Yesterday’s “voting rights” event in Georgia held by the administration didn’t seem to change many minds. In fact, the president’s racially charged rhetoric, including comparing anyone who doesn’t support his federal elections takeover to Jefferson Davis and George Wallace, only made the White House appear more desperate and pathetic. The more they push, the more obvious it becomes that they feel like they’ve got to rig the 2022 election to have a chance.
Given Stacey Abrams’ decision to not attend, it’s clear there’s some stink coming from the Biden administration that other Democrats don’t want to get on them. This “voting rights” nonsense, coupled with a demand to blow up the filibuster, isn’t helping.
It wasn’t just Biden that debased himself, though. Kamala Harris spoke as well, and in doing so, showed she’s either really dumb or really dishonest.
Harris said: The Constitution of the United States gives the Congress the power to pass legislation and nowhere – nowhere – does the Constitution give the minority the right to unilaterally block legislation.”
— Joey Garrison (@joeygarrison) January 11, 2022
You can see that I believe Harris is more outrightly dishonest than dumb. Yes, she’s an absolutely terrible politician, but even then, I assume she can count. Given that, anyone with a four-year-old’s understanding of math understands that 52 senators are not actually a “minority.” Right now, that’s the count against blowing up the filibuster, with all 50 GOP members joining with Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
Past that, the implication that the Republicans are somehow violating the Constitution by filibustering is so blatantly false that there’s just no way it’s an oversight. Were Democrats violating the Constitution when they filibustered Tim Scott’s police bill? It is not. Harris isn’t dumb, though she’s wholly unqualified for the job she holds. Rather, she’s attempting, rather haphazardly, to tarnish the filibuster itself because it’s not expressly mentioned in the nation’s founding document.
Harris would later go on to call the long-standing legislative maneuver “arcane.”
Kamala Harris calls the Senate filibuster “arcane.”
In 2020, Democrats used the filibuster 327 more times than usual. pic.twitter.com/9OuZmzVMXb
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 11, 2022
That’s a cheap, weak assertion that no one is going to buy. It isn’t mysterious or secret. It is mysterious and hidden. It’s one of the most public, long-standing legislative institutions the country possesses. As the RNC points out above, Harris’ party (and she herself) used it 327 times in 2020 alone.
Harris is worse than Harris list of receiptsThe list of Democrats including Joe Biden who are fiercely protecting the filibuster’s status as the jewel of minorities rights is lengthy. You can’t just repeat the same thing repeatedly for many years. It becomes difficult to claim the contrary. Maybe she’s just dumb enough to think that anybody would believe such an act.
Also, mental toughness should be evaluated by whether or not the strategy is logical. In this case, Harris’ stern demand to pass “voting rights” (which already exist) is a dead end, blocked by multiple Democrat senators who have no interest in committing political suicide. An intelligent administration would choose to pivot towards something they are able to accomplish rather than run headfirst off the electoral cliff. Here we are with Harris believing that Harris can be serious, speak in a halting manner, and still get what she wants. It’s unseemly at best and a complete turnoff for voters at worst.
The question is, are Harris truly dumb? I’ll just go with some yet unmeasured mix of both. Either way, she’s really bad at her job.
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