After four years of the gaffe-packed Biden-Harris administration, it’s hardly surprising to hear a botched line. But when Kamala Harris led members of Congress in the Pledge of Allegiance to begin the new session, it was clear that she couldn’t even manage that elementary school task.
Her recitation almost immediately went off the rails with a flub in the very first line.
The Daily Caller provided details:
Harris, who rose to the top of the Democratic ticket just months before the 2024 presidential election but lost the race to President-elect Donald Trump, still holds the constitutional role as President of the Senate. In her official capacity, Harris asked senators to join her in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the session.
“Please join me in pledging allegiance to our flag,” Harris told senators at the start of the session shortly after noon on Friday. “I pledge allegiance to the United States — of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Her performance sparked some social media ridicule:
Kamala Harris is just one heartbeat away from becoming our next president and yet she can’t remember the pledge of allegiance. Perhaps it is because she grew up in Canada and hates America? Perhaps she’s drunk? Perhaps she’s stupid. We may never know.
h/t @CollinRugg pic.twitter.com/R5lJKExKL9
— @amuse (@amuse) January 3, 2025
Kamala Harris struggles with the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. America dodge a huge bullet because Kamala doesn’t know crap.: “I’m trying to tell you bruh, the DEI sh*t needs to go. Hire people based off of their qualifications, not the color of their skin. Not what’s… pic.twitter.com/Ddk4vUdQex
— ꪻꫝể ꪻꫝể (@TheThe1776) January 4, 2025
HOLY SH!T Kamala Harris doesn't know the Pledge Of Allegiance
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 3, 2025
Kamala Harris not knowing all the words to the Pledge of Allegiance is her political career in a nutshell.pic.twitter.com/Kd6M3i9ydz
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 3, 2025
Fox News also covered the response:
“HOLY SMOKES. Kamala just screwed up the pledge of allegiance on the Senate floor. What an embarrassment to this country,” prominent pro-Trump account Johnny Maga posted on the platform.
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