Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris on Saturday apologized for her response to a rallygoer calling President Donald Trump's actions "mentally retarded" at a campaign event, saying that she didn't hear the slur.
“When my staff played the video from my town hall yesterday, it was upsetting. I didn’t hear the words the man used in that moment, but if I had I would’ve stopped and corrected him. I’m sorry. That word and others like it aren’t acceptable. Ever,” Harris wrote on Twitter on Saturday afternoon."Let me just be really clear.
"I would never condone anyone using that word in any way shape or form, even against the guy I am running against. Period," Harris continued. Earlier on Saturday, Harris told Caitlin Huey-Burns of CBS that she had not "processed" that particular line. "I heard him talk about the other stuff. And then that came later. And it was not something that I really heard or processed," Harris said.
Harris will say anything to get elected. She must have learned that from Willie Brown!
People of good faith should be able to make that mistake without being pilloried. If she were saying it to denigrate someone, she should be rebuked. But if she says it in the context of support, why gang up on her. Even if she’s avoiding owning up. Free speech, let’s try it.
Didn’t Trump use that excuse, too?
Lying about not hearing the comment is worse than laughing at it. Own it KamalaHarris.
Oh c’mon, that isn’t a slur. It may be an outdated reference but Jesus, people of good faith should be able to say it without being pilloried. I’m a liberal, but this is where I sympathize with the conservative lament about political correctness.
What else doesn’t she hear and/or process?
For god’s sake nothing to see here
Well said, KamalaHarris...NOT. do you often respond 'well said' to something you did not hear said?🤔
I know what she said and I know what she meant!
Why do these people keep apologizing, but trump never does and gets away with everything he says.
Donald TRUMP IS Mentally deranged, its no good pretending he's not. Its pointless pretending to be insulted, get the lunatic out of the White House or see gun battles errupt in the street's.... OH.... its happening already for year's.
Oh. Sure, Jan...
She’s so lame, I’m not even interested in her gaffs
Yea right. Pee on my leg & tell me it’s raining.
Ah, the Brian Stelter defense.
She is not believable! KamalaHarris
This. This is actually retarded
Look, I don’t like her, but people need to stop being so sensitive.
this writer should be careful what to write about KH bc it seems she's the picked candidate by Clinton machine 😳
Weak.
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Kamala Harris agrees with something she didn't hear and now backpedals for not hearing what she thought she heard... and you want her to be president? KamalaHarris2020 KamalaForThePeople KamalaHarris
Kamala seems to miss a lot of things. 🤷♂️
Dems had a perfectly reasonable candidate in TulsiGabbard, but still they keep chasing dumpster fires
All Kami the Kop ever hears is her own voice. She's the only one that matters to her. FreeWillieBrown
Liar liar pants on fire 🤥
How many times is she going to deny hearing the question after she answers the question?
Will the MSM keep this in the headlines for the next month like they do with Biden?
😂
Then why did you agree with them? Shouldn't a President know what they're agreeing to before they agree to it? How about a lawyer?
Bye bye, Toots.
'I didn't hear the words' is a strange thing to say after laughing at the man's comment and telling him 'well said, well said!'
For the record: This corrects a deleted tweet to clarify Kamala Harris’ apology.
Yet you answered
If that's true then she just admitted to smiling & nodding to a potential voter to make him believe she listened & heard him. That's called being fake as hell.
Sharpie says what?
OMG if this was a Trump supporter saying this about Biden. CNN ABC NBC MSNBC and CBS would be appalled 24/7
trump supporters and republicans outraged?
She needs to get her ears checked she never hears anything
Bernie’s out there rationalizing his own repeated use of the N word. And politico’s here like “Breaking News: Someone else used a slur in Kamala’s vicinity & she didn’t stop him.” This makes sense.
The words were “mentally retarded”, it’s not a bad word....just deemed “bad” by the p.c. Police.
Are the trumpkins on here really. Trying to call some body out y’all need tiSTFD
As she smiles sweetly
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