Kamala Harris issues statement on the anti-genocide protesters in Washington DC.
Kamala Harris issues statement on the anti-genocide protesters in Washington DC.
https://xcancel.com/VP/status/1816490945501708660
text:
JULY 25, 2024
Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris
Yesterday, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. we saw despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors and dangerous hate-fueled rhetoric.
I condemn any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews. Pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent and we must not tolerate it in our nation.
I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way.
I support the right to peacefully protest, but let’s be clear: Antisemitism, hate and violence of any kind have no place in our nation.
Burning the flag is protected speech. Dont want to see it burned? Make the country less shitty
It's true. Condemning burning the American flag is a just another form of covering your eyes or ears because you don't like what people are saying. We should both strive to improve our country, listen to protestors, and live up to the American ideals of freedom.
The country that also is still trying to eliminate its indigenous peoples has no "ideals" to live up to.
I highly recommend reading Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - an indigenous people's history of the US.
She cars more about US flagg being burned than Palestinians being killed.
🤡🤡🤡
Another point: Don't want it burned? Make a better looking flag
If it's already charred looking, no one can even tell it's been burned!
God damnit stop supporting genocide too. Don't be antisemitic but also genocide is bad too
How is calling out violence protests supporting genocide?
She's not pushing down Palestine or pushing Israel up.
I am as confused as you are by this comment section. She's also given statements that are anti-genocide as well. You can be opposed to multiple shitty things.
So she lasted how many days before disappointing me? Four.
To be fair, this was already her modus operandi, she just has the spotlight for it now.
So much better than the other guy, though. Writing in a candidate will be fun for some people, but I'm choosing to vote for someone who 1) can win and 2) won't strip away freedoms in the name of religion.
Whataboutism adds nothing to the conversation and fails to address the criticism being discussed.
oh ok sorry
Democrats seem very eager to re-elect blue-flavored genocide. I'm very glad you feel so excited about her chances to win. I think the Palestinian children getting headshot by Israelis will be overjoyed to hear about the freedoms you will enjoy.
She's going for that undecided vote. She figures everyone that fears Trump will vote for her regardless (not an outrageous idea) so she needs to secure all the right-leaning individuals that know trump is a psychopath.
Politicians gonna politics.
There is no undecided vote, Kamala is competing with leftists who are abstaining or voting third party. Nobody on Trump's camp would vote for Kamala ever anyways, so if she pulled left she would get more voters, not lose them.
The DNC is fine with losing, though, so she won't.
She's not chasing voters at all, she's chasing donors. She's also apparently whispering sweet nothings to Wall Street about firing Lina Kahn.
Condemning a country for carrying out a genocide ≠ antisemitism. God I'm tired of doublespeak always winning.
Big oof.
Common Kopala L.
I support the right to peacefully protest
She wants to change our profile picture or whatever empty performative gesturing fits her agenda, doesn't she?
Please don't post pictures of screenshots. Copy and paste the text.
Sorry, I'll edit the body with it.
Omfg
Daily reminder that ACAB.
Standard presidential strategy (pre-trump) is to "run to the center" once the primaries are over. Yes this is disappointing, but I'll judge her by her actions. She also didn't attend Netanyahu's speech, but that could just as easily have been travel logistics or it could have been a snub to Netanyahu who is courting Trump and the R's.
She's not my favorite candidate, but she's miles better than Biden, and Biden's a light-year better than Trump.
Fuck you, Kamala.
FUCK
Well I agree with the last paragraph anyway...
There's a decades-long history of Zionists conflating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism, which is what Harris is tranparently doing here.
"Oppose Israel's settler colonial conquest of Palestine? You must be anti-semitic."
Also violent struggle against colonialism is necessary and justified, unless you want to adopt the Gandian pacifist strategy of doing your enemy's job for them:
War criminal spotted
You know what, nah. Fuck you Kamala, I’m writing in a socialist.
Had my vote for about 3 seconds.
Fuck the two party system, voting for either side is feeding the regime.
Remember folks, you can write anyone in you want!
Fuxk the two party regime, vote third party, deny them legitimacy
lol there goes my support
Fooled me with missing that speech ngl
The person, a leading presidential candidate and current vice president, skipping the meeting says a lot more than a statement put out by her staff.
She planned to meet with him privately. she wasn't skipping the speech out of moral principal, she just had a prior obligation
Before? Who knows what she was going to say privately!
But now this public statement is enough to tell us exactly what she's going to say.
Jesus, we kicked Biden out because he was supporting Israel. Is she really going full-swing into loosing support of the people?
We need to demand that she steps down.
we kicked Biden out because he was supporting Israel
Nah, the wealthy donors kicked him out because they lost confidence in him, ostensibly because of his health. They don't respond to the needs and opinions of their subjects.
Is she really going full-swing into loosing support of the people?
All day, because your support doesn't matter to the rulers and their paymasters.
We need to demand that she steps down.
Sure, but again your demands don't matter to the rulers and their paymasters.