Posted on 08/23/2021 1:08:13 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire for laughing when asked about the deadly chaos in Afghanistan — before Singapore’s prime minister pointed out during a press conference with Harris that the Biden administration’s exit plan went “awry.”
The VP — heavily criticized for her delay in addressing the disaster that started after the US pulled out despite the Taliban’s resurgence — was already grinning widely when she approached reporters Friday.
A reporter attempted to ask about her “response on Americans” — but the VP cut her off before she could finish.
“Hold on, hold on — slow down, everybody!” Harris said, before letting out her now-notorious laugh, shaking her shoulders as she chuckled.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
“I’ve got nothing left to lose. Nothing can hurt me anymore. My life is nothing but a comedy...”
If a media person would ask her a very serious question, record her laughing and cut the video as she’s starting to wind down the laughing, and play the question and the laughing on the air...
Now THAT would be funny. I’m sure a mash-up of 4 or 5 laughing jags could be made.
So she's waiting for this administration to have some big success she can get out in front of. At least two problems with that:
As is the not-so-funny style these days, I will take, "An Effective Political Party in Opposition", Alex.
Any “success” will be the result of her ideas, contributions and effort. Like a good politician she stays miles away from problems and failures.
I do think Jill desperately wants in on the power game and will increasingly position herself to become a player.
She was not selected because of her brains or experience ..she was selected because of being a woman and “racial diversity “
She is the poster child for appearance over substance and experience.. The left knows she will do exactly what her “handlers” tell her.. we will have the “man behind the curtain” running our country
That laughing at anything said is an awful affectation to have, and one that someone in politics certainly CANNOT have! I wonder if she has a serious problem.
I went to school with a girl who laughed at the end of EVERY sentence she uttered. I mean EVERY sentence: “My dog died HAR-HAR-HAR!”
It was ridiculous and creepy, but she couldn’t help herself. Some sort of permanent tick.
There! Fixed it!!!!
Pseudobulbar Affect is no laughing matter. Maybe she should just claim disability.
Wasn’t my piece.
Greenfield wrote this a few days ago, and it’s what I thought of when I saw the post that “Afghanistan” no longer existed.
Ha ha ha! Good memory!
Someone should do a parody of Harris as president getting the 3 am call.
And she answers the phone and laughs.
Thank you. That was a terribly depressing movie...
In normal times, the President and VP would be meeting together to determine how to un fork this stituation.
Biden is incompetent and Harris is AWOL.
WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE HERE???
Like Hillary, her handlers have coached her to laugh instead of showing her true personality, which is essentially that of Elena Ceaușescu.
She speaks in a word salad gobbledygook of nonsense.
-PJ
- Dawn Tan, CNA Media Corp.
- Good afternoon Prime Minister and Madame Vice President... Madame Vice President, what's your message to America's partners about US commitments to its long-time allies in light of this issue [Afghanistan]?
- Harris
- The reason I am here is because the United States is a global leader, and we take that role seriously, understanding that we have many interests and priorities around the world.
I am here in Singapore as a reaffirmation to our commitment to our membership in the Indo-Pacific region, our partnership - longstanding partnership - with southeast Asia, and a long-standing relationship with Singapore as it relates to our issues, and our mutual issues, on security and economic strength and development, and now increasingly, global health.
So this visit, combined with the agreements we have made, and the work we continue to do as a nation to reinforce our commitment to these relationships, speak, I believe, volumes in terms of the integrity of the relationships the United States has around the world on many issues, based on our shared priorities and our shared vision of not only the challenges we face, but the future and the potential based on the opportunities that this moment also presents.
- Nandita Bose, Reuters
- Madame Vice President, we're in a situation where Afghans have been trampled, died as they rushed to free a nation where Americans fought for 20 years. American citizens are still stuck without safe passage. I understand that you agree with the decision to withdraw. But in your assessment, what went wrong with the withdrawal?
- Harris
- So, I... I... I understand and appreciate why you asked the question, and, um, I think there's going to be plenty of time to analyze what has happened and what has taken place in the context of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
But right now we are singularly focused on evacuating American citizens, Afghans who worked with us, and Afghans who are vulnerable, including women and children, and that is our singular focus at this time, understanding that we have a priority in making sure that the people that, in particular, helped America achieve its responsibilities in terms of our priorities and the reason we went to Afghanistan in the first place, that we have a responsibility and we feel a deep commitment to making sure that folks who helped us are safe.
But there's no question that what many of us have seen on television, as the President has said, I mean, the President has, I think, shown great emotion in expressing, um, sadness about some of the images we have seen. But we cannot be, um, in any way, um, d-d-d-distracted in any way from what must be our primary mission right now, which is evacuating people from that region who deserve to be evacuated.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times
- Madame Vice President, a quick follow-up to my colleague's question... I understand what the focus is now, but given that the reality is that there are thousands of allies, as well as American citizens, that are still stuck in limbo, are you satisfied with the operational steps that were taken in this decision? Not the decision itself, but the operation steps that were taken? Does it meet your standard?
Secondly, China is already trying to use the situation in Afghanistan to drive a wedge between the US and its allies, to [unintelligible] those in the South China Sea region that the US cannot be counted on as a reliable long-term partner. Are you at all concerned the damage has already been done to US credibility worldwide, and how does the US, and specifically this administration, repair it?
- Harris
- So, I'll repeat what I said, um, which is that there's no question there will be, and should be, a robust analysis of what has happened. But right now, there's no question that our focus has to be on evacuating American citizens, Afghans who worked with us, and vulnerable Afghans including women and children. That has to be our primary focus and where we are placing our attention, on the issue of Afghanistan.
And on that end, we have seen a successful drawdown of the embassy, and thankfully, without any American casualties. We have seen thousands of people who have been... who have been evacuated from the airport in Afghanistan, where the United States military is doing very hard and difficult work. We were able to contain that airport so that we could successfully evacuate the people who have been evacuated so far.
So as the President has said, listen, this is a difficult mission. There's no question about that. But our focus has to be on the task at hand as it relates to America's relationships around the world.
I am standing here in Singapore because of our commitment to a long-standing relationship, which is an enduring relationship, with the Indo-Pacific region, with southeast Asian countries, and in particular with Singapore.
The agreements that the Prime Minister and I have reached today are evidence of that enduring relationship and commitment, and founded on the long-standing priorities that relate to our security interests and our economic issues, but also a commitment going forward as it relates to the challenges that we face in the 21st century and the challenges we are going to face moving forward, such as in the inevitable, which is future pandemics, and what we will do together to research and to do what we can to stop those pandemics from wreaking the kind of havoc on the world that COVID has.
A commitment moving forward to work together on the issue of cybersecurity, to work together on the issue of the climate crisis. All of these agreements are evidence of America's strength and enduring relationships around the globe, and in particular, our knowledge that as we move forward and think about where we go in the 21st century, southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific will, in large part, I believe, dictate the future of our world and America's commitment then and partnerships with the country in this region and the countries in this region, are about where we are going and also founded on the relationships we have had in this region.
- Lynette Lai, Singapore Press Holdings
- I'd like to bring the bring the discussion back to the region and ask PM Lee and Vice President Harris how the US can work with Singapore and other partners to contribute to the broader stability and security of the region, and also to strengthen people to people ties?
- Harris
- The Prime Minister has said it well, which is that this is a relationship that is based on a shared vision, both in terms of the challenges we face but also the opportunities that we face to work together to meet those challenges. And it relates, again, to the historic relationship that we have on the issue of security and economic, um, strength.
But it is, it is also about what we can do to work together to discover th-th-the medicines that might attack and deal with the next virus. It is about th-th-the future in terms of our mutual commitment, curiosity and interest in wh-what we can do in space. It is about what we, in terms of shared values, for the need for universal norms on the issue of cybersecurity. It is about the interests that we have in being a global partner on the issue of-of-of vaccines, for example, and our shared commitment understanding that when we have the resources, that we will share them with the world.
These are the things that Singapore and the United States have in common, and with that common purpose, and with a similar approach to our responsibility to our own citizens, and our responsibility as a global citizen, I believe that with this commitment, as evidenced again by this visit today, we will continue to partner in a way that benefits not only Singaporeans and Americans, but the rest of the world.
Given their open hatred of America, it only makes sense if their disastrous policies and outcomes are intentional.
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5.56mm
Agree! Also, if you haven’t already, please see if you can find and watch KING OF COMEDY. Similar story line but more upbeat.
This was like, what 7 days ago? It’s like it didn’t happen./s
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