Someone finally listed a concrete Kamala Harris achievement from the podium at the Democratic National Convention: She cooks a mean brisket, hubby Doug Emhoff confided.
Seriously: The speeches so far have been heavy with Trump-bashing, rich with vows to protect abortion rights, deep in “vibes” — but utterly empty on specifics about what the nominee actually does well.
We’ve had the odd bit about how she was “tough” as San Francisco DA and California attorney general and some kind words about her (brief) Senate service — and President Biden said she shared in his achievements.
But the closest Michelle Obama, for all her memorable lines, came was: “From a middle-class household, Kamala worked her way up to become vice president of the United States of America.”
Doing what?
And “Kamala has shown her allegiance to this nation, not by spewing anger and bitterness, but by living a life of service and always pushing the doors of opportunity open to others.”
What service, exactly?
Maybe name someone who got to walk through those doors?
“Throughout her entire life, that’s what we’ve seen from Kamala Harris, the steel of her spine, the steadiness of her upbringing, the honesty of her example, and yes, the joy of her laughter and her light.”
It was pure character reference.
Barack Obama tried to offer a few specifics: “As a prosecutor, Kamala stood up for children who had been victims of sexual abuse.”
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Stood up — with what results?
As Cali attorney general, “she fought big banks and for-profit colleges, securing billions of dollars for the people they had scammed.”
She won some big settlements.
What big-state AG doesn’t?
Finally: “As vice president, she helped take on the drug companies to cap the cost of insulin, lower the cost of health care and give families with kids a tax cut.”
She helped!
That’s all we got, in over an hour of speechifying from the party’s superstar speakers.
Kamala Harris has been in politics for decades, but nobody can think of a major act of leadership or truly bold action — let alone any serious results she’s personally delivered.
We hope that brisket’s really good.