical relevance is that she shows how the pursuit of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has eroded a vast number of previously respected institutions.

She was unserious and ineffective as a Vice President, unable to excel in a largely ceremonial role. She clings to her historical importance, even though she cannot point to any notable accomplishments, other than the fact she was selected for the position solely for her physical attributes.

In time, historians will laugh at her brief tenure as the 1st in line to the presidency.

24 posted on 12/09/2025 12:53:58 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: simpson96

It’s going to be a bust of a Venn Diagram.


25 posted on 12/09/2025 12:54:57 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: simpson96

Harris’s year-long humiliation ritual continues.

You Will Be A Bust
Be A Bust
Be A Bust
In the hall of fame
Tra la la la la la la la la la la
Tra la la la la la la
Tra la la la la la la la la la la
Tra la la la la la la
Tra la la la la la la la la la la
Tra la la la la la la


26 posted on 12/09/2025 12:56:09 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: simpson96

She will hold a prominent spot in the Walter Mondale museum.


27 posted on 12/09/2025 12:56:41 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: simpson96

That marble bust will be unflattering too.


28 posted on 12/09/2025 12:58:33 PM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

I’m hopeful that many future historians will regard she and Joe as illegitimate.


29 posted on 12/09/2025 1:01:22 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: simpson96; Publius

” ... AN historic figure.”


30 posted on 12/09/2025 1:01:58 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: simpson96

FACE UP-— OR FACE DOWN ???


31 posted on 12/09/2025 1:03:03 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Karliner

A venn diagram that does not intersect. Like her speech patterns.

Or how about marble knee pads?


32 posted on 12/09/2025 1:03:33 PM PST by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: simpson96
Re: "Kamala Harris boasted that she is a historic figure..."

I agree, she is.

Kamala may have been the most defective major party nominee in American political history.

In spite of that, she came within 1%-2% of winning Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and the White House, in the 2024 Election.

33 posted on 12/09/2025 1:04:50 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: simpson96

“I am a historic figure like any vice president of the United States ever was.””

That’s an indicator IMO that she knows she is done and is content with that. Of course we will see how it plays out. I suspect that she could always be persuaded to run again.


34 posted on 12/09/2025 1:09:30 PM PST by plain talk
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To: simpson96

She may or may not be historical, but she IS history.


35 posted on 12/09/2025 1:10:27 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, it is near the end of the day.)
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To: simpson96

Who is Kamala Harris and why is she significant in any way, shape, form, or manner.

Zero and less than zero. A negative reflection on the human race. That is, if she even claims to be a member of the species.


36 posted on 12/09/2025 1:11:59 PM PST by alloysteel (You gotta accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, Latch onto the affirmative....)
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To: simpson96

Marble? Doubtful. Urinal Cake? That we could make happen...


37 posted on 12/09/2025 1:14:50 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: simpson96

Being a dullard, Kamala misunderstands shouts of “you’re history”.


38 posted on 12/09/2025 1:26:31 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: simpson96

Just a Town Drunk , any town she’s in


39 posted on 12/09/2025 1:26:41 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: avital2

She should have a small statue in first-grade classrooms to remind students that they have to study hard to learn to spell and speak in complete sentences.


40 posted on 12/09/2025 1:27:47 PM PST by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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