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Why Chris O'Keefe is worried about a potential Kamala Harris presidency

Publish Date: 2024/7/22
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Now, just on Kamala Harris, there are some potential issues around a Kamala Harris presidency for us here in Australia. I've been thinking about this. Harris seems to be the kind of person that says one thing and then does another. And for our country here in Australia that relies on a rock-solid relationship with the United States, this worries me. One example, when Kamala Harris was San Francisco District Attorney...

She vowed not to ever seek the death penalty. She's a district attorney in San Francisco. She gets promoted to California's attorney general and then started to argue that the death penalty should stand. Say one thing, do another. She said America has a deep and dark history of using the power of the prosecutor as an instrument of injustice. This was her big thing, right? That the power of the prosecutor was being used as an instrument of injustice.

Yet in practice, she fought tooth and nail to uphold wrongful convictions that have been secured through official misconduct that have been proven. And that included evidence tampering, false testimony and the suppression of crucial information by prosecutors. Kamala Harris opposed a bill requiring her office to investigate shootings involving police officers.

Instrument of injustice, remember? And she refused to support statewide standards regulating the use of body-worn cameras by police officers. All the while, she was saying that black people and poor people were being unfairly dealt with by police. Do one thing, say another. And even when evidence is so overwhelming, she has refused to change course in some instances.

There was an electrician with no criminal record who was charged with sexually abusing his stepdaughter. Now, the case largely hinged on the stepdaughter's testimony. But after he was convicted, the stepfather, the judge discovered that the prosecutor had unlawfully held back potential evidence, including medical reports indicating that the stepdaughter had been repeatedly untruthful with law enforcement and evidence from

her own mother, that described her as a pathological liar who lives her lies. Yet Kamala Harris refused to drop the case and this guy is serving 70 years jail still. Kamala Harris also defended a man's conviction for murder, even though judges found that a prosecutor presented false testimony at the trial. And she only relented after a video received national attention that embarrassed her.

Don't forget, Kamala Harris tried to beat Joe Biden as a Democratic candidate in 2020. She was a terrible candidate. She dropped out two months early and was polling at just 3% nationally. She wasn't even the favourite candidate in her home state of California.

And her history of policy inconsistencies, questionable prosecutorial decisions and political missteps suggests a leadership style that may not align with Australia's expectations of reliability and principled democracy. Especially when we rely on the United States for so much. Now, I'm no great Donald Trump fan, but at least we know what we're going to get. We've already dealt with it for four years.

Kamala Harris is a leading light of identity politics and the obsession of identity politics within the Democratic Party. Forget about pronouns and microaggressions when it comes to Kamala Harris, she leaves nothing to chance. Good afternoon. I want to welcome these leaders for coming in to have this very important discussion about some of the most pressing issues of our time.

I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are she and her. I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit. Yes, my pronouns are she and her. I am Kamala Harris. The most pressing issues of our time. When it comes to pressing issues of our time, what about Ukraine?

Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So basically that's wrong. Look, good to know, Kamala. Thank you for that. Anyway, the reports out of the United States are the Democrats are concerned that Harris will also lose the election.

But she's a woman and she's a black woman, so they can't possibly replace her. It would go against everything the Democrats stand for. And that is precisely the problem, isn't it? Equality of opportunity is critical in our society. It goes without saying everybody should have equal opportunity to be the best versions of themselves. But the colour of someone's skin, their gender, it should have nothing to do with whether or not someone should be the leader of the free world.

And to be honest, when it comes to both Trump and Harris, to borrow a phrase from Malcolm Turnbull, I think it's fair to say that Australia, at least both candidates, should be contemplated with dread. If I was American, I'd be voting for Robert F. Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he's an independent. He might be a bit mad, but seriously, have a look at the other two.