Harris is obviously no fan of Donald Trump. But now her true feelings towards him are finally being revealed.
As Kamala Harris was caught making a deadly threat against Trump in an unearthed video.
In the wake of the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, a resurfaced TV clip featuring Vice President Kamala Harris has sparked renewed criticism.
The footage, dating back to an April 2018 interview on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” shows Harris joking about being stuck in an elevator with Trump, then-Vice President Mike Pence, or Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
“If you had to be stuck on an elevator with either President Trump, [Vice President] Mike Pence or [Attorney General] Jeff Sessions, who would it be?” asked DeGeneres during the lighthearted segment.
Harris, with a serious expression, replied, “Does one of us have to come out alive?” before bursting into laughter, along with DeGeneres and the studio audience. At the time, Harris was a U.S. senator from California.
Kamala Harris and the Democrats are the party of violence. pic.twitter.com/4ubdGff5Y4
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 16, 2024
The Trump campaign used the clip as a political weapon ahead of the 2020 election, where Harris was then a candidate for the Democratic nomination. A post shared by the Trump team on August 13, 2020, stated, “WATCH: Kamala Harris jokes about k*lling President Trump and Mike Pence,” a sentiment echoed by Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Following the recent assassination attempt on Trump, the video has once again gained traction among right-wing accounts.
On Sunday, Benny Johnson, a conservative podcaster, reposted the clip on X (formerly Twitter), calling out Harris’ remarks and questioning how the nation reached such a volatile political climate. His post quickly amassed nearly 4 million views.
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton expressed his disapproval, stating, “Not funny, then or now,” while Andrew Follett, a senior analyst at Club 4 Growth, drew a connection between Harris’ past comments and rhetoric shared by Ryan Wesley Routh, the accused gunman in the most recent assassination attempt.
Routh, 58, reportedly referenced Trump as a “threat to democracy” in a social media post in 2024, echoing rhetoric commonly used by Trump’s critics, including Harris.
This is not the first time violence has targeted Trump. A previous assassination attempt in which a 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired at Trump, left the former president with a minor injury. Secret Service counter-snipers fatally shot Crooks before he could inflict more damage.
Despite her 2018 remarks, Harris has since condemned violence targeting Trump. After the recent assassination attempt, she posted on X from her vice-presidential account, “I have been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former President Trump and his property in Florida, and I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America.”
However, her statements were met with skepticism from some quarters. A right-wing account known as End Wokeness criticized her past language toward Trump, saying, “You called him a threat to democracy and a day 1 dictator. You own this.”
Andy Ngo, senior editor at The Post Millennial, also weighed in, questioning her sincerity given her previous stance on Trump.
Trump himself addressed the situation, using his Truth Social and X accounts to call out what he described as a toxic political environment fueled by “Rhetoric, Lies” from opponents like Harris.
Routh, the latest accused attacker, was arraigned Monday in federal court on gun charges. He was apprehended while on the run and remains in custody as investigations continue into the motivations behind the attempt.
As political tensions continue to rise, the resurfaced clip has reignited a debate about the impact of the radical Left’s rhetoric in public discourse and how it’s contributing to the increasingly hostile political climate in the U.S.
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