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The Post reversed its stealth edit after getting called out.
In July 2019, the Washington Post published a feature on then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her sister which opened with a bizarre statement from Harris where she compared the challenges of the campaign trail with a prisoner begging for food and water:
“It was the Fourth of July, Independence Day, and Kamala Harris was explaining to her sister, Maya, that campaigns are like prisons.
She’d been recounting how in the days before the Democratic debate in Miami life had actually slowed down to a manageable pace. Kamala, Maya and the rest of the team had spent three days prepping for that contest in a beach-facing hotel suite, where they closed the curtains to blot out the fun. But for all the hours of studying policy and practicing the zingers that would supercharge her candidacy, the trip allowed for a break in an otherwise all-encompassing schedule.
“I actually got sleep,” Kamala said, sitting in a Hilton conference room, beside her sister, and smiling as she recalled walks on the beach with her husband and that one morning SoulCycle class she was able to take.
“That kind of stuff,” Kamala said between sips of iced tea, “which was about bringing a little normal to the days, that was a treat for me.”
“I mean, in some ways it was a treat,” Maya said. “But not really.”
“It’s a treat that a prisoner gets when they ask for, ‘A morsel of food please,’ ” Kamala said shoving her hands forward as if clutching a metal plate, her voice now trembling like an old British man locked in a Dickensian jail cell. “‘And water! I just want wahtahhh….’Your standards really go out the f—ing window,’ Kamala burst into laughter.”
Not only was the comparison controversial because running a political campaign is nothing like being jailed but Harris’ record as a prosecutor made it even more staggering. She has jailed almost two thousand people for marijuana violations, jailed parents over truancy, and laughed about it.
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Washington Post tried to hide Kamala Harris comment comparing running a political campaign to being jailed
This Forum is a place for respectful discussion and debate of political issues, by Roman Catholics, in the context of the Roman Catholic Faith.
The Post reversed its stealth edit after getting called out.
In July 2019, the Washington Post published a feature on then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her sister which opened with a bizarre statement from Harris where she compared the challenges of the campaign trail with a prisoner begging for food and water:
“It was the Fourth of July, Independence Day, and Kamala Harris was explaining to her sister, Maya, that campaigns are like prisons.
She’d been recounting how in the days before the Democratic debate in Miami life had actually slowed down to a manageable pace. Kamala, Maya and the rest of the team had spent three days prepping for that contest in a beach-facing hotel suite, where they closed the curtains to blot out the fun. But for all the hours of studying policy and practicing the zingers that would supercharge her candidacy, the trip allowed for a break in an otherwise all-encompassing schedule.
“I actually got sleep,” Kamala said, sitting in a Hilton conference room, beside her sister, and smiling as she recalled walks on the beach with her husband and that one morning SoulCycle class she was able to take.
“That kind of stuff,” Kamala said between sips of iced tea, “which was about bringing a little normal to the days, that was a treat for me.”
“I mean, in some ways it was a treat,” Maya said. “But not really.”
“It’s a treat that a prisoner gets when they ask for, ‘A morsel of food please,’ ” Kamala said shoving her hands forward as if clutching a metal plate, her voice now trembling like an old British man locked in a Dickensian jail cell. “‘And water! I just want wahtahhh….’Your standards really go out the f—ing window,’ Kamala burst into laughter.”
Not only was the comparison controversial because running a political campaign is nothing like being jailed but Harris’ record as a prosecutor made it even more staggering. She has jailed almost two thousand people for marijuana violations, jailed parents over truancy, and laughed about it.
Continued below.
Washington Post tried to hide Kamala Harris comment comparing running a political campaign to being jailed
