In an absolutely wild moment, even for her, on the afternoon of Friday, January 3, Vice President Kamala Harris somehow managed to botch the Pledge of Allegiance when attempting to lead the recital of it on the floor of the Senate, forgetting the opening of the pledge that even schoolchildren in America can manage to master.
In the very awkward moment on the floor of the Senate and captured by CSPAN for all to see and roast on the internet, Vice President Kamala said, “Join me in pledging allegiance to our flag.” Then, trying to get going with the pledge and instead botching it, she said, “I pledge allegiance to the United States of America.”
That botched opening from the much-derided Vice President and near President-elect was, of course, instead of saying the actual pledge, which she seemed to forget and which is, as all schoolkids know, “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.”
As could be expected, social media was merciless in calling out the incident as soon as it hit the radar on X (formerly Twitter). For example, conservative political X account personality Nick Sortor said, “
LMAO! Kamala Harris just botched the Pledge of Allegiance on the Senate floor What a joke 
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Joking about her tendency toward spewing word salads, one commenter on Sortor’s post said, “Join me in pledging allegiance to the flag that deserves our allegiance to be pledged moreso now than ever before in the history of allegiance pledging, we must endeavor to pledge allegiance in the most pledgey way possible, leaving no allegiance unpledged and pledging each day to pledge our allegiance in the most pledgeful way possible.”
Other commenters noted that America dodged a big bullet in re-electing Donald Trump instead of her. One such commenter, for example, said, “Can you imagine having 4 years of that? We dodged the biggest bullet!” Similarly, another said, “This is who was almost President.” Another joked, “Im not sure she identified the right flag at first.” Watch the video of Kamala messing up the pledge here:
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Also commenting on the Kamala incident was the Johnny MAGA account, a conservative news commentary-focused account. He called Kamala an embarrassment to America, writing, “HOLY SMOKES. Kamala just screwed up the pledge of allegiance on the Senate floor. What an embarrassment to this country.”
He added, in a comment follow up, “Tens of millions of Democrats voted for this woman to be president just weeks ago…” A commenter on his post joined in roasting the vice president, saying, “It’s completely understandable… there isn’t a teleprompter to follow. Could of happened to anyone… 
” Another noted, “What a disgrace. It’s insane that almost half the country voted for her.”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video