Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, was slammed on social media late Thursday for an announcement she made on an airport tarmac the place three People had been turned away after being wrongfully detained in Russia.
Wall Avenue Journal reporter Ivan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Alsou Kurmasheva had been greeted by Harris and President Joe Biden on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland shortly after touchdown on US soil.
“It is a large testomony to the significance of getting a president who understands the facility of diplomacy and the facility that is determined by understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances,” Harris mentioned. “It is an unimaginable day.”
“Right here we go once more,” mentioned conservative commentator Tomi Lahren. “The orange nonetheless stands for what occurred, clearly.
Former Appearing Director of Nationwide Intelligence Richard Grenell responded to the clip: “Expensive God. He is incapable of which means with no teleprompter. DC reporters are serving to him conceal.”
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Many critics on-line additionally pointed to Biden’s extraordinarily confused look as he stood subsequent to her and listened to her.
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“It is a large testomony to the significance of getting a president who understands the facility of diplomacy and understands the facility of understanding the importance of diplomacy.”
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