Resurfaced footage from 2022 shows Vice President Kamala Harris visiting the demilitarized zone between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. However, Harris misspoke in a Biden-like gaffe, where she intended to boast an alliance between the United States and South Korea. The presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee accidentally said that a relationship existed with North Korea instead.
According to an official transcript from the White House, Harris said, “So, the United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring. And today, there were several demonstrations of just that point,” which intentionally crossed out the vice president’s mistake.
The incident was recently shared on social media amid concerns about Harris’s unwillingness to engage with the press and ongoing criticism about her public speaking capabilities. Harris has been called out for allegedly refusing to give an unscripted interview since assuming Biden’s role as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.
Right-wing media outlet Conservative Brief uploaded the clip to X, writing, “Did Someone Inform Kim Jong Un?! Here’s presumptive 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Vice-President Kamala Harris continuing the tradition of President Joe Biden in NOT knowing what the hell she’s talking about – touts one of our enemies as an ally.”
Another person compared Harris to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, writing, “Trudeau once said ” I admire the dictatorship of China” now look how Canada has turned out NOT GOOD.” Another person added, “Totally unfit for the job.” One user claimed, “These kinds of errors will become less frequent as they get the best handlers with her 24/7…which they will. She has amazing puppet potential since intellectually and morally she is nearly a blank slate.”
Echoing widespread sentiment that Harris is not qualified to sit down at the negotiating table with adversarial leaders, one person stated, “Alliance with North Korea no we don’t … Biden 2.0 listening to her is horrifying she is a terrible speaker , she has zero foreign affairs experience they will eat her up and spit her out . Ask yourself her or trump sitting at a table with Putin or xi , mic drop.”
Kamala later stated in her press conference, “Here you see, at the DMZ, U.S. soldiers serving shoulder-to-shoulder with soldiers from the Republic of Korea. They are training together. They are committed to working in solidarity around a shared purpose and goal, which is to maintain the security and the stability of this region of the world.”
Watch Harris’ gaffe below:
Highlighting the U.S.’s commitment to South Korea, she said, “I cannot state enough that the commitment of the United States to the defense of the Republic of Korea is ironclad and that we will do everything in our power to ensure that it has meaning in every way that the words suggest. This includes our extended deterrence commitment, which is supported by the full range of U.S. military capabilities, again, as demonstrated right here before you.”
Harris continued, “But in regard to the threats posed by the DPRK, as I told President Yoon, we are aligned on this issue. The DPRK has a ballistic missile launch program, apparently, including just yesterday, and are destabilizing the peace and security of this region. Our shared goal — the United States and the Republic of Korea — is a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
Note: The featured image is a screenshot from the embedded video.
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