In a recent interview, Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Republican “election deniers” for damaging the American reputation for supporting “democratic norms” and the “rule of law” abroad on the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This comes ahead of November’s midterm elections.
The vice president was asked by host Chuck Todd if the threats the United States faced following 9/11 were comparable to or greater than the alleged threats the nation now faces “from within” during an interview that was pre-filmed in Houston, Texas, and broadcast on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
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The nature of a foreign threat versus a local threat is “very different,” according to Harris, a former member of the Senate intelligence committee, even if “both are dangerous.”
She said that on the committee, she collaborated with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who put “Americans first, were concerned about threats to our national security, and were working toward a shared goal, which is to safeguard our country from assaults.”
When I consider the internal attacks that we have witnessed, Harris remarked, “I would that we would approach it the same way instead of through some political lens.” “I believe it to be a threat, and I believe it to be really harmful, and it weakens us.”
According to Harris, who has met with more than 100 foreign heads of state, the United States stands for the significance of democratic values, the rule of law, and human rights in such settings.
Like any role model, the world as a whole examines our actions to see whether they are consistent with our words, according to Harris. So, “we look at the reality that there are 11 people running for Secretary of State right now who are election deniers—the guardians of the integrity of the voting system in their state.”
Those who hold some of the highest political positions in our nation and who fail to denounce an uprising on January 6, she said, “you couple that.”
And I believe it sends a message that prompts others to wonder, “Hey, is America still valuing what they talk about?” that is, the integrity of democracies, which entails defending the rule of law and the purity of these institutions and speaking out when they are assaulted.
Todd questioned the definition of a semi-fascist later in the conversation in reference to Biden’s most recent epithet against the GOP.
Before mentioning the president’s recent comments on “semi-fascism,” Todd cited Biden’s inauguration address, stating, “Politics needs not be a blazing inferno burning everything in its path.”
Harris emphasized that the “issue of choice,” which will be up for a vote in the November midterm elections after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, will be on the ballot in less than two months. She declined to comment on how specific Democratic candidates are conducting their initiatives in some races across the nation.
