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Why is Kamala Harris disliked so much as VP? (www.axios.com)
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She has some criticisms for her past as an attorney, but I’m not sure why she’s so disliked now. What has she done to engender such distaste from the public?

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[–] 33 points 3 years ago (3 children)

she’s a black woman? Seems like that’s enough for a lot of people.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Used to really like her as senator. She was a bulldog questioning people in front of committee, and going after other senators for nonsensical arguments. When she became candidate, she became completely stage-managed to the point that she seems so phoney. I'm not suggesting that most politicians are not phoney, but she just comes off fake and smug to me.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    I agree. I was a big fan of hers during Congressional testimony. But she is definitely awkward in unscripted environments and would be a poor presidential candidate in a nation where a significant portion of the electorate wants a president they can have a beer with. Additionally, her history as a prosecutor makes Democrats suspicious of her.

    Republicans hate her because she's a Black woman. They'll make up other excuses, but none of them hold water.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Yup. Everyone here giving their own reasons for disliking her seems to be missing that the amount of vitriolic hatred spewed at her is wildly disproportionate to anything she's actually done or failed to do.

    (speaking as someone who doesn't like her either, in that I don't "like" 99% of politicians)

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