The new vice president, Kamala Harris, hasn’t hidden her disgust for the men in women in uniform. She openly encouraged last summer’s ‘defund the police’ riots and pledged to post bail for several of the rioters. The Democrat apparently extends her disdain to US soldiers as seen in a slowly growing viral video.
Harris broke White House tradition, Tuesday, ignoring her honor guards saluting her from the base of the stairs of Air Force 2. Rather than salute the soldiers back, Harris rushed past them- ignoring their very existence.
The tradition of saluting the Marines outside Air Force One began with former President Ronald Reagan, who served in the Army, according to The Florida Times-Union.
“I know all the rules about not saluting in civilian clothes and so forth, and when you should or shouldn’t,” Reagan said according to The Florida Times-Union. “So, I said to the commandant, I said, ‘Look, I know all the rules about saluting in civilian clothes and all, but if I am the commander in chief, there ought to be a regulation that would permit me to return a salute.’ And I heard some words of wisdom. He said, ‘I think if you did, no one would say anything.’”
Her disrespectful actions caught the attention of several Conservatives, including Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk and former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who ripped Harris’s blind disregard.
Kirk wrote, “Kamala Harris doesn’t salute members of the military as she gets on Air Force Two, breaking with a customary tradition of respect Remember when she and Joe Biden tried to sell the lie that *Trump* was the one who didn’t respect the troops?”
Kamala Harris doesn’t salute members of the military as she gets on Air Force Two, breaking with a customary tradition of respect
Remember when she and Joe Biden tried to sell the lie that *Trump* was the one who didn’t respect the troops?
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 23, 2021
“DISGRACEFUL: @VP Kamala Harris refuses to salute the honor guard at the steps of the aircraft. It is a clear demonstration of her dislike for those in uniform, both law enforcement and military,” Kerik wrote on Twitter
DISGRACEFUL: @VP Kamala Harris refuses to salute the honor guard at the steps of the aircraft. It is a clear demonstration of her dislike for those in uniform, both law-enforcement and military. pic.twitter.com/7QFHzamnt7
— Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) March 23, 2021
Some liberals on Twitter argue that Harris is not a member of the military and not required to salute the military and that it’s not a crime to break tradition. It’s not. However, it IS very telling as to where service members stand in the eyes of this adminstration.