Vice President Kamala Harris faced widespread mockery for delivering a word salad message to the victims of ongoing fires wreaking havoc in southern California.
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VicePresidentKamalaHarriswasrippedonlineaftersheofferedaconfusingconsolationforCaliforniansbesiegedbyongoingfiresonMonday.
PresidentBiden,HarrisandWhiteHouseofficialsgaveremarksduringabriefingonthefederalresponsetothewildfiresacrossLos Angeles.Manypeople,includingcelebrities,havelosttheirhomesinthePacificPalisadesareaaswildfirescontinuetoragethereandelsewhereinLosAngelesCounty,burningmorethan27,000acres,destroyingover10,000structuresandkillingatleast25people,accordingtolocalofficials.
Harrisarguedthat,amidallofthis,herfellowCaliforniansmustrememberthatthisisatimetobe“patient.”
“Lotsofpeoplewhostillhaveahomewhoareunderevacuationorder,Iknowyouwanttogetbackhome,butthisisatimetobepatient,”shesaid.“Thereisstillsomuchworkthatfirefighters,policeofficers,FEMA,andothersaredoingthatisaboutsearchandrescue. Theworkthatstil