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(WATCH) Kamala Harris Blows Up When Asked If Biden Is President, Staffer Tries To End Interview (VIDEO)

By • December 18, 2021 11:23 am

During a tense exchange on Charlamagne Tha God’s Comedy Central show, Vice President Harris angrily reaffirmed that Joe Biden is the president, not Sen. Joe Manchin or herself.

Charlamagne challenged Harris to name the country’s “real president.”

“It’s Joe Biden. And don’t start talking like a Republican about asking whether or not he’s president,” Harris responded, with her voice escalating.

Harris repeated herself, aggressively, “It’s Joe Biden. And I’m vice president, and my name is Kamala Harris.”

Harris continued, “The reality is because we are in office, we do the things like the child tax credit, which is going to reduce Black child poverty by 50 percent.” She also mentioned the Biden administration’s efforts to lower the price of prescription drugs and the rate of Black maternal mortality, as well as advocating for police reform.

She said, “so I hear the frustration, but let’s not deny the impact that we’ve had.”

The heated interaction seemed to occur as a Harris staffer was trying to wrap up the interview.

The show’s host, whose real name is Lenard McKelvey, accused Harris and her crew of lying to the audience by claiming they couldn’t hear the Manchin vs. Biden question because of their earpieces.

“I can hear you,” Harris said before adding, “C’mon, Charlamagne. It’s Joe Biden.”

Charlamagne praised her strong response saying, “That Kamala Harris, that’s the one I like. That’s the one that was putting the pressure on people in Senate hearings. That’s the one I’d like to see more often out here in these streets.”

Throughout his conversation with Harris, Charamagnel slammed Manchin, saying the centrist congressman is “ruining this country” and “blocking progress.” The comedian’s comments came as Democrats in Congress expressed anger with Manchin over his reluctance to support the $2 trillion social spending and climate bill before the end of 2021.

Questioned about the fact that Manchin is “allowed to constantly hold up Biden’s agenda,” Harris responded that “every vote matters” in a 50-50 Senate.

“We have to listen to the voices who represent their districts,” she said.

Charlamagne believes Democrats face a risk of losing support from Black voters in the upcoming midterm elections as well as the 2024 presidential election since “the stuff [Manchin’s] holding up progress on are hurting people” and “hurting Black people in particular.”

Harris, on the other hand, contended that it is not only Democrats who are impeding the advancement of Democratic objectives.

“Here’s the thing, though,” Harris said. “I think it’s a mistake to try and think about this only through the lens of Democrats versus Democrats when the fact is Republicans are consistently and unanimously standing in the way of progress.”

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