Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris got slammed when she tried to use the standoff in Philadelphia to further her gun control plan.
In total, six officers were shot during the standoff and all she was worried about was pushing her gun control plan to voters so she can get elected.
Harris didn’t even wait until the standoff was over before she started pushing her agenda. She did this during the standoff. How disgraceful can one person be?
Fox News reported,
Sen. Kamala Harris faced criticism Wednesday for promoting her campaign’s gun control plan during an appearance on CNN that coincided with breaking news about the police standoff in Philadelphia in which six officers were shot.
“When will it stop?” the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate from California asked CNN’s Wolf Blitzer when he asked for her reaction to the initial reports of the shooting.
“And I stress initial reports,” Blitzer added.
As Harris related details of her plan, information about the ongoing standoff was still sketchy.
Social media was quick to deride the presidential candidate for “politicizing” the developing situation before most of the relevant facts were known.
Democrat Kamala Harris rushes to politicize the police shooting in Philadelphia before any facts have come out pic.twitter.com/TkdGV2DTpu
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 14, 2019
But people were chomping at the bit to slam the presidential candidate.
“After only one (1) hour Kamala Harris started talking gun control to Wolf Blizer (sic) BEFORE the Philadelphia Police had the shooter in Philadelphia out yet or BEFORE all the cops were OUT of their respective hospital yet ! I know that Harris wants to be the President but hey wait,” one person wrote. – @a_blowe
https://twitter.com/a_blowe/status/1161847181424418816
@KamalaHarris @FoxNews 1) Before the facts come out you took the opportunity to pre-judge the shooter in Philadelphia. Just like Obama’s “The Cambridge police acted stupidly” irresponsible comment. You have no clue about the gun or individual. Definitely not Presidential. – @WethepeopleT
https://twitter.com/WethepeopleT/status/1161839100367966208
KamalaHarris BEFORE IT’S EVEN RESOLVED YOUR POLITICIZING THE PHILADELPHIA SHOOTER. NEWS FLASH THE GUY DIDN’T LEGALLY BUY THE AR-15! YOU ARE SO PREDICTABLE
@KamalaHarris BEFORE IT'S EVEN RESOLVED YOUR POLITICIZING THE PHILADELPHIA SHOOTER. NEWS FLASH THE GUY DIDN'T LEGALLY BUY THE AR-15! YOU ARE SO PREDICTABLE
— david lasner (@dalasner) August 15, 2019