When Americans suffer a tragedy, what does it take to get Kamala Harris’ attention? The same thing that grabs Joe Biden’s attention: identity politics.
When the president couldn’t remember Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s name, he did remember that Austin is the “Black man.” Many of us believe the only reason Kamala Harris was tapped to be vice president is because she is the “Black woman” who balanced a ticket headed by a White guy.
Harris checked an impressive three boxes:
On January 20, 2021, Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice President – the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected to this position.1
The families of Riley, Nungaray & Morin aren’t laughing*
After three and a half years of refusing to protect Americans from the murderous consequences of a massive invasion of illegal foreign nationals that she helped create, it’s still the only explanation that makes sense.
Biden-Harris Executive Order 13985 endorsed the left’s racial justice narrative by swapping skin color for merit and promoting the falsehood that equity and equal opportunity have something in common:
Affirmatively advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity is the responsibility of the whole of our Government.2
What does this mean for Americans who don’t check a White House value box?
Ask the residents of East Palestine, Ohio and then say the names of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin, and everyone else whose blood covers Harris and Biden’s hands.
Keeping Americans safe is important if there is a political payoff
Race-based identity politics is also the best explanation for why some lives have more value to the Biden-Harris White House than others. Skin color turns tragedy into political gold. Did White House ideologues think we didn’t notice?
When you lead the most powerful nation on the planet with resources few Americans can even begin to fathom, you get to pick and choose what matters.
Biden and Harris routinely disregard tragedies that don’t offer a political payoff. Consider the White House responses to the toxic catastrophe in East Palestine Ohio and the mass, racist shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Identity politics won’t keep you safe, but it puts you on the Biden and Harris radar
East Palestine residents landed on the White House back burner until they provided some value
Climate-obsessed Joe Biden finally visited East Palestine, Ohio one year after a February 3, 2023 train derailment spewed poisonous chemicals into the community’s environment. During his February 16, 2024 appearance the president praised his “herculean efforts” to clean up the disaster and assured residents he had their back:
My administration was on the ground within hours, working closely with the governor, the mayor, the senators, the house members, community leaders to make sure you have everything you need.3
Biden’s hired hands may have been on the ground within hours, but the president was AWOL until the first anniversary arrived during an election year and provided an opportunity to put himself in the spotlight.
Donald Trump was on site on February 22, 2023. He bought lunch for distraught residents who probably wondered how their lives would be different if he was still in the White House.
Buffalo mass shooting gets an immediate response
After the May 14, 2022 racially-motivated mass shooting that killed ten Black Americans in Buffalo, New York, Biden and Dr. Jill were on site a few days later. This was political gold for Biden, an opportunity to shamelessly use the murder of ten Americans for self-promotion:
I wasn’t going to run, as the Senator knows, again for President. But when I saw those people coming out of the woods — of the fields of — in Virginia, in Charlottesville, carrying torches, shouting “You will not replace us,” accompanied by white supremacists and carrying Nazi banners — that’s when I said, “No.” “No.”
And I, honest to God — those who know me — Chuck — you know I wasn’t going to run for certain. But I was going to be darned if I was going to let — anyway. Don’t want to get going.4
What a guy.
Harris used the incident to feed her narrative about our hate-obsessed nation instead of putting the tragedy in a less inflammatory context:
Law enforcement is proceeding with its investigation, but what is clear is that we are seeing an epidemic of hate across our country that has been evidenced by acts of violence and intolerance. We must call it out and condemn it. Racially-motivated hate crimes or acts of violent extremism are harms against all of us, and we must do everything we can to ensure that our communities are safe from such acts.5
Why do I compare this horrendous, racist mass shooting to the East Palestine toxic train derailment? The first incident earned immediate White House attention. The train derailment was backburnered until distance and the “passage of time” until an election loomed gave the president no choice but to make a too little, too late visit.
Say each and every one of their names, Kamala
After Sonya Massey was killed by a police officer in Springfield, Illinois on July 6, Biden and Harris issued separate statements. The president’s traditional closer rang hollow knowing that “who we are” means Democrats only:
In moments like this, let’s remember who we are. We’re the United States of America, for God’s sake. We have obligations to one another.6
Biden is a consummate machine politician who outlived his usefulness. As his party mobilized to deny representation to primary voters backing the president by swapping in his giggling, do-nothing sidekick, Democrats struck gold in JB Pritzker’s blue state:
When we call for help, all of us as Americans – regardless of who we are or where we live – should be able to do so without fearing for our lives. Sonya’s death at the hands of a responding officer reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not.7
That may well be true, but does not being Black make it OK to fear for our safety for other reasons?
Late to the dance, presumptive candidate Harris weighed in the next day:
Sonya Massey deserved to be safe. After she called the police for help, she was tragically killed in her own home at the hands of a responding officer sworn to protect and serve. Doug and I send strength and prayers to Sonya’s family and friends, and we join them in grieving her senseless death.8
She called for “swift action” by the Illinois state’s attorney and took credit for coauthoring the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
Harris never mentioned that this senseless killing happened on radical Democrat Pritzker’s watch, or that his no cash bail SAFE-T Act and years of Democrat Party control over state agencies failed to save Massey’s life.
Imagine the outcry if the governor was a Republican or if this happened while Trump was president.
Harris likes to talk about moments. Massey’s killing was no exception:
In this moment, in honor of Sonya’s memory and the memory of so many more whose names we may never know, we must come together to achieve meaningful reforms that advance the safety of all communities.9
Harris is absolutely right. Why has she done nothing to make this happen?
Being safe in all communities doesn’t mean all communities or all Americans
As the families of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin, and so many others will attest, the safety of all communities does not include communities impacted by Border Czar Harris’ illegal immigrant invasion.
Massey’s death was a tragedy that no bill, executive order, or police defunding can prevent. Whenever law enforcement is called, there is inherent risk. It is naive and irresponsible to claim that all unjustified and criminal acts by police can be legislated out of existence and equally irresponsible to propagandize racial incidents to portray America as a fundamentally racist hellhole because it attracts votes.
The deputy responsible for Massey’s death was charged with her killing, is being tried by the media and Democrat Party, and at some point will face a legitimate court of justice. Whether he can get a fair trial in Illinois is another issue.
Deaths at the hands of Harris’ illegal invaders were avoidable and so are the lives yet to be lost
Riley, Nungaray & Morin deserved to be safe, too.
Neither Kamala Harris, Biden, nor congressional Democrats showed much interest in how their open border policies killed Laken Riley, a White woman and one of the first highly publicized victims of Czar Kamala’s illegal immigrant invaders. The president didn’t even bother to say her name correctly during his 2024 State of the Union.
Harris speaks of Massey’s killing and “many more whose names we may never know” but has nothing to say about the crimes committed by foreign nationals she welcomes with open arms. Instead, the administration tries to pin the guilt for its treasonous denial of sovereignty on Republicans:
So, they [Republicans] continue to block critical resources. That’s what they have done for the past three and a half years. The president is looking for ways to fund — to fund security funding to get to the border, right? And he’s done that in a record way.10
Above all else, it is the duty and responsibility of our leaders to keep Americans safe. This is lost on extreme leftists like Harris who shows she doesn’t care by inviting the invasion of our country while demanding that Congress strip our citizens of the right to defend themselves with firearms protected by the Second Amendment.
Radicals like Harris and Biden thrive on social upheaval and its violence, chaos, anarchy, propaganda, and lies. This is why violent riots are peaceful protests, isolated police shootings are a nationwide epidemic of racist hate, and killings by illegal immigrants are ignored as collateral damage made irrelevant by these ideologues who enforce their dangerous policies knowing they are safe and immune from the consequences.
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1“Kamala Harris. The Vice President.” The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-harris/, retrieved July 29, 2024.
2“Advancing Equity and Racial Justice Through the Federal Government.” The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/equity/, retrieved July 29, 2024.
3“Remarks by President Biden on Supporting the Community in East Palestine, Ohio | East Palestine, OH.” The White House. February 16, 2024. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/02/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-supporting-the-community-in-east-palestine-ohio-east-palestine-oh/, retrieved July 28, 2024.
4Remarks by President Biden and First Lady Biden Honoring the Lives Lost in Buffalo, New York, and Calling on All Americans to Condemn White Supremacy.” The White House. May 17, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/05/17/remarks-by-president-biden-and-first-lady-biden-honoring-the-lives-lost-in-buffalo-new-york-and-calling-on-all-americans-to-condemn-white-supremacy/, retrieved July 29, 2024.
5“Statement by Vice President Harris on Mass Shooting in Buffalo, New York.” The White House. May 15, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/15/statement-by-vice-president-harris-on-mass-shooting-in-buffalo-new-york/, retrieved July 30, 2024.
6“Statement from President Joe Biden on Sonya Massey.” The White House. July 22, 2024. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-sonya-massey/, retrieved July 28, 2024.
7Ibid.
8“Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Sonya Massey.” The White House. July 23, 2024. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/23/statement-from-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-sonya-massey/, retrieved July 28, 2024.
9Ibid.
10“Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.” The White House. July 24, 2024. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/07/24/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-64/, retrieved July 28, 2024.
*“Kamala Harris. La Vicepresidenta.” The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/kamala_speaking.jpg, retrieved July 30, 2024.
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