Kamala Harris made a colossal gaffe, or perhaps a Freudian slip slip, when she said the goal of the Biden administration’s climate change agenda was to “reduce the population” while speaking at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Did Harris said the quiet part out loud?
The political gaffe was defined by Michael Kinsley as “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth–some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”
“When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breath clean air and drink clean water,” Harris said on the goal of the climate change agenda.
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What was even more frightening is that Harris received raucous cheers and applause for her gaffe.
However, the White House posted a transcript of Harris’ remarks, revealing she was meant to say, “reduce pollution.”
See below:
…So, every day, all across our nation, we feel and see the impact of the climate crisis. I mean, if you watch the morning news, it will be the lead story. It’s been every day for the last couple of weeks. It is the lead story. I think we finally, at least in our progress, come to the point that most people can no longer deny it because it is so obvious.
And we have seen, around our country, where communities have been choked by drought, have been washed out by floods, and decimated by hurricanes. Here in Baltimore, you have seen your skies darkened by wildfire smoke. And you have seen the waters of the Chesapeake Bay rise, threatening homes and businesses that have stood for generations.
It is clear that the clock is not only ticking, it is banging. And we must act.
…And so, we set an ambitious goal to cut our greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The investment we are announcing today will help us to achieve these goals, and it will do so much more because think also about the impact on not only the local economy not only on an investment in the entrepreneurs and innovators from and in the community. Think about the impact on something like public health.
When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population [pollution], more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water. (Applause.)
Think of the impact on family budgets. When we help folks upgrade their heating and cooling systems, we lower the cost of electricity, which means lower energy bills for working parents so they have more money for groceries and home repairs and school supplies.
And think of all the jobs that these investments will create, including many good-paying union jobs. (Applause.) Jobs, for example, for the workers of IBEW who will install energy-efficient lighting. (Applause.) Jobs for the sheet metal workers who will replace gas furnaces with electric heat pumps. (Applause.) Jobs for the laborers who will build net-zero housing. (Applause.) Right.
So, understand, when the President and I invest in climate, we intend to invest in jobs, invest in families, and invest in America…
Watch the full speech below:
Harris’s gaffes and “word salads” are becoming as frequent as old Joe’s.
Earlier this week, Harris addressed the subject of artificial intelligence to a group of labor and civil rights leaders.
It didn’t go well.
“I think the first part of this issue that should be articulated is AI is kind of a fancy thing,” Harris said during a roundtable event on Wednesday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
“First of all, it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence, but ultimately what it is, is it’s about machine learning.
“And so, the machine is taught — and part of the issue here is what information is going into the machine that will then determine — and we can predict then, if we think about what information is going in, what then will be produced in terms of decisions and opinions that may be made through that process.”
“So to reduce it down to its most simple point, this is part of the issue that we have here is thinking about what is going into a decision, and then whether that decision is actually legitimate and reflective of the needs and the life experiences of all the people,” she said.
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