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Kamala Harris issues statement on the anti-genocide protesters in Washington DC. (lemmy.ml)

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https://xcancel.com/VP/status/1816490945501708660

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Burning the flag is protected speech. Dont want to see it burned? Make the country less shitty

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Wdym? Aren't we living up to our nation's ideals of genocide? /s

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

She cars more about US flagg being burned than Palestinians being killed.

🤡🤡🤡

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Another point: Don't want it burned? Make a better looking flag

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 months ago (13 children)

God damnit stop supporting genocide too. Don't be antisemitic but also genocide is bad too

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago (11 children)

So she lasted how many days before disappointing me? Four.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

To be fair, this was already her modus operandi, she just has the spotlight for it now.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (12 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Whataboutism adds nothing to the conversation and fails to address the criticism being discussed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

Fucking hope this site is in no way representative of the voting population, because Jesus Christ.

That, or all the "I'm totally a progressive that suddenly learned about Gaza last week and refuse to vote for Biden because of it" astroturfing is shifting their gears to Harris.

They were looking for a new unified attack vector, and then she went and said this and they realized they could just keep doing the same old tired shit.

Reminder: if you give a single shit about Palestine or the people who live there, you will do everything you can to prevent Trump and down ballot Republicans from winning. At all costs.

If you can't see the forest for the trees, you're gonna find out real quick what happens in Gaza when Trump wins. Assuming you actually give a shit about those people and aren't just using them as political pawns to try to change the sentiment regarding Kamala Harris.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Great job justifying your vote for a pro-genocide candidate! You used a lot of words and did a nice whataboutism on Trump instead of focusing on how she's going to continue to support Israel no matter what they do just like Joe did. 🚩

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Condemning a country for carrying out a genocide ≠ antisemitism. God I'm tired of doublespeak always winning.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Big oof.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Please don't post pictures of screenshots. Copy and paste the text.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Sorry, I'll edit the body with it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Common Kopala L.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So, it begins.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

US History repeating itself, ad nauseum.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Omfg

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Daily reminder that ACAB.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Fuck you, Kamala.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (7 children)

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.

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