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Opinion: Americans are suffering and VP Harris is chugging beer on TV
You've no doubt heard the phrase, "Nero fiddled while Rome burned." America isn't exactly burning, but millions of our fellow citizens are suffering from a series of disasters − natural and human-made.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, meanwhile, spent a significant part of the past week discussing Doritos and naps with shock jock Howard Stern, vibing and drinking beer on air with comedian Stephen Colbert and fielding questions from those hard-hitting journalists who host "The View."
While Harris yapped with Stern, thousands of citizens in western North Carolina, recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, tried to cope without running water and electricity. Millions of other Americans in Florida were nervously bracing for Hurricane Milton. And our allies in Israel mourned the first anniversary of the horrific Oct. 7 attack while continuing to fight Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists.
Harris also appeared on "60 Minutes," fumbling a question in that interview about chaos at the U.S. border with Mexico.
The vice president even struggled on the progressive-friendly "The View," proclaiming "not a thing that comes to mind" when asked what she would have done........
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