{"id":1454,"date":"2023-02-21T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T18:04:11","slug":"see-it-kamala-harris-sparks-backlash-after-posting-photo-of-herself-with-masked-child-the-rage-i-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"See It: Kamala Harris Sparks Backlash After Posting Photo of Herself With Masked Child: \u2018The Rage I Feel\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, social media users hit out at Vice President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/gop-gov-drops-migrants-off-at-kamala-harris-house-as-end-of-title-42-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, who posted a tweet featuring herself unmasked, posing with a young black girl wearing a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris posted the picture from her personal account along with a comment meant to inspire \u201cBlack women and girls everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy message to Black women and girls everywhere: Never ask for permission to lead,\u201d Harris tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My message to Black women and girls everywhere: Never ask for permission to lead. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vimjDeItFG\">pic.twitter.com\/vimjDeItFG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1627349063791255553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, she received near immediate pushback from Twitter users, who joked at the irony of combining the caption with the image.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rage I feel when I see adults without masks and children wearing them is not good for my health,\u201d comedian Bridget Phetasy wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMake damn sure that kid knows she\u2019s a second-class citizen to you, Kamala,\u201d commented lawyer Viva Frei.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDid you mean \u2018never mask for permission\u2019?\u201d wrote WalkUp Foundation founder&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/father-parkland-shooting-victim-speaks-tragic-anniversary-criminals-obey-gun-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ryan Petty<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut she needs to ask permission to breathe freely? GTFO,\u201d defense attorney Marina Medvin commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre you serious? You\u2019re muffling a child and think you\u2019re conveying the message that she has the right to lead? You can\u2019t be serious,\u201d replied Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll this picture does is remind us that you support masking children while you are unmasked yourself. You\u2019re anti-science,\u201d said conservative host Liz Wheeler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington Examiner columnist Ian Hayworth joked, \u201cLead? Your boss is an old rich white guy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeSantis Rapid Response Director Christina Pushaw tweeted, \u201cKids should not have to ask for permission to show their faces and breathe freely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservative Twitter personality Noam Blum remarked, \u201cInteresting that the image description doesn\u2019t mention the girl is masked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBrainwashing and forcing kids to wear masks is child abuse,\u201d commented the conservative duo the Hodge Twins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is the child masked but you are not? Aren\u2019t you more the target age for Covid than she is? You disgust me,\u201d commented California Republican Senate candidate James Bradley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo in question came from an event from July 2021 where the vice president touted the American Rescue Plan allowing families to receive their first monthly Child Tax Credit relief payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t the first example of Harris facing backlash for appearing maskless while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris-maskless-school-visit-gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surrounded by<\/a>&nbsp;masked schoolchildren. In April 2022, Harris attended a political event where a similar situation unfolded. She said at the time she declined to wear a mask because it was optional for both students and staff, yet every student in her general vicinity was wearing one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just days later, while presiding over the Senate, the vice president violated guidelines yet again, neglecting to wear a mask despite having been exposed to an infected staffer. She was frequently spotted without wearing one on the Senate floor. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines at the time recommended that people who received their COVID-19 booster shot and were exposed to COVID wear a mask in public for 10 days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement from the White House, an official insisted that Harris practiced \u201csocial distancing\u201d with \u201climited\u201d and \u201cbrief\u201d interactions with others after consulting with a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Continued Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/see-it-kamala-harris-posts-picture-with-inspirational-message-featuring-a-masked-child-it-doesnt-go-well\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/see-it-kamala-harris-posts-picture-with-inspirational-message-featuring-a-masked-child-it-doesnt-go-well\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, social media users hit out at Vice President&nbsp;Kamala Harris, who posted a tweet featuring herself unmasked, posing with a young black girl wearing a mask. Harris posted the picture from her personal account along with a comment meant to inspire \u201cBlack women and girls everywhere.\u201d \u201cMy message to Black women and girls everywhere: Never ask for permission to lead,\u201d Harris tweeted. 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