Kamala Harris’s top ten word salads

No assessment of Vice President Kamala Harris’s first two years in office would be complete without her word salads and pedantic lectures. Here are just a few of my favorites:

Kamala Harris on geography

So, Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically, that’s wrong, and it goes against everything that we stand for.

Harris on community banks

We invested an additional $12 billion into community banks, because we know community banks are in the community, and understand the needs and desires of that community as well as the talent and capacity of community.

Harris on the pandemic

We also recognize just as it has been in the United States, for Jamaica, one of the issues that has been presented as an issue that is economic in the way of its impact has been the pandemic.

Harris on Roe v. Wade

I think that, to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled. Certain issues are just settled.

Harris on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

I think of this moment as a moment that is about great momentum.

Harris on a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois

We’ve got to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are because you have been forced to take this seriously.

Harris on space exploration

It is critical that we… partner to ensure that we are speaking the same language with the same motivation, inspired by the opportunity of it all, but then doing the work of updating how we have been talking and thinking about our exploration in space.

Harris on transportation

Together, we are expanding access to transportation. It seems like maybe it’s a small issue; it’s a big issue. You need to get to go and need to be able to get where you need to go to do the work and get home.

Kamala Harris on the record flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border

We have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation including ours in our administration.

Harris on water policy

We have long — and Wade and I worked together for years back in San Francisco — talked about the importance of taking seriously the urgency of this moment and, in particular, in dealing with the various issues that are present when we look at the climate crisis, thinking about water policy, diversifying water policy, understanding that we must have the ability to diversify our approach and our — and the resources to everything from what we do in terms of conservation to recycling, desalination, and storage of water.