"With the swipe of my pen"

[mourningdove~]

Kamala Harris understands what it means to be powerful.

(This short video was shot when she was a 2020 presidential candidate.)

 

[JosephZ]

With great power comes great responsibility.

 

[mourningdove~]

In the video, Harris says ...

"And I learned, I think I was, I don’t know, 22 when I started that work, I learned that with the swipe of my pen I could charge someone with the lowest level offense, and with a swipe of my pen a person could be arrested, they could sit in jail for at least 48 hours, they could lose time from work and their family, maybe lose their job. They’d have to come out of their own pocket to help hire a lawyer. They’d lose standing in their community, all because of the swipe of my pen. Weeks later, I could dismiss the charges, but their life would forever be changed. So I learned at a very young age the power ... the power ... to impact real human beings that we have when we hold these offices. And I was just a lowly deputy DA."

What is missing in my transcription of her words is the forcefulness with which she speaks the word "power'.

The woman in this September 2019 campaign video is a woman who believes she understands the meaning of power. And she doesn't appear afraid to use it.

And yet, the woman in this video sounds nothing to me like 'the giggling, laughing high school girl' ... frequently speaking 'wordsalad' ... that we're currently seeing on the campaign trail.

So ... which is 'the real Kamala'?

 

[RileyG]

The REAL Kamala is whoever gets the most votes