Hope rising: Americaâs first female vice-president
She is seen by some as an Obama-like figure who can help restore faith in America. Can Kamala Harris live up to the hype?
By Nick Bryant
February 13, 2021
Kamala Harris takes the oath of office on January 20 with her husband, Doug Emhoff, by her side.
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Out she steps in suffragette white, the radiance of her pantsuit giving her an almost celestial air â as if she is the gatekeeper to some other world. COVID-19 has turned this into a drive-in victory party, so supporters are honking their horns, cheering muffled cheers out of the half-open windows of their SUVs, and waving American flags from the cargo beds of their pick-up trucks.
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A 2020 Joe Biden campaign ad described the pending election as an “opportunity to leave the dark, angry politics of the past behind us.” After Biden’s election, he, Democrats and media urge a “return to civility.” But when did the Democrats practice the very civility to which they seek to return?
Let’s go to the videotape:
When Barry Goldwater accepted the 1964 Republican nomination, California’s Democratic Gov. Pat Brown said, “The stench of fascism is in the air.”
Former Rep. William Clay Sr., D-Mo., said President Ronald Reagan was “trying to replace the Bill of Rights with fascist precepts lifted verbatim from ‘Mein Kampf. ”
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Apparently, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is a cancer to the GOP. She’s nuts. She’s a conspiracy theory peddler. She may have one of the horses that will be used to bring about the apocalypse. She’s posted threats of violence against members of Congress prior to her 2020 election. She allegedly thinks the Sandy Hook and Parkland shootings were staged. Yes, all nutty things. My response: who cares?
I mean, who really cares? The only people who seem to care are the usual suspects: Democrats, the liberal media, and squishy Republicans. The only reason why
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A 2020 Joe Biden campaign ad described the pending election as an “opportunity to leave the dark, angry politics of the past behind us.” After Biden’s election, he, Democrats and media urged a “return to civility.” But when did the Democrats practise the very civility to which they seek to return?
Let’s go to the videotape: When Barry Goldwater accepted the 1964 Republican nomination, California’s Democratic Gov. Pat Brown said, “The stench of fascism is in the air.”
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