Ryan King writes for the New York Post about former Vice President Kamala Harris’ return to the public stage.
She didn’t avoid the elephant in the room.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris emerged from political hibernation to deliver a stern rebuke of President Trump — soon descending into one of her trademark word salads, this time bizarrely focusing on a viral video of elephants during an earthquake.
“A lot of folks are wondering what’s going to guide us through this moment. How are we all going to figure out how to chart the course?” Harris said during her Wednesday address at Emerge’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco. “Please allow me, friends, to digress for a moment.”
“OK, it’s kind of dark in here, but I’m ask[ing] for a show of hands — who saw that video from a couple of weeks ago, the one of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo during the earthquake? Google it if you’ve not seen it,” she then said with a cackle.
Harris described how after elephants “felt the earth shaking beneath their feet,” they “got in a circle and stood next to each other to protect the most vulnerable.”
“What a powerful metaphor,” she said. “Because we know those who try to incite fear are most effective when they divide and conquer, when they separate the herd, when they try to make everyone think they are alone.”
The confusing sidetrack came in the middle of a speech that painted a dystopian view of America under Trump as her former 2024 foe marks his 100th day in the White House.
Emerge, which hosted the gala where Harris spoke, is a progressive organization that trains women to run for office.
Earlier in the speech, Harris ripped Trump for creating “the greatest manmade economic crisis in modern presidential history,” while also accusing him of a “wholesale abandonment” of American ideals and flirting with a constitutional crisis.
