They were apparently made by a bakery owned by black people.

  • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Assuming she didn't order these herself (which is possible), this is the type of political fumbling that makes Elizabeth Warren look like Sheev Palpatine. If someone gives you something that makes you look incredibly self-absorbed, you don't share that with other people.

    • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I'm willing to believe that somebody made the cookies and she didn't ask for them.

      However, Harris shouldn't have started to give them out to the press or at least emphasize that somebody made them for her on their own accord.

      • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        at least emphasize that somebody made them for her on their own accord

        Even this -- which probably happened -- is guaranteed to get deliberately misrepresented to make you look pompous. It's just amateurish.

        And I was just thinking the other day that one reason Biden picked Harris as VP is that she's not a threat to him. There's no constituency that's going to be clamoring for her to take the reigns in 2024.

        • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
          hexagon
          ·
          3 years ago

          Realistically, it does come across as incredibly specific denial.