

Kamala Harris’s campaign issued a deceptively edited transcript on social media overnight cleaning up her bizarre and incoherent remarks to reporters at the airport in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Joe Biden and Harris were at the airport late Thursday night to greet Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva when they arrived back on American soil following a prisoner swap with Russia.
Harris credited Biden for negotiating the swap and delivered one of her signature word salads to reporters: “This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances,” Harris said.
Harris’ word salad quickly made the rounds on social media, with the RNC’s X account taking the lead.
“KAMALA — UNSCRIPTED FOR THE FIRST TIME,” RNC Research wrote on X, adding “WHAT?”
A minute later, as the Washington Free Beacon first reported, Kamala HQ posted an unedited clip of the Harris’s comments on X, but cleaned up the quote to make it more coherent.
“Vice President Harris: This is an extraordinary day and I’m very thankful for our president. This is an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and strengthening alliances,” the campaign wrote.
Here’s the full quote of Harris’ remarks: “This is an extraordinary day, and, um, I’m very thankful for our president and what he has done over his entire career but in particular as it relates to these families and these individuals—what he has been able to do to bring the allies together on many issues but in particular this one. This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances. This is an incredible day.”
Later, for some undisclosed reason, Biden wandered away from the group and climbed the stairs of the empty plane that had delivered the hostages—either he was confused, or he needed to visit the restroom. Harris and Secret Service stood by and watched the door for a couple of minutes until Biden reappeared and slowly walked back down the stairs.